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Piotr Sarniński-Górecki (Psar77)
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F-14D #100 VF-2 in-progress pics

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I've found some main gear spare parts from my very old Academy F-14 and repleace those awful ones from HB 🙂 
 

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The fit is perfect 🙂 
 

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and more spare parts. 
 

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I use the Academy kit TARPS with this kit as VF-2 was one of the "TARPS squadron" and it's rather rare to see it under Tomcat kit 🙂
 
 

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White primer on the intakes and gear bays🙂 
 

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Progress so far 🙂 
 

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New competition in autumn makes me back to this project 🙂 
 

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In case I would tie this Tomcat down to flightdeck someday 🙂 
 

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Upgrade HB legs with old Hasegawa parts 🙂 
 

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Marbling time.... 
 

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Applied color for upper surfaces... 
 

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Upgreading main gear legs... 
 

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TARPS - work in progress 🙂 
 

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Starting with the decals... 🙂 
 

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2 hours of masking.... 
 

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2 minutes of painting... 
 

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And dry fitting. OK- but they are a bit too dark I think ... 
 

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... almost there... 
 

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With a team mate 🙂 
 

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Done !!! 
 

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GO NAVY !!! :-D 
 

Comments

53 22 October 2021, 22:55
Maciej Bellos
Checking in!
26 October 2021, 14:00
Sergej I
Good stuff, details supreme 👍
15 July 2022, 07:10
Michael Kohl
I am in too.
16 July 2022, 08:04
Martin von Schreckenstein
shaping up to be a nice delta!
16 July 2022, 08:10
Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Thx mates 🙂
17 July 2022, 06:20
Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
TARPS in progress
9 January 2023, 22:13
Bernd Grün
Nice build and paint job, Piotr! Following with interest. 👍
10 January 2023, 07:02
Martin von Schreckenstein
awesome paintjob! i should buy a few more hobbyboss 72 tomcats haha. they are quite nice for the price
10 January 2023, 12:06
Michael Kohl
Paint jab is massive indeed.
10 January 2023, 12:08
Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
THX mates 🙂 Martin - I do not recommend this kit - the landing gear needs some scratch to look proper and air intakes are a huge mistake. I'd rather go with latest Academy kit 🙂
10 January 2023, 12:25
Martin von Schreckenstein
you are Right Piotr, the intakes are a big drawback but i found the new Academy front gear to be too long so actually despite missing a lot of detail I do not mind the Hobbyboss gear.

also I really like the hobbyboss panel lining - it looks good at this scale. new academy specifically is something i do not enjoy in this respect as there is a lot of accurate detail but it is too pronounced for 72.

Interestingly, I find myself returning to Hasegawa all the time after all those beautiful new moldings coming up🙂
but the windshield in the new academy kit is a huge plus and advantage even over GWH - I would like to buy them separately and use them in every future 72 tomcat build regardless of the kit🙂
10 January 2023, 13:41
Martin von Schreckenstein
also the hobbyboss tomcats are so easy to put together!
10 January 2023, 13:43
CarlosTomcat
awesome 👍
10 January 2023, 21:45

Album info

Yet another Tomcat call !

74 images
1:72
Completed
1:72 F-14D Super Tomcat (HobbyBoss 80278)1:72 Grumman F-14D "Tomcat" wheels set (ResKit RS72-0007)1:72 F-14D GREAT WALL HOBBY (Eduard SS693)2+
Grumman F-14D Super Tomcat
US US Navy (1794-now)
VF-2 Bounty Hunters 163894 (Capt. Larry Burt Dcag/Capt. Craig Geeon CAG)
2003 - USS Constellation
FS36375 FS35237
 

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