Small Scale Military Headquarters

http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/FLIGHTLINEPHOTO/1_18th_F-14B_in_progress/IMG_3177_zps1083e16e.jpg Tail stiffeners attached to the tails, FINALLY !! These are all made out of .010" plastic stock. I cut out all the pieces with a SHARP pair of scissors and an X-ACTO knife. The pics don't rea...

For those of you who have repainted your Big Cat, a few questions:

Should I attach the forward section to the main body before painting or do it after ? How do these two line up once they are put together ? Are there any seams that will need to be filled and sanded before priming ?

Steve

Shared this on my Facebook page trying to drum up some interest for you. Hoping this helps. Really would like a A-10 in 1/18th scale.

Steve

Could you post a few shots of what you did ? I'll be using Model Master clears.

Steve

Received these from a buddy of mine, last weekend, as a B-day present, NICE !! Now I have pilots for my B model, thanks Ted.

Steve

These tail stiffners aren't working out like I thought they would. I made one set (3 pcs. glued together) using .010" sheet plastic. They look great "laminated" together but, the finished product is too thick for the scale. I tried another one using just one piece of sheet plastic. I scribed the pie...

IF the next Cat is a VF-111 Sundowners you WILL NOT see seperate weapons, IMO. They flew A models which were all air to air and, that's what the S1 VF-84 came with. I know a D model would mean doing some retooling but, I think people are looking for something different. How many repaints of the S1 d...

Instead of doing another A model version, they should release a proper D model with JDAMS IMO.

Steve

I think it is just a factory screwup ??

Steve

Got my VF-154 version from the Flying Mule. The VF-84 version came from Bad Cat Toys.

Steve

Don't know, that's the way it came.

Steve

This is my VF-154 F-14A version. This is all factory paint. I have done nothing to this one except add the pilot and RIO.

Steve

Mine fit just fine. Took a little work but, well worth the effort.

Steve

Not sure how he did it but, what I do for all my 1/48th weapons is to drill tiny holes into the bomb where the bombs lugs would be. Then I super glue in small pieces of wire and drill matching holes into the MAU rack or TER, which ever the bomb will be hanging from. Carefully line up the wire, on th...

Looks great, awesome work. I wonder why he went thru ALL that work and never bothered to fill any seams ?? Just my 2 cents.

Steve

Well said Birddog.

Steve

Here is the finished result after wet sanding the area and gluing the steps in the closed position. Now to tackle the tail stiffners.

Steve

http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/FLIGHTLINEPHOTO/1_18th_F-14B_in_progress/IMG_3095_zps77dcaf48.jpg Started to work on the stiffners today. Deceided to do the easy one first, the one that goes around the rear boarding step. This was made using.010" sheet plastic. This photo is a before pic....

I am still interested.


Steve

Rudedog, I have a jewelers saw and I used that to remove the TCS pod. I removed it for 3 reasons. First, because I wanted to sand all the seams gone. Second, I removed the painted navigation light. I am going to replace this with a clear plastic piece that I shaped and sanded and third, I removed th...

No problem, your welcome. Interested in hearing / seeing how you make out with yours.


Steve

Great review, very well spoken. Your Phantom came with a Pilot and a WSO ...... now there's an idea.


Steve

Here ya go, refer to the photos; Wooden base 12 1/4'' wide X 9 1/2'' tall Wooden dowel rods 5/16'' pvc halves cut from 1 1/4'' I.D. pvc pipe This was made all from stuff I had lying around the garage. The wood base fits "the footprint" of the fuel tanks once installed on the jet. I determined that f...