Supertom Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Well, here's Tomcat #2. It's the Revell 1/72 -D that you guys saw during the cockpit construction phase. I went along and painted the upper wings Dark Ghost, and to my horror discovered that the upper fuselage is Dark Gull. Anyway here's the preshade, I hadn't had a chance to do any shots between as I had misplaced the camera for the past few days. More to come and will come fast, as I hope to finish this by Friday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raptor22 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Looks great Tom! I really need to learn how to preshade like that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Looking good Tom :( will be watching for the updates Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bullet101 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Dark gull grey topsides!?!?!?!WTH never heard of that before. What VF-31 markings are you using? Looks good so far though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 Well, isn't that FS36237? Dark Gull Grey? Even the Twobobs sheet says that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bullet101 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Are you sure its not FS35237 which is medium grey/dark blue grey and thats what the top clour on most 3-tone tps schemes is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 :o :o $#$@#$!$! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fury Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Did you have a seizure while painting? Just Kidding #2! If this kitty is half as good looking as the last one, I'll just have to throw mine away!!! Take Care, Thomas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The_Animal Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Tom, can I bug you about how to preshade? I'm still debating preshading with a technical pen on my Fujimi Tomcat and just wondering if I can manage to gloss white without the technical pen markings being TOO garish? Your Tomcat is looking really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 (edited) Hi Animal, Preshading is pretty much that - preshading. With an airbrush, paint the panel lines up with black paint, and maybe an entire panel or two. When it's dry, paint your base color by filling in the unshaded areas, then spraying the entire model to blend in the shaded and non-shaded areas. It's kinda tricky as you can easily get overzealous and completely cover everything, and if you have to do a repaint you might lose the preshade. It's kinda easier to actually postshade, which is painting the base color, then highlighting the panel lines with a darker shade of the base color. Hope that helps! Hey Bullet, Looks like I'll have to repaint - unfortunately, for some reason the Tamiya paint is taking longer to try. Hopefully I can repaint it tomorrow morning. I'll be mixing Dark Ghost with a spot of Dark Blue. Edited February 15, 2005 by Supertom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I'd like to just make a comment on the preshading. This in no way impunes your work, which is very, very nice. I also realize that when someone does a model, they can do it any way they want. I also don't want to sound like a jerk! However, most panel lines on TPS aircraft are not darker, but lighter than the surrounding panels. Preshading gives the opposite effect of what is on most Navy aircraft. What preshading can be used for to good effect is to break up the monotone finish of the base color and give it some tonal variations. This would be all over, though, and not just along panel lines. Okay, I'll shut up now. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 Darren, you're a jerk! Just kidding. But seriously, have you any idea why it would be the opposite effect? I'll be running a lighter color on it in patches later anyway, for that "repainted 10000 times look." Anyway I had to strip the paint, so all that preshading was pointless anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kozlok Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 (edited) This photo shows the lighter shades along the panel lines very well. Looks to me like along the edges of the panels, the dirt and grease gets rubbed off. I suppose you'd find the dirt on the fingers of the maintenance hands. Sorry guys, fixed the link Edited February 17, 2005 by kozlok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 Slightly more progress as I stripped the paint and repainted. Did a little postshading too, with thinned white paint to blend it all together into one gray mess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jotter Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 That looks Reeaaalllll NICE!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The_Animal Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 (edited) Geez, unfortunately I get the same effect from running my fingers along the paint job...Damn OIL...gotta stop eating burgers while I'm finishing my models. :wacko: But seriously. That's what my freakin' paintjob on my "Sukhoi Killers" Tomcat looked like...albeit with THUMBPRINTS (which was not good). Oil on fingers simulated GRIME really well... :power-puke: Tom, that paintjob looks terrific. Just the right amount of shading. ~Animal tells himself " One of these days, one of these days, I will match them in skill" Edited February 17, 2005 by The_Animal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) Thanks guys! Don't get excited yet, this model's a lot harder than what I remembered it to be (either that or I was less fussy back then). The tails didn't fit in their slots too well (large gaps) so I spent the better part of the evening fixing the gaps. Anyway, using Darren's suggestion, I tried lightening the panel lines. Anyway decals are on, as are the burner cans (the ring was kinda thick for some reason), and the tail's up. At my current rate I think I'll miss Friday's dateline, as I was hoping to take this to the Columbus event this Saturday. Oh well. More weathering tomorrow. Edited February 18, 2005 by Supertom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bugfan Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 HEY TOMMY....... Bring it to Columbus anyway!!! I would like to see it!! Jack aka BUGFAN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishthe47guy Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Did you guys notice that the national insignia on the left wing of 164 was painted the wrong way? I wonder how long its been like that... I've got pics of that aircraft taken OCT of 2004 with the nat. insignia still painted like that. Chris Ish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 6, 2005 Author Share Posted March 6, 2005 Well, I got my -D done, with my secret secret super secret marking surprise. Used True Details ejection seats (modified slightly with little canopy breakers), scratchbuilt the HUD, and used weapons and pods from a Hasegawa weapon set. I'm going to work on it a little more; I'm not too happy with the weathering and a seam that I've covered up kinda started showing up again. Hope you like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bullet101 Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Looks great to me, can't see and seams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 One Beautiful Kitty Tom !!! Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Hope you like it. I like Great build Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRI76 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 (edited) Terrific Cat! Great weathering. How did you like the Revell Tomcat? How good or bad is it? /Kristian Edited March 7, 2005 by KRI76 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 7, 2005 Author Share Posted March 7, 2005 Thanks guys! Kristian, the Revell F-14 is a great kit. There are some who feel that the panel lines are too heavy, but they look fine after a few coats of paint. For the price of 1/2 to 1/3 of a Hasegawa kit you have quite a good replica of a -D. A little extra work is needed to spruce it up, mainly replacing the kit seats and adding a HUD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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