F-14 Tomcat Group Build idea...

Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 6:50 PM

I have emailed you my address through the forum. Unfortunately the Black Box kits are rather high in price. The RM kits have quite a bit of detail anyway. My wife sometimes wonders why I buy so much model stuff. But then she thinks about that all this keeps me off the streets and out of the bars and at home when I am not at work. But I still go flyfishing and hunting! I hope we get a huge turnout for this F-14 GB.

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armorman

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April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Sunday, September 12, 2004 10:26 PM

I got funny looks all weekend. I spent a large chunk of time on this FA-18Super Hornet. I get the same thing as well except I have a crazy South African brother in law who tries to keep me in the bars! Gotta run my eyes have become cross-eyed from spending too much time at the workbench. Looks like about 15 of us so far... hopefully more as we get closer to January! Later Mark.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 6:29 AM

i went to the hoby shop and in the way of 1:48 tomcats i only saw the hasegawa ones. they were 60 singapore bucks! thats roughly 35 dollars ! ALOT of money to me, i get 30 singapore a week. anyhoo, are they worth it ? i dont think im going to be buying anytime soon, just want to get more info before i spend my money.

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armorman

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April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Monday, September 13, 2004 6:17 PM

hey reg, it is a sweet kit, but that is a lot of bucks. When you get a chance to pick one up they are worth it.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 11:06 PM

Hasegawa kits are good but overpriced! Revell-Monogram is good at a much lower cost. I am ready for this GB!!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:32 AM

im going to get a academy tomcat, more my speeed. i dont think i would be able to do a 60 dollar kit justice

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DanCooper

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March 2004
From: Belgium

Posted by DanCooper on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 5:45 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by armorman

Hey fellas, James that Italeri kit isn't bad at all. It had very little flash and the cockpit detail was okay... it turned out to be a good build with no major fit prob's. Hey Dan how is that Black Box cockpit? I ordered the Has 1/48 and I am still debating the markings but i would really like to do the cockpit proud.

That cockpit set looked just great, next time that I'm in that shop I'll sure buy it.

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

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armorman

Member since
April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:14 AM

Hey reg I hear that academy cat is just as good. Thanks for the info dan!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:17 AM

you know with the build so far away i was wondering if i should splunk on it. id have to save like crazy though.... hows the fit on that one ? i find spending ages dealing with poor fit kills the joy sometimes.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:19 AM

armourman and i both posted simultaneously. now im back to debating with myself..............

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armorman

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April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:01 PM

hey reg- the academy kit is nice. A pal of mine has done several and they appeared to be easy to convert (if you wanna) to D's. He never complained (but he's REALLY good) and he doesn't buy the Hasegawa's. I think that is probably good advice. I am waiting on the Hasegawa kit, but maybe I should have saved 15 bucks and bought the Academy kit. What I would really like is the Tamiya 1/32, but it's running 132 bucks on some sites!

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armorman

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April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:04 PM

Hey Mark,(Ipms33206) what do you think of the Academy Kit?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:13 PM

yeah, the guy at the LHS will prolly give me the academy cat for about 30+ sgd, so im paying roughly half, as compared to the HAS cat. i could get my P-38 with the savings. looks like academy is going to make some money off me in the coming weeks......... assuming i manage my allowance properly..........

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:45 PM

The Academy kits are not bad. And the price is a bit more tollerable. The Tamya 1/32 kits are great, may even be worth the high price. Revell had their 1/32 Cat and it was not half bad. Some fit issues but not horrible. It is out of production but you can get them on EBay and sometimes some stores may have some old stock.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:54 PM

Count me in. I'm going to be flying an F-14 soon (1 MORE MONTH). and ill be doing a F-14a i dont know which kit but i have it somewhere. I think its a jolly rogers decals.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:46 PM

Hey 03Cobra, I assume you will be transitioning to the Super Hornet by 2006? It is a shame that they keep boosting the retirement of the F-14! It was 2008, now 2006! Some carriers will be deploying without the F-14 in the next year or so.

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armorman

Member since
April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:50 AM

Hey fellas... finally have power back after the remnants of Ivan slammed us with more flooding. 03Cobra that is great that you'll get to fly the Cat before it's retired. Hey Mark, hope all is well in Montana and thanks for the link. Now that the electricity is back on after 3 days without I can order that book. I'm going to try and get back into the Super Hornet so I can complete it for the Nav Av GB. Later fellas!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:51 PM

Glad Ivan didn't do any more damage than it did. I have a freind in Ohio and he has massive flooding there. You will love that F-14 book. I have many of their titles and they are all superb!!!! We actually had some snow on Monday. Very early for that.

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armorman

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April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 8:57 PM

Mark, what does your membership to IPMS entail? Do you meet with other locals on a regular basis? I've been wanting to join for a while but never did. I think my LHS guy is a member but I'll have to ask him on Friday when I get some airbrush supplies.

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fighterguru

Member since
February 2003
From: north carolina

Posted by fighterguru on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:14 PM

Im glad To See some activity here Im going to be working on the nav air build Iv got an A 4 that Im going to do Iv just got to get out from under all of the darn homework.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:43 PM

I have been a member of IPMS USA for many years. I was a member of the Seattle chapter before I moved to Bozeman. There is no group here. The only modeling group in Montana is in Great Falls which is 2.5 hours north of me. I am a writer for the IPMS USA web site and bi-monthly magazine. I test new products and kits and write reviews on them. There are quite a few modelers here in the area which is made apparent when the local Hobbytown USA has their bi-annual model contest. If you do have a local chapter, I highly recommend that you join and meet with them. You will learn so much from the group it is unbelieveable! Or at least join the National chapter that way you will get the magazine. Check out the web site at http://www.ipmsusa.org

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armorman

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April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:28 PM

Thanks for the info! I'll ask tomorrow and go to the site and register. I hear the mag is really good. Alrighty then, back to homework... wish the Hornet could be counted as study group... ah well. thanks again Mark.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 24, 2004 7:23 AM

armorman, how old are you ?

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armorman

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April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Friday, September 24, 2004 9:23 AM

28 and counting... decided to go back to college and finish Graphic Design degree.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 24, 2004 11:10 AM

28 ! hahaha ! i was that close to asking ya to join the young guns GB ! Big Smile [:D]

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Friday, September 24, 2004 2:05 PM

ask ME reg... it'll make me feel better haha...

I'm not quite ready to start on this build yet, got my OS2U for the Old geezers GB, my F4U-A1 for the Naval aviation build, and the HH-65 Dolphin I am building for my dad... soon as I get at least one of these off my desk I should be able to begin.,.. not sure which kit yet, haven't had time to look...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!