discussion Rick's Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A Tomcat "Sundowners"

[rickoshea52]

Got some work on the bang seats and canopy done. Lots of filing and trial fitting was required to get the height correct for clearance between the top of the seats and the canopy. Handles have been made for the top only from 0.2mm lead wire looped around some scrap round plastic rod then superglued onto the seat and trimmed. I still need to touch in some black on them and re-shape before the canopy gets fitted.


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[flyjoe180]

Nice work on the ejection handles Rick. This is coming along nicely.

 

[rickoshea52]

I finished the ejection seat handles and fitted the badly fitting canopy, it would have been simpler to assemble it open maybe but I had decided to do it closed and assembled the main canopy before realising the lousy fit. Some filling will be required.


And then I can paint it.


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[takeslousyphotos]

Good result on the seats Rick ............ This one is coming together nicely.

 

[papa 695]

Just seen and caught up on this one Rick some very smart work so far

 

[Guest]

Hi rick,


You're doing an excellent job here.


Francesco

 

[Guest]

Will keep watching, I think this is going to be a Beauty when finished Rick


John.

 

[flyjoe180]

Nicely done so far Rick. Paint next, this is going to look great.

 

[rickoshea52]

Light Grey applied, the underside was a pain with lots of nooks and crannies. I applied a slightly darker shade around the wing roots with the wings forward as I have seen these with sweep marks from the weather shield then painted it with the wings swept.....shame that some of the paint scraped off!


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[flyjoe180]

Your Tomcat is looking great Rick.

 

[rickoshea52]

The pre-shading doesn't seem to have worked for me on this, but then I'm not convinced by that technique anyway. I had a second look at this after the paint had a decent amount of curing time and it needs another coat. The pylons need painting too, I did my usual trick of doing the airframe and forgetting the additional bits that I fit later. I'm so glad that I tinted the grey primer, it has made sure that any missed areas of spraying are highlighted, especially when the plastic is light grey and the finished paint colour is light grey.

 

[rickoshea52]

The next fix of masking has been applied after the Light Grey (which doesn't look very light!) so that the fin tips can be done in red and the exhausts done using True Metal paints applied by brush. I'm sure I saw a photo of this paint scheme with the engine cowling fin painted red too but the instructions don't show it.


The nose masking is for the Barley Grey anti-glare canopy surround. Close observation of this area has shown some minor areas requiring filler.


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RTFM Ricky!

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[takeslousyphotos]

This is coming on nicely Rick.

 

[flyjoe180]

RTFM Ricky!

What was that about engineers a few weeks back?


Looking good Rick, you're beating it into submission slowly but surely.

 

[rickoshea52]

Red applied to the fin tips and nacelle fins and barley grey to the canopy. I've removed the masking from the top of the intakes where I had previously applied barley grey but the contrast between the two shades is very subtle; I'm not convinced that the light grey is light enough now.....hmmm?


The White marks on the nose is residue from some filler that I applied, this should wipe off with a dampened cotton bud then a touch up on the canopy masking.


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[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Rick.

 

[rickoshea52]

I wasn't happy with the shade of the main grey colour, it was too dark so I have resprayed it a lighter shade and I'm much happier with it. The red fin tips and ventral fins were also a source of irritation so I used a different shade. The barley grey contrasts much better now, this being the anti-glare, tops of the intakes and the wing trailing edge/fuselage root.


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[Guest]

Great job so far, this is looking nice

 

[colin m]

I've just been 'awarded' a Tomcat in a little game I'm playing on my Kindle. Which of course means I now want to build one, but with a 'new kit embargo' on, I'm stuffed - until you came along with yours. Brilliant timing.


Looking great.

 

[rickoshea52]

As I was having a spray session today this received a couple of coats of Humbrol Clear - I'm still not convinced by it and I've had mixed results with Vallejo's acrylic varnish, I'm thinking of trying a varnish from Railmatch for future builds.


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