FOTF 0 Posted March 27, 2008 This is a 1/48th scale Italeri F-14A+ Tomcat backdated to a early model F-14A The kit bang seats were pretty laughable, so I replaced them with some seats from a Hasegawa Tomcat...the ventral fins were WAY off shape wise, so those too were replaced with parts from a Hasegawa. The kit came with two closed Pratt & Whitney nozzles, I had a spare open P&W nozzle from an Academy kit, so I used that on the port engine. I added a TARPS pod from a Hasegawa kit....mostly cause you just don't see them very often. The markings I used were from an early Tomcat, the kit did not come with the proper chinpod, so I liberated that from an old Revellogram Tomcat. The VF-111 Sundowners markings came from Aeromasters "Tomcat Supreme part 2" sheet. The colors are Model Master "Gloss Gull Grey" overall and I used MMs "Neutral Grey" for the TARPS pod. The wash was done using pastel chalk ground up into a powder and mixed with water and some liquid soap. BTW....yeah, I know the fin caps are supposed to be red...the decals were scaled for the Hasegawa kit and the Italeri tail fins were just a tad too short Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
column5 63 Posted March 27, 2008 Beautiful. No better subject matter, whether your model is real or virtual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayethWhaaaa 245 Posted March 27, 2008 Ooh... purdy! I had one this size when I was a kiddo back in the 80s that fell afoul of a german sheppard pup... :cray: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tn_prvteye 36 Posted March 28, 2008 Awesome work...always liked the VF-111 markings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sugarblues 0 Posted March 28, 2008 oh...my... Beautiful work! I've got about 30 Hasegawa Tom's... and have had the same fit problems with the decals on those too. Very nice... SB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander51 3 Posted March 28, 2008 Man oh man she's beautiful! That's some S##T HOT work Paul That looks better than all the past models I ever did - COMBINED. Craigster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bounder Posted March 28, 2008 What no kids in the house? lol Good work man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FOTF 0 Posted March 28, 2008 What no kids in the house? lol Good work man. No, she was doing this.... This is her first model....not bad for a 7 year old, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
