S K Loh Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Found this 1/144 JWings F-14A Tomcat from the stash in the storeroom. I had bought this snap-fit kit for my son many years ago. I was contemplating what to do with it when I heard the theme song "Highway to the Danger Zone" from the movie "Top Gun" being played over the radio one day. That go me into doing a makeover of this kit into a Top Gun F-14A flown by Maverick/Goose pair. So i began my search for the info I needed for the build. The very first thing though I had to improve the look. Noticed that the nose is somewhat too level with the fuselage. So i added shims using plastic strips to make the nose droop a little. Added scratch-built external probes and antennas as well as 2 x AIM 7 and 2 x AIM 9 as seen on the actual bird in the movie. Had the crew added with matching color helmets to go for Maverick and Goose. Lastly added a display base for the in flight mode. Enjoy. S K Loh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Hmmm. no piccies for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I'm not seeing them either ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S K Loh Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Hi Gregg, Sorry that you weren't able to view the pics. I attached a link here. Hopefully you will be able to see them. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l8NdntoVPhp_uiBOHm1giZPHg6fwQA7m I noticed that i was unable to view the pics if I used my handphone to connect to the ARC website but they are OK from my PC. Anyway I am still new to posting pics online. Best regards, S K Loh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 19 hours ago, S K Loh said: I noticed that i was unable to view the pics if I used my handphone to connect to the ARC website but they are OK from my PC. That's probably because they are in your browser's cache. I don't think you can use Google drive as a picture server. You can try Imgur, which is what I use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S K Loh Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 Tks spejic for the info. I shall look into that. Best regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 S.K., I looked at your Tomcat through the link, Fantastic Job! Love the base you made too. -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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