F-14 Tomcat Group Build idea...

bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Monday, June 27, 2005 2:45 AM

Chuck, that looks fantastic! Thumbs Up [tup]

Congratulations on an excellent build.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 27, 2005 5:48 PM

Chuck,

Looks great! I only hope my VF-41 looks as good! Guys I'm not sure I'm going to make deadline either, with the new job starting this week and increased family oblligations I'm having 0 build time. I'm not officially pulling out yet but if I don't make some progress soon I don't think I'll be able to stay in with a clean concience! You all take care and keep cranking on those Cats! :-)

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:23 PM

Hi all

I'm back from holiday and I see that you guys are definitely making progress.

Since I've been back I've sprayed the bottom of the kit light ghost grey and given the drop tanks and phoenix missiles there first coat of paint.

Will post some pics later this week.

John

John

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:24 AM

great plane Usucsn

hi reojn and john hope to see you guys cats too

i still resting after the build maybe will be onto a bear tu142 or something

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:46 PM

when does this end? just found it. I'm working on a prototype based on Hasegawa 1/72. got the glove modifications almost done.

http://www.plummersmines.com/modeling/proto.jpg

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:21 AM

Your welcome to jump on board, plum1030. The official welcome will come from armorman, the "MC" of this GB. For your info, the GB ends in August. So you've got lots of time left. Sounds like an interesting, and different, project you've got underway and the progress looks good.

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Monday, July 4, 2005 10:20 AM

Hi all

Has any F-14 ever had gunship grey (FS36118) used as a predominant colour?
Toying with the idea of painting the anti-glare, drop tanks, nose and vertical tails gunship grey.

Any thoughts or comments are welcome.

I've painted the bottom of the kit light ghost grey. I cheated and used Tamiya's AS-26 spraycan which has a blue tinge in the grey. Hopefully the "wash" will hide some of it.

John

John

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Monday, July 4, 2005 2:24 PM

A few squadrons like VF-103 and VF-154 used FS16081/36081 for the vertical tails at some points in time and VF-1 and VF-2 were painted in the experimental Ferris scheme back in the 70s. This scheme was a splinter style that used FS36118. Other than these, there was nothing else I believe.

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Monday, July 4, 2005 2:44 PM

Thx for the info bstrump.

Since I'm using VF-32 decals and they never used a "non standard" scheme would I offend anyone if I used FS36118 on my 'Cat?

Do you think it would look ok or come out as a flop?

Just a thought I'm bouncing around. Feel free to be brutally honest in your opinions.

Thx
John

John

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Monday, July 4, 2005 9:32 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by osjohnm

Thx for the info bstrump.

Since I'm using VF-32 decals and they never used a "non standard" scheme would I offend anyone if I used FS36118 on my 'Cat?

Do you think it would look ok or come out as a flop?

Just a thought I'm bouncing around. Feel free to be brutally honest in your opinions.

Thx
John

Since it's your model, the only person you need to please is yourself. However, to answer your questions, I think some toned down, line bird markings would look pretty good on the dark grey but I'm not convinced that the bright, CAG or CO's markings would. This is a very subjective opinion and what might not look good to me may look fantastic to you.

VF-154 used red stripes on the dark grey and it looked OK but VF-103's toned down, light grey Jolly Roger looked a lot better on the dark grey.

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 5:37 AM

Thx for the input bstrump.

The VF-32 decals are lo-viz markings, hence I had the idea of using gunship grey.
The decals are for one the F-14s that made an air-to-air kill and according to some threads at ARC used the following scheme at the time:

I was thinking of replacing the Medium Grey with Gunship but that might be overkill or replacing the Medium in the following scheme and painting the tails gunship as well:

The humbrol equivalent for FS35237 is more blue than grey and I'm not keen on using it.

John

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 9:30 AM

hi John welcome back. how is your trip

frankly i think i did saw some cat having gunship grey but not VF32.

maybe the VF41 black aces. however im not sure if it is gunship grey as it look like one from the cam decal i bought.

anyway it be cool to have the cat with gunship grey .... anyway just a though fellas

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 11:01 AM

Hi Sentry

The trip was great thanks but I wish it had been longer.

Thanks for your input, which scheme do you think the gunship would look better in?

John

John

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 12:25 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by osjohnm

Thx for the input bstrump.

The VF-32 decals are lo-viz markings, hence I had the idea of using gunship grey.

I was thinking of replacing the Medium Grey with Gunship but that might be overkill or replacing the Medium in the following scheme and painting the tails gunship as well:

I think that would look cool.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 3:55 PM

osjohnm,

VF-101 also had a dark tail scheme.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 7:43 AM

hi john
im with bstrump that one nice

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:46 PM

Hi all

All the major paint work has been completed, just have to do some touchups here and there. Weathering and decaling are next.

John

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:20 PM

Hey John! I like it! That dark gray really works well on the Tomcat. Looking forward to seeing this one marked up.

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armorman

Member since
April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:31 AM

Hiya fellas!

I finally get to check back in and see whats going on. Looks like osjohnm has a real beauty going and I can't wait to see it with markings on. Nice work!
Remember- only 17 days left for this GB. As much as I'd like to extend it and try to get mine done I just haven't had time to even look at the bench, much less work on it. So, come August 1 it'll be done. How is everyone's progress?

Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:50 PM

I can tell you without any doubt that I will not be able to get anything done before August 1. I have still been working huge hours and my wife is having some family issues in Seattle which is taking a bunch of our time. I have had lots of fun and I hope we can ressurect this GB someday soon. We all have learned lots about these bad F-14 kits. And there is plenty of them! The builds are looking great!

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:46 AM

Hi all

I might actually get this done in time. The top half has been weathered and hopefully I'll find sometime later to do the bottom half. Then its just decals and flat coat.

Will post some pics once the weathering has been completed.

Since we all had trouble with our kits, you won't believe it but I almost bought the academy 1/48 kit today, but ended up walking away with the Mig-29 instead. Perhaps a wise decision.

A local toyshop just received a mass of 1/48 academy kits so there is always another day to shoot myself in the foot.

John

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Monday, July 25, 2005 4:29 AM

Hi all

Here are the weathering pics as promised:

Decaling has commenced and should be finished this week sometime.

John

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 25, 2005 8:28 AM

nice bird john ... keep em coming

anyway john i heard the mig 29 also got it hiccups , but then not as serious as the cat.

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Monday, July 25, 2005 8:07 PM

Hey John! This is looking better all the time. Thumbs Up [tup]

Nice and dirty. Just the way a TPS Tomcat should look.

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Saturday, July 30, 2005 3:36 AM

Thanks for comments guys.

4 more decals to go (pilot and rio names) and then decaling is finished.
Don't think I'll have the weapons done in time but the Cat itself will be finished by the end of the weekend.

John

John

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 30, 2005 3:20 PM

I am sorry I will not be able to complete any F-14 kits. Life has been throwing me some curves and that has taken all of my time. I hope we can ressurect this GB someday and maybe I could do something with it. All of the builds are looking great and I look forward to the final photos.

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Monday, August 1, 2005 3:42 AM

Hey guys

The 'Cat is done, sorry wasn't time to take photos this morning befote work. Will make an effort to get some out later.

Just have to remove the masking on the canopy and then I upload some pics.

John

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bstrump

Member since
March 2004
From: British Columbia,Canada

Posted by bstrump on Monday, August 1, 2005 1:32 PM

Glad to hear that John! Can't wait to see what you've got for us.

As for my #2 build, I'll be posting pics tonight sometime. Looking back through the pages, it seems I never did upload final pics. Oops! Sorry guys.

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armorman

Member since
April 2003
From: Charlotte, NC

Posted by armorman on Monday, August 1, 2005 7:31 PM

osjohnm- that is one wicked looking Tomcat. Nice job on the weathering! Thanks for keeping this build afloat guys!

Next Up: 1/35 Tamiya Merkava 1/48 Tamiya King Tiger 1/35 Dragon M1A1 AIM

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osjohnm

Member since
October 2003
From: Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by osjohnm on Tuesday, August 2, 2005 3:07 AM

Hi guys

Sorry for the delay, photobucket and dial-up weren't playing along last night.
Just uploaded the images at work, the joys of broadband. Here they are:

I reckon it could have been better but at one stage I got really fed up with it. I'm actually glad that I stuck it out and I actually ended up enjoying the build.

John

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