This is my first
1/48 Hasegawa F-14 Tomcat I've ever built. I have heard and read a lot regarding
this hated-and-beloved kit and I believe you know it too, so I won't go
into step-by-step article.
One thing I got
after finishing this is, it is a tricky kit. Needs hard work to finish it but
it's all worth it. It's the most beautiful Tomcat kit in 1/48. Period.
Weathering was
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I used old Hasegawa P23 F-14A
Plus Tomcat in 1/48, Black Box F-14A/B Bombcat resin cockpit set, Eduard P.E
set, Eagle Design BOL launchers, LTS pylon and bomb racks, TwoBobs VF-32
Swordsmen decal and Hasegawa Weapon Set D (LTS, JDAM and GBU-12).
Bought the kit almost 15 years
ago, it did showed some age when I opened the box. The fuselage was wrapped,
some parts were broken, decal yellowed badly, etc, etc.... Hmmm, additional
work, I thought..
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I modified the
intake ramps, add GPS dome, Sparrowhawk HUD and silver-colored ring in
front of the nozzles. Paints are Gunze lacquer FS36375, FS36320 and FS35237
which are the best paint I ever used. Weathering was done using oil paints and
pastel from Tamiya Weathering Master Set.
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Well, after 2.5 months of hard
work, day-and-night, finally I brought the finished Tomcat to my local modeling
club meeting on the last day of 2005, the dead-line date of our local
Tomcat Gathering Group-Build. From 13 modelers who signed-up for the
group-build, only 5 were finished.
Thanks
to Brian Marbrey who help me much !
Alexander
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