1/32 Tamiya F-14 Tomcat

Gallery Article by Henk Koppelaar on Aug 22 2003

 

This is my Tomcat from Tamiya. I made this kit in 1996. I wasn’t a great modeller at that time. I think I’m still not, especially when I finished a model. I think everyone can look upon his finished model, thinking “I could have done that better”. 

 

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I used the original Tamiya decals which are very thick and didn’t know anything about the set and sol products, weathering, detailling, etc., etc..   

A few years later I decide to repaint the aircraft. The aircraft was painted with brushes of various sides. But now, I thought by myself I can give it a little bit a better look when I airbrush the Tomcat. I bought some decals which are actually for the B-version. Again, too short knowledge, I know. But it was nice to experiment my airbrush techniques on this great plane. I used a lot of different  paintshades and different psi in my compressor to obtain a weathered aircraft.  

Henk Koppelaar

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Photos and text © by Henk Koppelaar