Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
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Mr Bowcat
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Hi guys. Long time, no post. 
I managed to get sidetracked by another build, but as that was completed at the weekend I got back to work on the Tomcat.
There actually wasn't that much more to do. I went over it with some oils to add even more dirt and weathering, painted in the nav lights and attached the drop tanks, ordnance and various aerials, pitots, AOA probes etc,
What did take a little planning and time was bending the acrylic rods to the right shapes, accomplished with some jigs and an electric paint stripper. I found that I had slightly miscalculated and the walnut base wasn't quite heavy enough to prevent tip back, so had to add another strip of wood underneath to give it a larger footprint.
With that it's done, but as it was gone 11pm last night I haven't taken pics yet. I will try and post some up this evening.
I managed to get sidetracked by another build, but as that was completed at the weekend I got back to work on the Tomcat.
There actually wasn't that much more to do. I went over it with some oils to add even more dirt and weathering, painted in the nav lights and attached the drop tanks, ordnance and various aerials, pitots, AOA probes etc,
What did take a little planning and time was bending the acrylic rods to the right shapes, accomplished with some jigs and an electric paint stripper. I found that I had slightly miscalculated and the walnut base wasn't quite heavy enough to prevent tip back, so had to add another strip of wood underneath to give it a larger footprint.
With that it's done, but as it was gone 11pm last night I haven't taken pics yet. I will try and post some up this evening.
boatman
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Same here
chris
chris
Mr Bowcat
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