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Looking great, PJ.
Who doesn't love an F-14? I can't believe I've never built one.
I'm interested in seeing how your marbling is progressing. Neat technique..
Finally shot the gull gray on and polished the paint to smooth out the finish.
Masked the front for the black paint.
Masking tape removed
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
TheMongoose That looks like It has a lot of potential!
That looks like It has a lot of potential!
Thanks!
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!
lawdog114 Coming along nice PJ. One of the few jets I would build willingly.
Coming along nice PJ. One of the few jets I would build willingly.
"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
A little progress on the build. Spent quite a while marbling the airframe then used a 2800 grit pad to polish the marble coat to get a super smooth topcoat to come.
mustang1989 Dang it Ernie! This is looking great so far man!
Dang it Ernie! This is looking great so far man!
Thanks Joe.
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M. Brindos I'm thinking of picking up the Top Gun Revell kit and cut my teeth on that one. I'm not afraid of a challenge lol.
I'm thinking of picking up the Top Gun Revell kit and cut my teeth on that one. I'm not afraid of a challenge lol.
Mike, if you wanna get a Revell get the older A or D. This last one as Top Gun has some bad and I mean bad flash and some parts have ugly mold and seam lines. The older versions are cleaner, have sharper molded details. The molds being used are wearing out and it shows.
stikpusher Looking good PJ!
Looking good PJ!
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
The Queen has wings. Fuel tanks are clamped and cooking.
Love the sexy nose art
stikpusher but I have enough 1/48 aircraft kits to last the rest of my life.
but I have enough 1/48 aircraft kits to last the rest of my life.
yep me too and then some.
Yes, I built a whole bunch of 1/72 Tomcats back when I used to build in that scale. But those days have been over since I decided to standardize my aircraft scale into 1/48, with the occasional foray into 1/32. I know that there are lots of gorgeous kits out there in 1/72 now, but I have enough 1/48 aircraft kits to last the rest of my life.
stikpusher If 1/48 Tomcats weren't so big, I'd love to do more than the ones that I already have in my stash. There are just so many good looking marking schemes to go with.
If 1/48 Tomcats weren't so big, I'd love to do more than the ones that I already have in my stash. There are just so many good looking marking schemes to go with.
Then try a couple of cats in 1/72. The less expensive Revell D and both A & D from Hasegawa are as detailed as the 1/48 version. The earlier high vis markings are really flashy.
I’m ashamed to say I don’t have a single cat in my display case but do have several in the stash. I have built at least 10 cats just for one guy that loves them in any scale. The Queen and the Bobcat will be the first cats I’m building for myself.
As a matter of fact, I’m doing an Iranian one in 1/48 for him and is shipping me the Tamiya 1/32 A as commissions. Can’t wait to work on another Tamiya 1/32 Tomcat, they are a pleasure to work on, just way too big!
Ish47guy Good choice on markings. Thats one of the birds I have on my own to-do list. Will you be using the Fightertown Decal sheet?
Good choice on markings. Thats one of the birds I have on my own to-do list. Will you be using the Fightertown Decal sheet?
I will be using Super Scale Decals.
No, Tamiya has done quite a bit of mold swapping with Italeri also. Even they are not immune.
stikpusher Ok, I just found a few on ebay with sprue shot photos. It looks like Testors did indeed also do those sets with the Italeri kit, in addition to the older Fujimi kit releases. Talk about doing some research on a kit to decide which to buy....
Ok, I just found a few on ebay with sprue shot photos. It looks like Testors did indeed also do those sets with the Italeri kit, in addition to the older Fujimi kit releases. Talk about doing some research on a kit to decide which to buy....
Yea it’s wild how the molds get passed between manufacturers. I think Tamiya May be the exception.
stikpusher Yeah, I think that the Testors paperwork somehow found it's way into your Italeri kit... you sure look to have the better kit https://www.scalemates.com/kits/testors-4071-f-14-jolly-roger-tomcat--1002903 I picked up an Italeri Tornado IDS on ebay years ago. Also included in the box were the weapons sprues, decals, and instructions from the Airfix Tornado IDS. Life is like a box of chocolates...
Yeah, I think that the Testors paperwork somehow found it's way into your Italeri kit... you sure look to have the better kit
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/testors-4071-f-14-jolly-roger-tomcat--1002903
I picked up an Italeri Tornado IDS on ebay years ago. Also included in the box were the weapons sprues, decals, and instructions from the Airfix Tornado IDS. Life is like a box of chocolates...
When my buddy gave me the bagged kit it had the folded cardboard box top you have there in the link above. He was gonna throw it away so I figured I could use the weapons or wheels but it’s a very nice kit.
Yours is different from what I have stick, even the wing mechanism is different.
Here’s the Italeri Bobcat box
The front sheet for the Testors Kit
Both instrctions, steps and parts numbers are the same
Diagrams are different from yours stick
As you can see in the pictures they Both are the same.
Here is the Testors Fujimi parts chart for comparison
plasticjunkieStik, both Italeri and Testors are identical in all parts. I'm building both and except for the cans on the Bobcat there is no difference even with the instructions.
I suspect that one is mislabeled. Looking at the parts breakdown on the instruction sheet, the Testors Fujimi kit and Italeri kits are different. The Testors Fujimi kit has single piece ejection seats, while the Italeri seats are multi piece. The Italeri wings swing together with a bar connector, while the Testors Fujimi kit are geared. The wing pylons for the T/F kit are the longer chord Phoenix pylons, while the Italeri kit is the more commonly seen shorter chord Sparrow type. And of course there are the previously mentioned early production wing glove vanes. Later in their service life, the F-14 had those deactivated.
Stik, both Italeri and Testors are identical in all parts. I'm building both and except for the cans on the Bobcat there is no difference even with the instructions.
Mike I'm akso doing the Revell Top Gun F14A as a commission which is ok but be prepared to do heavy join line sanding and scribing back the llost details. This one I'm doing as an Iranian cat for the buyer.
plasticjunkie stikpusher You're off to a fine start! The resin cockpit looks good. Ill just add the tidbit that the 1/48 Testors F-14 was a rebox of Fujimi, not Italeri. Watch out for the weapons on that kit- some replacements by most anybody will be better. Im also building the Italeri Bobcat and both Italeri and Testors kits and instructions are identical except for the Bobcat engine feathers. So it was a Fulimi first then re popped twice?
stikpusher You're off to a fine start! The resin cockpit looks good. Ill just add the tidbit that the 1/48 Testors F-14 was a rebox of Fujimi, not Italeri. Watch out for the weapons on that kit- some replacements by most anybody will be better.
You're off to a fine start! The resin cockpit looks good.
Ill just add the tidbit that the 1/48 Testors F-14 was a rebox of Fujimi, not Italeri. Watch out for the weapons on that kit- some replacements by most anybody will be better.
Im also building the Italeri Bobcat and both Italeri and Testors kits and instructions are identical except for the Bobcat engine feathers. So it was a Fulimi first then re popped twice?
I've built the original pre merger Revell 70's F-14 and Testors Fujimi F-14 in 1/48, plus I have a couple of the Monogram Toms in my stash. Each of those three have different molds. I have never seen the Italeri kit so I can't comment on its lineage. According to Scalemates, the Italeri kit is their own tooling, and they never did one with Testors or Fujimi. If the kit does not have the working glove vanes of the early F-14A, it's not the same molds, or its a major rework.
- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"
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