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Neiladded a new photoalbum.
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REVELL | No. 04514 | 1:48 | F-14A Black Tomcat
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2021/24: OOB build of the '90s Revell 1/48 kit.
Project: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
75 17 September 2021, 08:05
Donald Dickson III did this one with the AMK kit. Been trying to find the F-4 version to do. LOL
F-14 Group Build F-14D Vandy Complete | Album by smokeriderdon (1:48)
Looking good so far!
22 September 2022, 18:39
Neil AuthorHi Donald & Maciej 🙂 Thanks for commenting and your interest. Much appreciated mates 👍 Checked out your build Donald - excellent work also! 👍
28 September 2022, 10:44
Chan LiTomcat 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 tooโฆ
Did I use the correct word "splice"?
I like your profile pic too, got some musical implications ๐
6 October 2022, 02:19
Neil AuthorHi 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! ๐ Yes, splice will do mate ๐
Yeap love the 80s tunes (before that was considered hip!)
13 October 2022, 19:58
Thomas BischoffThumbs 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
Slavo HazuchaA Revell Tomcat - nice! ๐ 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
Petar ลฝoriฤPicture 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
Neil AuthorHi 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
Neil AuthorThanks Petar ๐ 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 ๐ thanks for recent likes guys too.
28 March 2023, 20:36
Neil AuthorNext album to be updated the Revell 'Black Tomcat'. This is another older build, I started it in 2021 and it's taken me awhile to get around to sorting out some final shots. I may well update these at a later date. I'm not sure about some of the backgrounds on the final images. Hopefully it gives you an idea of the finished result though 👍
The kit isn't the greatest fitting in a few places and I made several build and paint blunders, all of which I attempted to subsequently rectify, some more successfully than others. In the end it became one of those builds I was pleased to just finish. Hahaha! If nothing else, I learnt a lot about how to try and attain a respectable black finish featuring some kind of colour depth - I didn't completely succeed. But this one along with my F-117 and F-19 have all helped me understand how to try and hopefully get some 'flair' into a flat black finish.
If I were to build this kit again I'd likely just go for a straight gloss black as I think no weathering at all would suit the subject better. I apologise again to those who like realistic depictions, as always with my work, it has a basis in reality, but there are paint liberties taken here and there 😉 Anyways, another album closed off 🙂
27 March, 14:20
Rui SOh well, another Beauty Mate.👍 Great work. Iยดve heard that painting planes in black it's extremely difficult to attain great results 🤔 but you have the experience and nailed it 👍
1 27 March, 14:31
Mr DNice model ๐ unusual to see a black version....was it for nigh time operations?
Really like the Design of the Tomcat, l Googled "best looking aircraft and the f14 , Starfighter and Su-30 were top of the search.
Nice job, how was the revell kit ?
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1 27 March, 23:44
Neil AuthorThanks very much talented mates for your interest ๐ you're all super kind to comment. I'm very pleased that you like my efforts and thanks also to those who have liked too ๐
As far as an all black finish goes, I made quite a few errors, but @Rui I'll take that anyday, especially from someone as skilled as you โบ๏ธ
@Mr D, I believe it's a bit of a US Naval tradition. I'm not the best to talk about squadrons etc. Though I am also aware of the same Bunny livery being applied to F4s.... I hope this link is of some help mate...
theaviationist.com/2..-bunny-us-navy-vx-4/
4 April, 20:30
CaptGPFI heard nothing but tales of horror about this kit, yet you really made this cat shine! โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
1 17 April, 20:20
Neil AuthorThanks mates! You're very kind. You're right @Patryk, black suits a cat imo. Yeah, @CaptGPF, it's not the greatest fit in the world for sure. Thanks also to those who've liked 🙂 👍
19 April, 12:35
Neil AuthorThanks very much Jennifer ๐ you're very kind to comment and thank you for the likes to others also ๐
1 24 April, 18:16