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dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:47 pm

DEANKLEINES:

I have some questions about your sponge method of spot removal. When I sort things out, I'll post the questions on this thread in the next few days.

Thanks.

CessnaDriver · Post by **CessnaDriver** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:02 pm

Well, god, devil or sun help me.
I hung it up.

I used 14lb test and combined strands: four strands on the front and five on the back. The model weighs around ten pounds by my scale, so I tested this stuff with five pound weights first and really brutalized them to make sure they would hold. I had to drill a small hole on the left engine exhaust to get it to hang the way I wanted but easily repaired if I take it down. I'll be inspecting the strands from time to time to make sure it's holding up. This is the heaviest thing I have hung with fishing line and I am thinking replacing the line every year may not be a bad idea.

Fightertown Decals · Post by **Fightertown Decals** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:15 pm

Just posted this in the thread we started on decals but thought it might get more attention in the big thread here.

This will be our first 1/18 F-14 sheet. It will be available on our website in Feb with a price range of $25-35.

Decals printed by Microscale.

Enjoy!

-brian

NWarty · Post by **NWarty** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:09 pm

OMG...Sweet, Low-vis glory!

Can't wait for this as it will finally motivate me to paint my SpotCat!

Well done sir

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:58 am

Count me in !

phil

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:03 am

Now you are talking a scheme that most will be interested in. I cannot wait.

snake · Post by **snake** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:12 pm

A low vis Jolly Rogers.

Desert Storm as well.

Well done fightertown decals.

iflabs · Post by **iflabs** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:48 am

Does anyone else have an issue with the links on the rear struts falling out? Below:

Mine constantly flops out since the other conjoining parts to the plane aren't completely aligned with their respective areas.

What about the tail hook? Are you suppose to squeeze it in the joint? The two circular peg holes were about to snap after with any further pressure.

This wasn't worth $200+, imo. Repainting, bloody weak struts, very fragile.

Either way, a launch configuration would be hot. Nose down with front wheels lowered, meeoowww!

thatf14guy · Post by **thatf14guy** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:11 am

i did, i just en-larged them with a little rubber cement.

thatf14guy · Post by **thatf14guy** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:29 am

hey your stabs on the bottom are on backwards!

iflabs · Post by **iflabs** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:17 am

thatf14guy wrote:hey your stabs on the bottom are on backwards!

lol, you're right. No wonder that wedge of plastic was sticking out. Minor side effects of paint fumes.

thatf14guy · Post by **thatf14guy** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:07 am

hey atleast jsi didn't make them that way! nice job by the way!!!

iflabs · Post by **iflabs** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 12:44 am

This plane is driving me up the wall. The stupid rear wheel struts keep falling which lead to other problems. I can't count the number of times I've had to pull out cement to fix small tabs. I give up.

I hope another company gives the F-14 a shot.

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:38 pm

JFLABS:

That sounds exactly like my first F-14. The tabs were too small, landing gear kept falling out of the holes, etc. The fit was so loose just sitting it down would make everything fall off.

The second one I got everything fits nice and tight, go figure.

Corey

YT · Post by YT » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:00 pm

Finally got my F-14 hung up in the shop. De-spotted and with custom pilots.

Light.Inf.Scout · Post by **Light.Inf.Scout** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:37 pm

Nice!

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:11 pm

Very cool. Looks pretty good.

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:23 pm

YT

What did you use for pilots.

Corey

YT · Post by YT » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:34 pm

Coreyeagle48 wrote:
What did you use for pilots.

GI Joe SRO Ace with SRO Wild Bill vest, XD Stuka pilot mask and Ace helmet painted yellow with Skyworks VF 84 decals.

heiss66 · Post by **heiss66** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:36 pm

Not much can be said after all that has been said. Except, this is pretty much what happens when an OEM Chinese factory copies a smaller scale, say 1:48 or 1:32 model kit and panographs the scale up to 1:18 scale. The entire structure and critical weight bearing ratios are distorted. The detail is great but everything else is woe fully wrong. Combine this crazy exercise with a OEM company whose claim to fame are poly jars, ipod decorative cases and styrene boxes and you have the perfect debacle.

TO ALL FRUSTRATED FRIENDS & COLLECTORS:

Here's some helpful info:

The F14 was manufactured by SL SHING
SHING LIN PLASTIC MOULD PRODUCTS LTD.

CONTACT:Lui Waiman (Raymond)
852-6072-2449 RAYMOND HONG KONG CELL
852-2693-4293 HONG KONG OFFICE

emial: [email protected]

For those of you who wish to contact the now dubious JSI here is some info.

Wong Cheong, Chief Marketing Officer (Asia Distric)

Hong Kong Mobile 852 9424 8301
China Mobile 86 1372 5369 600
[email protected]

China Office, may be some boiler room.

telephone 86 020 8106 0560
fax 86 020 8106 2030

Maybe some satifaction if you'all contact them and tell them how business should be done in the United States.

None of this asian stuff "you bought it you own it".

Defective products should be fixed, replaced or refunded. That's the American way.

Toyota is an Asian Company. They're about to fix 400,000 automobiles.

Why let JSI/Shing Lin tell you to take a hike.

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:59 pm

I AM HAPPY WITH MERT AND JSI

c44588 · Post by **c44588** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:20 am

....and I like Hugo Chavez and Kim Jong-il...

bushande · Post by **bushande** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:39 am

Hey folks,

just last week my 1/18 Tomcat arrived and all I can say it's an absolutely gorgeous KIT!!! yes I am looking at it as a kit that needs to be assembled (well after prior disassembling of course) and painted.

Thing is, everything on that KIT just screams for B or D conversion: all the necessary antennas are there, it has BOL-rails and the gun vents are late style.

Does anybody here around plan on converting his 1/18 Turkey as well?

I'm asking because I am interested if anybody has already some ideas how to scratch the cockpit, nosepod and burner cans.

I have some rough ideas but would love to get some creative input for the upcoming scratch work.

heiss66 · Post by **heiss66** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:13 pm

I like JSI and their distributors customer service practices about as much as I like dog dew on my lawn and dog dew on my shoe.

Customer service is the lifes blood of our economy, it cannot be forsaken.
If I experience poor customer service, I never go back, yet to have a retailer, etailer, wholesaler to refuse to honor their sales commitments, that's one for the books.

I'm amazed at how many customers will buy a $200 plus collector piece, find it defective, broken or just inferior in design and then go to extreme lengths to find fixes to the problem. Send the bloody thing back to where it came and have the responsible seller spend their profits on fixing the problem.

Hold the sellers responsible!

Those of you who paid with your credit card. Check the fine print regarding returns and refunds from retailers.

pcoughran · Post by **pcoughran** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:24 pm

bushande wrote:Hey folks,

just last week my 1/18 Tomcat arrived and all I can say it's an absolutely gorgeous KIT!!! yes I am looking at it as a kit that needs to be assembled (well after prior disassembling of course) and painted.

Thing is, everything on that KIT just screams for B or D conversion: all the necessary antennas are there, it has BOL-rails and the gun vents are late style.

Does anybody here around plan on converting his 1/18 Turkey as well?

I'm asking because I am interested if anybody has already some ideas how to scratch the cockpit, nosepod and burner cans.

I have some rough ideas but would love to get some creative input for the upcoming scratch work.

Welcome aboard and check out the link below for the Detailing the JSI F14 thread:
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