VF-154 'High five'
Not much too say
about the famous, beautiful F-14! The best plane of all times!
This
is my first built ever. I always liked modelling, and always studied articles
but never done anything of my own. I made this one completely out of the box, as
I believe that spending less is always better, and more creative in modelling!
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The kit
is the early Academy 1/48 F-14A. The fit is awful, and the kit is
completely inaccurate. You have to re-scribe every panel line, and fix
everything generally... The only thing good with the Academy kit is the
weapon load that offers (pretty generous - 4 phoenix 2 sparrows and 2
sidewinders). I borrowed the ejection seats from a Hasegawa kit and I
superdetailed them with core, real fibber, tissue and paper. The
pilots are from the Hasegawa navy 1/48 ground set, but I used different
parts and some of them where cut and puttied to fit together.
For the exterior,
I used 5-6 different shades of grey in order to make the fade effect of the
panel lines. The chains that tie down the plane are made from 3 lines of cord
twisted together, as I couldn't find the right scale chain. The base is a photo
frame and the ground is a #400 sandpaper. The lines are painted after masking,
so are the pinch holes of the carrier. Hope you like it.
George Baxevanis
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