I thought I'd share
with you my 1/32 tomcat. It’s the Revell kit, but
I used a lot of parts from an old Tamiya cat to
improve it. I must say that it fit relatively well, and I had to fill relatively
few gaps. I think I used an early mold, because nothing was warped or had flash.
I used the exhausts, ladder, and front tires from the Tamiya
kit, and canopy detail set from model tech. The decals are from
CAM
. Paint is MM acrylic, and enamel wash.
I took some artistic liberty and opened some panels up, one on the spine, one in
the aft fuselage and one in the engine tunnel. I just tried to fill space inside
and make the model look busy. It's by no means realistic, but it was the first
time I really did this much surgery on a kit, and I like how it turned out.
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I was really
surprised that I used Jolly Roger markings. I love the tomcat, but I think that
VF-84 and 103 markings are way over produced. I'd rather see some decals for
some other tomcats. I do understand supply and demand, and the Jolly Roger
sheets sell. I buckled and used them, and I really like how the decals look in
32nd scale.
I added a simple load out of two
AIM-7s and two AIM-9s. I also didn’t add the phoenix pallets; many reference
photos didn’t have any for this jet.
Matt
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