Grumman F-14A Tomcat - Minicraft 1/144

[Guest]

Welcome back mates.

This is for those who dare, if you're a purist of exact measurements or perfect finishing this is not your WIP, otherwise enjoy.

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The kit is the old Minicraft (LS?) kit, minimal or no details we get (only half MLG well).

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Ok, enough talking, let's start.

Scriber, glue and putty q.b.

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What? Did I forget the cockpit? No, there is no cockpit and a scratched one would be too much for this model. Ok, let's find a common agreement, what if I do only half of it? Deal!

Some plastic card and copper wire ...

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Some primer ...

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Some paint ...

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Canopy on ...

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Ok, good enough!

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

Go Francesco! Awesome work, it's fallen together quickly so far.

[Guest]

Yeah this has gone together very quickly, I admire how you do these in this scale.

[Guest]

Thanks Joe and steve.

I just discovered that the f-14 seat had no B/Y handled on the headrest.

I will have to open the canopy and remove them.

In the meanwhile I started this one:

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Francesco

[papa 695]

And they say I'm mad. Great work Francesco on both

[Guest]

Thanks Ian.

Painting done.

I have to confess that I'm not fully satisfied with the result, plus there are a couple of spot that should have sanded better.

This is especially bad as I decided to mount the kit OOB (flaws in shape and details did not justify any extra work) and concentrate on finishing

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Now ready for washing.

Francesco

[InFlames]

Hi Francesco!

I admire your determination to build this old kits (with much better Dragon and excellent Revell kit on the market) and you are doing a great job on them.

I just discovered that the f-14 seat had no B/Y handled on the headrest.

I just noticed this. Actually A (your model) and B F-14s had those handles, both using GRU-7 seats. Only D models had different kind of seats and had no overhead ejection handles.

[Guest]

Thanks, that is a good news as I did not remove the handles being in doubt.

Completed painting and applied decals, do you think is too dirty?

Still unsure if I should do the washing.

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