F-14 at "Weekend of Heroes"

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:29 pm

I found these two small pics here...

http://www.aweekendofheroes.com/

Looks like the lighting may not be too bad. I hope I can get one.

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:38 pm

You know the pictures are small but pretty cool looking. I can’t wait to see full sized pictures of this special edition plane. Unfortunately she’s out of my price range.

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:42 pm

Thanks for the link. I hate to say it, and I'm still holding out hope, but those spots are really pronounced. Damn.

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:48 pm

vulgarvulture wrote:Thanks for the link. I hate to say it, and I'm still holding out hope, but those spots are really pronounced. Damn.

There is an easy fix for the spots. A can of Spot Shot only cost's about $5 and really works.............Sorry, that was a terrible joke, but spot shot does work well around the house.

King O' Fools · Post by **King O' Fools** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:54 pm

At least the afterburners looks real good. Very cool. They should release the special edition through retailers because many collectors may not be able to attend or even know it exists in the first place.

Also, having the name of the show stenciled instead of the carrier name is a real detriment to the increased realism afforded by the lighting. It's completely lame. Come to think of it, why don't they paint it in G.I. Joe colors? You know people would buy it.

NWarty · Post by **NWarty** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:56 pm

[facepalm][/facepalm]

pcoughran · Post by **pcoughran** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:00 pm

Alas, those small pictures with the cool lights sure "hit the spot."
Sorry about the pun.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:21 pm

what about that oriental model- she's in about every other picture in the 2009 slideshow, I didn't notice any problem with spots...

pcoughran · Post by **pcoughran** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:32 pm

mikeg wrote:what about that oriental model- she's in about every other picture in the 2009 slideshow, I didn't notice any problem with spots...

I noticed that as well. Not to be too politically correct, but "oriental" is used to describe a rug - "asian model" would be the correct term.

c44588 · Post by **c44588** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:44 pm

Oh, she has spots....just in places you cant see!

Approach with extreme caution!

Post by **aferguson** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:46 pm

holy cow....the spots looking really dark in that picture. So even the more expensive special edition ones have spots. Oh my.

I wonder if the custom paint job ones they'll do for $1600 will have spots on them too. Maybe they like the spots and think they look really cool.

Shin Densetsu · Post by **Shin Densetsu** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:35 pm

Wow yeah the spots look even more spotty in those dark shots.

I prefer the detail on the Century Wings models where the paint for weathering or the like is usually just to bring out the panel line detail.

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:19 pm

The blue cockpit lights are very odd.

It'd make more sense if they were a red or something

Shin Densetsu · Post by **Shin Densetsu** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:03 pm

The cockpit lighting from the radar and TID/VSD screens should be a dark green if anything, not blue.

Wondering why the TCS lights up too, which is weird.

NWarty · Post by **NWarty** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:14 pm

Hopefully we'll get some pics tomorrow

coreystinson · Post by **coreystinson** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:11 am

King O' Fools wrote:Come to think of it, why don't they paint it in G.I. Joe colors? You know people would buy it.

LOL - for sure!

coreystinson · Post by **coreystinson** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:14 am

aferguson wrote:holy cow....the spots looking really dark in that picture. So even the more expensive special edition ones have spots. Oh my.

I wonder if the custom paint job ones they'll do for $1600 will have spots on them too. Maybe they like the spots and think they look really cool.

I wonder the spots are limited to the special edition version?

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:50 am

i doubt it......the special ed. was probably built at the same time as the main production run. I'm sure they're all spotted.

WGP Klaus · Post by **WGP Klaus** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:42 pm

Shin Densetsu wrote:The cockpit lighting from the radar and TID/VSD screens should be a dark green if anything, not blue.

Wondering why the TCS lights up too, which is weird.

Since the model is already "plummed" that would be a very easy and inexpensive fix with the help of fiber optics!

I managed to light a 32nd Tamiya F-15E and F-4E (Cockpit primarily) with fiber optics for about $8.00 a plane, and that was many many years ago.