tomthegrom Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Hi guys, About to put paint to plastic. Building an F14B from 1994 with VF142. Decals are from the furball sheet and look superb. However the side profile shows 3 color TPS paint but the top profile shows overall light ghost grey. Photos I have are hard to tell. Leaning towards 3 color TPS . Anyone know for sure? Cheers Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 If it is the Furball 1/48 Tomcats part 2, VF-142 is shown as dark GG at the top and sides, and light GG at the bottom, and no FS35237 (darkest gray) that normally appears in the TPS scheme. I have quite a few ref pics of those as well and I were to do it, I would stay away from 35237 and do DGG and LGG as the instructions show. Those would be more of a base color anyway and I would attempt some overall tonal variation that would eventually blend the grays. Hope this helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Janissary said: If it is the Furball 1/48 Tomcats part 2, VF-142 is shown as dark GG at the top and sides, and light GG at the bottom, and no FS35237 (darkest gray) that normally appears in the TPS scheme. I have quite a few ref pics of those as well and I were to do it, I would stay away from 35237 and do DGG and LGG as the instructions show. Those would be more of a base color anyway and I would attempt some overall tonal variation that would eventually blend the grays. Hope this helps. Hello mate, It is the tomcats sheet part XI. Think it was an update. I definitely fade the 35237 quite heavily when I build tomcats. Looks odd otherwise. I have a few photos of this jet landing at an airshow in England and it looks like 35237 above the horizontal stab. But the wing glove area looks very light with no discernable demarcation line. Weird! Thanks for the help and advice. Your 1980s ghostrider was a work of art. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 These jets were mostly Dark Ghost Gray. No Light Ghost Gray on the sides or tops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Brian P: Fightertown Decals said: These jets were mostly Dark Ghost Gray. No Light Ghost Gray on the sides or tops. Thanks Brian! That's the exact one. Light ghost grey on the belly? Any 35237? Or overall dark ghost gray? Thank you as always for the help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SCOUT712 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 To my knoweldge, VF-142 never received TARPS capability. Its sister squadron VF-143 deployed TARPS for CVW-7. This (and probably its non-political-correct insignia and squadron name were fundamental in it being disbanded. If you search VF-142 on FICKR, a lot of VF-142 pics show up, some of them quite high res. B/r Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 I will have a look on flicker. Sorry by TPS I mean tactical paint scheme not tarps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, SCOUT712 said: To my knoweldge, VF-142 never received TARPS capability. Its sister squadron VF-143 deployed TARPS for CVW-7. This (and probably its non-political-correct insignia and squadron name were fundamental in it being disbanded. If you search VF-142 on FICKR, a lot of VF-142 pics show up, some of them quite high res. B/r Michael I just had a look on flicker. Thanks for the tip! I found a lot of great stuff on their. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Oct '92 we did a 4 V 4 against VF-142 F-14B's as a final hoorah for one of their pilots in leadership.....those 4 were in darker grey TPS-ish colors....including the one that gunned the living daylights out of our poor little dark grey TA-4J... as we ran out of energy chasing another F-14B. I can still close my eyes and see the F-14B in front of us easily climb straight up in full F110 blower x 2 (like two little "suns" as I mentioned in the debrief)....as we just lagged below out of energy to follow...then (at my pilots asking) I turned my head and witnessed the perfect front profile of a F-14B just sitting at our 4-5 o'clock "gunning" the crap out of us. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 19 hours ago, Collin said: Oct '92 we did a 4 V 4 against VF-142 F-14B's as a final hoorah for one of their pilots in leadership.....those 4 were in darker grey TPS-ish colors....including the one that gunned the living daylights out of our poor little dark grey TA-4J... as we ran out of energy chasing another F-14B. I can still close my eyes and see the F-14B in front of us easily climb straight up in full F110 blower x 2 (like two little "suns" as I mentioned in the debrief)....as we just lagged below out of energy to follow...then (at my pilots asking) I turned my head and witnessed the perfect front profile of a F-14B just sitting at our 4-5 o'clock "gunning" the crap out of us. Cheers Collin Mate now thats a great TINS tale! What an experience. Thank you so much for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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