discussion Darian's 1/48 F-14A Tomcat

[Darian Frey]

Good stuff Darian

I like that you are using just the kit parts

Geoff.

Thanks Geoff!

I like seeing what you can do OOB sometimes!

 

[langy71]

Might be a bit late to this, but is this any good for you ?

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/6/5/0/559650-70-instructions.pdf

 

[Darian Frey]

Might be a bit late to this, but is this any good for you ?

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/6/5/0/559650-70-instructions.pdf

I had to think about that one for a minute Langy... And then I remembered D'oh! Thanks for posting the link, but I did actually find it in the end thankfully, I had to go through my book collection to find it as I'd used it as a bookmark!

Thanks Mate! Really appreciate it!

 

[Farmerboy]

I’ve built one of these a few years ago and I can honestly say it’s the best kit ever!!
Builds so well, no vices at all, the engineering is superb!
Once you get going you won’t want to stop!
As per usual with Tamiya the decals are a bit thick so I ended up painting as many of the main markings as I could, enjoy!

 

[Darian Frey]

I’ve built one of these a few years ago and I can honestly say it’s the best kit ever!!
Builds so well, no vices at all, the engineering is superb!
Once you get going you won’t want to stop!
As per usual with Tamiya the decals are a bit thick so I ended up painting as many of the main markings as I could, enjoy!

Thanks for the heads-up. I've heard loads of great things about this kit and to be honest I've no idea why I've not built it yet.

'Real Life' (TM) has got in the way a bit over the last week or so so I'm still painting the cockpit - but once that's done I suspect I'll start to move on with this quite quickly.

 

[Darian Frey]

Still working on the cockpit painting - I suspect some of you will have finished your builds before I get this done Still, so far it's been a really interesting exercise. I've no idea how accurate it is, I'm just following Tamiya's instructions. The only thing that is strange so far is, whilst they've given the modeller decals for the MFD's and the seat belts, and even the crew's helmets, they've not given us any for the other instruments - something I think they've corrected for the latest F-14B kit.

 

[flyjoe180]

this is progressing well Darian. That is strange not having instrument decals.

 

[Darian Frey]

this is progressing well Darian. That is strange not having instrument decals.

I know, it's odd isn't it. They've corrected it on their latest F-14B kit (I suspect the D kit might be the same).

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