1/48 Hasegawa F-14A VF-84 "Jolly Rogers"

Gallery Article by Massimo Turati on May 25 2010

 

Hello, I present my latest work, I hope you enjoy it! This kit Hasegawa P19. Before the review, I would say that this was a “most wanted” kit for me, and I think this is a kit that every modeler should have in his collection. Even if I live in the province of Milan, in Italy, I had a hard time finding this kit and when I found it, after years and years of research, I did not hesitate to buy it.

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This is a very nice kit. Plastic sprues are perfect, there are many details that are well done. I assembled the kit without any particular difficulty. I had some minor problems with the front gear bay of the plane, because while I was working on it a piece of the bay collapsed on the inside of the fuselage and had a hard time putting it back into place. I also made a mistake in the assembly of the cockpit. The result was that the canopy is not attached very well to the fuselage. For the rest, I had to use a minimal amount of putty and patience throughout the assembly. 

When painting, I used as primer Tamiya Sky Grey, then I made a pre-shading with the black color . I then applied the Gunze No. H317 to the entire model and black for the tails and the nose. I mostly used the decal sheet provided in the kit, but in my opinion some decals where inappropriate, so I replaced them using some taken from a Fightertown decal sheet.

In the box there was not weapons included, then I added four Phoenixs, two Sidewinders and two Sparrows missiles taken from a set of Hasegawa.

Finally, after nearly two months of hard work, I was satisfied with the result, even if I know this model should have been built better.....No matter, this is the first one F-14, I'm sure I will do a better work when building the next one.

Comments, views and inquiries are always welcome, for it does not hesitate to contact me. 

Massimo Turati

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Photos and text © by Massimo Turati