1/48 Hasegawa F-14A

by Adrian Koh

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This is a Hasegawa 1/48 F-14A Cag Bird of the Black Knights. Model was done basically OOB except for Verlinden GRU-7s. The kit did not exactly fall together like your average Japanese kit, especially found problems with the Cockpit-Fuselage joint, and where the main landing gear attached to the fuselage (the angle looked really odd). 

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Colors were Gunze lacquers washed with Windsor & Newton oils. I like Gunze lacquers as they can stand up to virtually anything put on them without marring the finish. The kit decals went on fine and were sealed with clear gloss which "melts" the decals onto the paintwork then overcoated with Testors lacquer flat.

This one is dedicated to Hal the P-47 Fan! Thanks Hal for giving me the guts to get on the ARC

Kindest regards, 

Adrian

Tokyo, Japan.

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Photos and text © by  Adrian Koh