Small Scale Military Headquarters

I hate to bump a post this old, but I am now in the same boat. I have an original LED JSI F-14 Tomcat and I can't figure out how to change the batteries. It has been in storage for a while now so I don't remember nor can I figure it out. The instructions it came with have no mention of the location...

This may have been posted already, but does anyone now how to replace the batteries on the F-14? If seems the battery compartment cover won't come off with the cockpit section attached to the main body. Has anyone done this already? I hate to bump a post this old, but I am now in the same boat. I h...

I wonder if the lighted edition will be part of the renewal program as well? They should at least provide new legs to the 1st edition owners, such as myself, who have to pray their gear don't fail. It will never happen, of course, but it would be nice.

That Black Aces scheme is beautiful. The VF-84 is my favorite though, but if I ever get second Tomcat, I will be converting to that VF-41 scheme. Great work!

one-o-nine wrote:Could somebody please post the dimensions of the box for me?

Thanks!

Mine is 35" wide x 22" long x 7.5" deep. 15 lbs. full of temporarily spotty F-14 parts.

wolfman1973 wrote:The black weathering wash did not effect the decals on the plane. The flat clear coat was tamiya in a spray can.

Thank for the information. One other quick question....Do I need to only mask the clear part of the canopy before I add the clear coat?

I used the Tamiya spry cans like someon here suggested and then went over it with a Pro modeller black weathering wash. Someone on here also suggested that too. It worked great I thought. First I did go over some of the darker spots with gojoes and then did the painting. After all was done I then w...

In his e-mail he said he used enamel. I believe these are correct for the body and nosecone respectively.

Flat Gull Gray Model Master Enamel FS36440

Radome Tan Model Master Enamel FS33613