1/32 Revell F-14A Tomcat

by Paul Nortness

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This is my second big scale Revell F-14. I love this kit, people complain about the seams on the nose to fuselage joint, but I have been pretty lucky.  I found a trick that helps.  I cut 1 inch lengths of .015 x .015 styrene and attach them to the fuselage side of the joint with CA. The strips create a guide post for the nose to slide on, and it forces the plastic on the nose to push out abit creating a much better seam with almost no step.

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Paint was done using MM flat gull grey with MM gloss black on the tails and ventral fins and MM flat black on the skunk stripe.  Weathering was done with pastel chalk ground into a powder and mixed two parts water to one part powder.  I left the weathering solution dry over night to make sure I got a good base.  Then, with a paper towel and a few Q-tips wiped it in the direction of airflow.  Then, I followed it up with Tamiya Weathering Master Set B "soot".  The helmets were spares from a couple 1:32nd scale Hasegawa kits in the stash.  The instrument panel cowlings were covered with kleenex tissue and then painted brown to provide a canvas appearance.  The markings are from CAM Decals sheet.  I am not sure if it was because this sheet had been in my stash for awhile or just because they were from CAMs older line, but I found these much thicker than previous sheets.  Still, they fell into the panel lines nicely with a couple coats of MicroSol

This is my fourth build completed in the month of July....I am whooped! Off to play some Rock Band now.

Paul

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Photos and text © by Paul Nortness