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

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                        Darren Roberts
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        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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                        Toshi
                        • Member since
                          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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                        mobiusone
                        • Member since
                          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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                        Devil Dawg
                        • Member since
                          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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                        plasticjunkie
                        • Member since
                          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.

                         GIFMaker.org_jy_Ayj_O

                         

                         

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

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                        Revenant
                        • Member since
                          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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                        Buckeye
                        • Member since
                          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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                        BrandonK
                        • Member since
                          June 2014
                        Posted by BrandonK on Monday, November 28, 2016 12:19 PM

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

                        BK

                        On the bench:

                        A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

                        2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed   

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                        wolfhammer1
                        • Member since
                          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

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                        Hodakamax
                        • 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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                        Tojo72
                        • Member since
                          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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                        TheMongoose
                        • Member since
                          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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                        Cadet Chuck
                        • Member since
                          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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                        1943Mike
                        • Member since
                          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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                        lawdog114
                        • Member since
                          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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                        Darren Roberts
                        • Member since
                          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!

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                        BrandonD
                        • 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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                        mobiusone
                        • Member since
                          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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