1/144 tomcat dio (lotta pix)

djmodels1999

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December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Thursday, January 6, 2005 6:33 AM

I like it a lot! Great model, great dio. Thanks for sharing!

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lolok

Member since
March 2003
From: On the way to AC+793888

Posted by lolok on Thursday, January 6, 2005 6:10 AM

Gumshoe,
The deck,crew,tractor and F14 are all in the kit. It was issued a good few years ago but must still be around if you look hard enough.DML did a few of these small dio's.Another had a Hornet if I recall.

Jim Ryan Ex-Pat Limey in warsaw.Poland. " MENE,MENE,TEKEL U PHARSIN"

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 4:13 PM

I like it!!! i think the canopy might be too heavily tinted though. Great build!

-Tanky

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stinger

Member since
January 2003
From: Everywhere

Posted by stinger on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 9:51 AM

Looks great Reggie.

I like the shot with the window light from behind. Put a little dry ice around it (for the fog effect), shoot it at a lower angle and it'll look straight out of "TOP GUN".

I have that kit (the old DML) and never thought it could look so good.

Well done!!

stinger

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gumshoe59

Member since
November 2004

Posted by gumshoe59 on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 12:24 AM

Reggie,
I am building something about the same but in 1/48 scale, Where did you get the info on the carrier deck. ie, jet blast deflector, catipult scuttle, and the deck it self.

gumshoe59 (John)

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DanCooper

Member since
March 2004
From: Belgium

Posted by DanCooper on Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:55 PM

I knew I had seen this before. Anyway, I'm glad you managed to find some place to do your modeling Wink [;)]

On the bench : Revell's 1/125 RV Calypso

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:53 PM

For that small of a scale i used to paint the inside of the canopy to hide the bad cockpit.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

1/144 tomcat dio (lotta pix)

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 30, 2004 4:13 AM

here it is folks, my dragon 1/144 shake n bake dio. its completely box stock, painted with tamiya and gunze acrylics. i used an aztek airbrush (thanks tom) for the smaller parts, and a humbrol spray gun for the larger areas.
the 3 tone camo is a load of Bravo Sierra cos there is almost no discernable difference.
the cockpit was just lumps, so i deleted it and just decided that a gaping hole is preferable to some blobs. the canopy is tinted with future and blue food coloring (thanks mom).