F-14A VF-2 Bounty Hunters 1977
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Finished.
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Getting there.
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I modified the wings so they just snap in.
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Landing gear. I had resin wheels, but decided to save those for my Hobby Boss F-14A.
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Weapons.
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Gear doors.
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Decals started.
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Tape pulled part of the decal off, so had to order a new decal sheet.
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Progress so far.
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Scratch built cockpit details.
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Scratch built details.
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Scratch built details.
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Scratch built details.
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Scratch built details.
Comments
51 21 May 2022, 19:32
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Good luck with this kit, it can be challenging. Thanks for sharing this.
JB
22 May 2022, 21:54
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Good luck with this kit, it can be a challenging build. Like the scratchbuild pit work.
Thanks for sharing this.
JB
22 May 2022, 21:59
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Thank you very much John. This is my second build of this kit, and it has gone well so far. I am glad you like the pit. I actually found the Academy F-14 more of a challange than this one.
26 May 2022, 01:19
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It ia all primed now, and ready for paint. I got the yellow and blue painted on the vertical fins. More pictures soon.
26 May 2022, 01:24
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Major set back on this one. I got it all painted and let the paint cure for 3 days. I went to put the clear coat on it, so I hopefully could start decals this week. I had a new bottle of Testor's gloss coat, that I had never used. I use their flat coat all the time. They are both acrylic. I put the first light coat on the belly, missiles, bottom of the wings and landing gear. It took my Tamiya gloss paint off in patches, like I sprayed paint remover on the darn thing. I have to repaint parts of the belly, all the missiles, the bottom of both wings and the gear. I'm madder than a wet hen. I promptly threw that crap in the bin. It will get repaired and re-painted.
29 May 2022, 23:53
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Clifford sorry to hear about the clear coat. weird stuff, sounds like them styrene gods needed a sacrifice...
30 May 2022, 02:06
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Yea, guess they did. I just got done re-painting the belly, will do the rest tomorrow.
30 May 2022, 14:54
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All is repaired and re-painted now. For gloss coats, from now on I think I will stick to future.
31 May 2022, 21:04
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Thank you very much David and Roland, your kind words are most appericated.
5 June 2022, 22:17
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Very nice 👍 love that scheme as well, probably my favourite classic turkey look, together with the good ol vf 84 oc🙂
7 June 2022, 11:01
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Thank you very much Daniel, and welcome Robin. All of the decals, except for the missiles are done. I got the new decal sheet and the left vertical fin is fixed. So hopefully will finish this one soon. Weathering will be minimal, as all the reference photo's I have found of this aircraft show it being pretty clean.
7 June 2022, 16:42
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Awesome livery ! Love what you did there Clifford ! Looking forward to the final pics!
11 June 2022, 15:47
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Bit late for the party. But I'm in also, looks like great work to me Clifford 👍
14 June 2022, 23:04
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Welcome Neil, and thank you for your kind words, they are most appericated.
15 June 2022, 19:54
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Yes, I hope to finish it today or tomorrow, thank you for the kind words.
16 June 2022, 15:17
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Thank you very much Maciej, your kind words mean a lot. It is finished now, I will get pictures up tomorrow.
16 June 2022, 21:02
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Thank you Robin, I had hoped to get pictures up today, but mother nature had other plans. Spent the day cleaning up downed trees.
18 June 2022, 01:28
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Clifford:
Was anyone able to say what happened with the Testors clear coat? Was that a no-no to put that on? I wouldn't have thought that. …..?
19 June 2022, 12:01
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Wow Clifford, that came out great! The markings you chose look great too.
19 June 2022, 20:45
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Thank you very much Roland, Maciej, Guy, Murad, Robin and Nathan. Your kind words are most appericated. @ Paul, no none has come up with any reason. I used Testor's flat coat on it and as you can see it came out fine. So I am wondering if maybe it was something I did.
20 June 2022, 00:21
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Lovely job there Clifford! That is a very attractive scheme. I bought the new Tamiya F-14D in 1:48 yesterday and am looking forward to starting that one day soon 🙂
20 June 2022, 09:33
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I feel like I'm repeating myself here Clifford, but here we go…… another great build my friend.
20 June 2022, 13:09
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Thank you very much Tom and Gareth for your kind words, they are much appericated . @ Tom, I would love to build one of the Tamiya F-14's or F-4 for that matter, but they are a bit out of my price range. I was able to find the Hobby Boss F-14's on sale, so I bought an A and B model.
20 June 2022, 21:02
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Thank you very much Mathieu, your kind words are most appericated.
21 June 2022, 20:51
Album info
Italeri's 1/48 scale F-14A. Done in VF-2 Bounty Hunters markings 1977 aboard U.S.S. Enterprise.