1/72 Hasegawa F-14 Tomcat

“Macross Zero”

by PS

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Oh no... another Tomcat !.. Yes, but that's no US, it's UN Spacy, UNSF-225 exactly !!!

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So this is a Sci-Fi Tomcat, for those who know the Japanese anime “Macross”, this one comes from « Macross Zero », the prequel (it's the trend by the time).  It was realised for the 20 years anniversary of the saga.

The kit is the old Hasegawa “lo-vis” with raised panel lines. It's mostly built OOB, I just used some PE (from Eduard 72236) and scratchbuild for the cockpit. I replaced Sidewinders by others showing a most recent version of it. I added a pilot figure from the Hasegawa “ Macross Valkyrie weapon set » to obtain a still gray but original Tomcat.

It's classically painted with Gunze H307 & 308 with some humbrol 125 for dark gray parts. It's weathered with a dark gray juice and finished in satin. It's displayed on the Hasegawa Macross stand which seems more convenient for a F-14 than for a Valkyrie (see my other article).

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I believe that Hasegawa limited this kit very much. You won't find it anywhere. They also did the counterpart : the MiG-29.

That was a quick build, but the result is nice for an old kit like this one. Maybe I'll do a VF-84 Tomcat one day to be forgiven...

PS

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