This
is my rendition of the F14 Tomcat as seen in the Anime Movie Macross Zero. It is
an interesting meld of an F14A with an F14D. I used the 1:48 Italeri F14A kit as
a starting point. I then added pilot figures from an Academy Tomcat, as the
‘A’ cockpit is correct it was used OOB, I got some F14D burner nozzles from
Hasegawa and an Airies Chin pod together with scratch built Amraams. Decals were
custom made on a computer and printed on Testors clear inkjet decal paper by my
good mate Benjo, who incidentally also supplied all of the spare conversion
parts – thanks dude!!
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images below to see larger images
The
model has been painted using Gunze acrylics, the colours chosen by eye to match
my reference pictures. Weathering was completed using my usual procedure of oil
paint washes and pigment powders.
I’m
quite pleased with the finished product, hope that you enjoy looking.
Cheers,
Jason Cooper
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