REVELL | No. 04514 | 1:48 | F-14A Black Tomcat (WIP)
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Unboxing...
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Seeing general dry fit... It's pretty good.
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OOB Cockpit work...
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Washing body (I just do this with baby wipes - it's quicker) and painting ejection seats...
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Seats are all OOB.
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It's not particularly accurate, but decent enough!
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Gluing!
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Making good. Encountering the usual raised panel lines issue as I sand...
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Manufacturing marks on an older kit.
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Armament work..
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Decided I was very unhappy with nose cone.
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Wet and dry being used...
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I also decided I was massively unhappy with forward parts, so chopped out and try and make good. We'll see how well I can try and rescue my work!
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Continuing to smooth and shape. They're also getting sharper.
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I'm happier! It's no longer historically correct, however when finished, kit will look better. I have this kit again in the stash, so the issues I've uncovered and the learning curve I've been on will hopefully mean I make a better job on the next build!
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So the idea is to add some various tonality to the all black finish. I'm not bothered about the current gloss or matt finish as ultimately it'll all be coated in a final varnish finish - likely satin.
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Masking up for different blacks - just to give the panels some variable tone...
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Grey panelling...
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Nozzles and leading edges have had their metallic touches!
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Masking underside for same treatment
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So the aged decals aren't the best! But as always with these old kits, my goal is to use everything original 👍 so we persevere...
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WORK IN PROGRESS. UPDATED: 6/2/24...
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Have decided to add some grime and wear where the wings swing.
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Cockpit work, seats are in!
Komentáře
56 17 September 2021, 08:05
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I did this one with the AMK kit. Been trying to find the F-4 version to do. LOL
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Looking good so far!
22 September 2022, 18:39
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Hi Donald & Maciej 🙂 Thanks for commenting and your interest. Much appreciated mates 👍 Checked out your build Donald - excellent work also! 👍
28 September 2022, 10:44
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Tomcat isn't a plane that you can easily build and paint. Especially in 48th scale.
I have always been lazy to splice those pics together after a day's work, I should do it too…
Did I use the correct word "splice"?
I like your profile pic too, got some musical implications 😁
6 October 2022, 02:19
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Hi Chan Li, hope you're well thanks for commenting. Yes, hopefully I'll do a decent enough job! I'm using it as a build learning experience to be honest, first Cat I'll have made in 35+ years.
Yeah I just do it to cut down on the size of my albums, as aware my builds are all OOTB so don't wanna bore everyone too much! 😆 Yes, splice will do mate 👍
Yeap love the 80s tunes (before that was considered hip!)
13 October 2022, 19:58
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Thumbs up for building this kit 👍 and I m signing in to see how this overall black cat will turn out
18 March 2023, 13:33
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A Revell Tomcat - nice! 🙂 Joining the crowd here - some really interesting angles-in-development on doing a full-black finish - looking forward to see where this will lead and how you make it look good & interesting...
18 March 2023, 14:34
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Picture 12 to 16 says it all, glad you documented how hard it can be to deal with this kit, but you've made amazing progress also 😄 Can't wait to see finished product 😄
18 March 2023, 20:55
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Hi Thomas and Slavo, thanks very much for your interest and commenting. 🙂 I am slowly moving forward with this build, currently on some general touch-ups here and there at the mo prior to a gloss coat and the decals. Hope to get some new images on here soon 👍
27 March 2023, 10:49
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Thanks Petar 👍 you're very kind. It's not a particularly accurate rendition anymore, but hopefully the overall effect will be pleasing enough, I'll be glad if it turns out as nice as your Tomcat mate 🙂 thanks for recent likes guys too.
28 March 2023, 20:36