1/48 Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat

Gallery Article by Pablo Angel Herrera on June 24 2013

 

 

Hi all, this is my latest to come out of the building line. This one I did it for a friend who happens to have a crush on F-14s. Base model is the well known Hasegawa kit with Verlinden seats and outstanding Fightertown Decals.

 

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It was painted with Model Master paints and some transparent blue from Revell for the windshield. Some data stencils were taken from the kit's sheet. Weathering was kept minimum as this version represents VF-1's first assignment to the USS Enterprise though some wash was made to landing gears just to highlight details.

I don't know about you guys, but I found this kit rather awful to build as it needs lots of filling and sanding. It's a sad thing Hobby Boss wasted their opportunity as their kit is just as bad as this one. Anyway, still it came out rather nice as my friend liked it very much and in the middle I learned some stuff about Tomcats.

Cheers!

Pablo Angel Herrera

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