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1/48 Tamiya F-14A Tomcat VF-14

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1/48 Tamiya F-14A Tomcat VF-14
Posted by Darren Roberts on Sunday, November 27, 2016 8:26 PM

I absolutely love this kit more and more. This was my test bed for the Steel Beach beaver tail set. Decals are a mix of Superscale and Furball. Paint is MM Acryl for the Gull Gray and Alclad for the white and metal areas. I realized I haven't painted the oleo strut and put on the catapult arm retraction struts yet. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Sunday, November 27, 2016 8:52 PM

A fantastic build.  Absolutely beautiful!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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    August 2016
Posted by mobiusone on Sunday, November 27, 2016 10:29 PM
Gorgeous!! I do love me a VF-14 bird, right behind maybe a VF-31 ;) any tricky bits we should look out for in the build? I know its a Tamiya so probably not very many. I can't wait to get to mine!
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    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Sunday, November 27, 2016 11:07 PM

Outstanding Tomcat, Darren! I take it that the kit is worth the price ?

 

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, November 28, 2016 7:46 AM

Nice looking clean build Beer. I have that here lined up as a comission and was looking it over. Way nicer and easier to build than the Hasegawa according to the reviews.

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Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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    May 2016
Posted by Revenant on Monday, November 28, 2016 7:59 AM

Stick out tongue. Looking good...is this their new offering? 

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    February 2007
  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Monday, November 28, 2016 11:22 AM

Very nice!  My favorite bird. :)

 

Mike

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    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Monday, November 28, 2016 12:19 PM

King of the F-14 !! Another stunner. Great work!!

BK

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    March 2009
  • From: Yorkville, IL
Posted by wolfhammer1 on Monday, November 28, 2016 12:21 PM

MEOW!  Love the Tomcat, and really nice work on this one.  Thanks for sharing.

John

  • Member since
    April 2016
  • From: Parsons Kansas
Posted by Hodakamax on Monday, November 28, 2016 2:17 PM

Looks to be a good model and you did a superb job on it! Good work for sure!

Max

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    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, November 28, 2016 3:06 PM

Great looking build,I'm drooling to start mine,got some AM decals for the Grim Reapers.Again,a nice clean build.

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    January 2015
Posted by TheMongoose on Monday, November 28, 2016 6:21 PM

That CAT looks really good. If I didn't have so many in the stash I'd be tempted to buy it after seeing how well you made it look.

In the pattern: Scale Shipyard's 1/48 Balao Class Sub! leaning out the list...NOT! Ha, added to it again - Viper MkVii, 1/32 THUD & F-15J plus a weekend madness build!

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    April 2009
  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Monday, November 28, 2016 10:52 PM

Absolutely, it is worth the price.  I'm 75% finished with mine and have had ZERO problems.  Superbly engineered and masterfully molded.  Everything fits together perfectly.  It will take a lot of time and patience, but that's the fun of it, isn't it?

Without a doubt, this is the nicest kit I have ever had the pleasure of building!

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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    December 2010
  • From: Salem, Oregon
Posted by 1943Mike on Monday, November 28, 2016 11:38 PM

Super nice job! It looks great!

 

Mike

"Le temps est un grand maître, mais malheureusement, il tue tous ses élèves."

Hector Berlioz

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    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, November 28, 2016 11:52 PM
Awesome! Even I want to try this one.

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

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    January 2003
Posted by Darren Roberts on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:15 PM

Thanks all. As Cadet Chuck said, it's worth every penny. If you only want to build one (or two) Tomcats, this is the one to have. If you have others in your stash, sell them off to raise money to buy a Tamiya Tomcat. It's that good!

  • Member since
    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Monday, December 5, 2016 3:19 PM

Nice job on that Cat. I bought this kit and am just trying to decide if I want to do a dirty one or a clean one. I picked up decals for the Swordsmen's shoot-down of the two Libyan MiGs and need to look at more references. I really like the way yours came out.

-BD-

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    August 2016
Posted by mobiusone on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:56 AM
IIRC for that low vis swordsman (great looking scheme) during that engagement was a bit later model F-14A than the Tamiya, most likely with the chin pod/tail stiffeners/different gun vent. You might already know this so apologies if redundant, but check out Detail and Scales Atlantic Tomcat Fleet paint scheme book. You can get the kindle version on Amazon and it is worth EVERY penny of the $9.99. You can not go wrong. They do go into detail about the scheme on the two swordsman F-14s. Sorry for the thread hijack! :P
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