Yet another
group build complete, and another Tomcat. This was built for the Gulf War
I GB. Two Tomcats for me in this GB. Both (natch) are CVW-8 from USS
Theodore Roosevelt. The first completed was submitted a month ago, here is
the next one. This (again) is a Hasegawa F-14A built OOB except for the
decals and the tape seat belts. Again I built this one wheels up. Kind of
liking the way these look. Also they make displaying the finished models a
little more interesting.
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I
used a impossible to find Superscale sheet for the decals. This one
representing the VF-41 squadron commanders plane, "Queen of
Spades". Matches nicely the VF-84 "Cat SnXXX fever".
To make it
wheels up did not go as well as my VF-84 plane. This one required a lot of
plastic strip and putty. Strip would have been required anyway as I really
buggered up the port intake. It looks good now, but dang it was in rough
shape till I figured out how to fix it.
The display
stand is a coat hook I picked up at my wife's "hobby store"
Paint it red, toss on a sticker and its "good to go".
Shawn
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