F-14B TOMCAT 'VF-103' Jolly Rogers Christmas Special - 1:72 Hasegawa

[homechild]

Thanks Derek, I've taken a note of that now. Not as scary as I'd thought (although I'd probably have lost the tip of a finger!).

So come on...I'm eager to see the paint on this one!

PS I'm waiting on my Bad Cats decals arriving from the US (and have been since mid-December, never thought about checking Hannants for them).

 

[Caledonia]

Been wondering how to paint this complicated colour scheme at 1:72, and have finally decided to have a crack at hand painting.

Painted the underside of the wings and tailerons with Lifecolor - UA026 - Light Compass Ghost Grey FS36375; for the underside of the fuselage used the same colour but added a lot of white.

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Struggled with how to get the wavy line separation between the upper and lower surfaces, so after much thought and trial and error decided to draw the pattern on thin plastcard and cut it out to make a template. Stick two strips of 18mm wide x 60mm Lg. Tamiya masking tape onto hard plastic and after marking them off cut the wavy line with a craft knife. You can use both halves if you cut half a pith off of the other half. After fixing the tape to the model I always like to give the interface a light coat of Klear with a brush to help reduce leaching of subsequent colours.

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Cheers Derek

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[mobear]

clever idea there,and i think it may look awesome

mobear

 

[Caledonia]

Finished the basic paint scheme, moving onto adding some light weathering to represent paint fading etc. Still to fit the u/c doors and wheels which have been painted separately, then the decals and navigation lights which are all supplied as clear plastic. The canopy has a few bits of photo etch to be fitted for the mirrors and locking mechanism etc. Cheers Derek

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[mobear]

love that camo its great

mobear

 

[flyjoe180]

Me too, it's looking very sharp Derek.

 

[mossiepilot]

Just got caught up on your Tomcat Derek. Great work on the build and can't wait to see the camo go on.

Tony.