Hasegawa
has a new decal variant for it`s well known Tomcat kit, the F-14B “VF-103
Jolly Rogers Last Flight”.
They
should have named the kit "Jolly Rogers Last Tomcat Cruise", because
the scheme was not only for a last flight ceremony.
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There
is not much to say about the kit, it is well known and I think it is still the
best 72scale Tomcat kit around. It has some minor shortcomings, so the fitment
of the middle fuselage section and the nose, where some sanding is required, but
it builds into a nice Tomcat.
I
replaced the seats with Verlinden seats and added FOD intake covers and covers
on the jet pipes.
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Painting
was done with Gunze colors and Weathering with artist oil paint and pastel
chalk.
When
painting and finishing was done I found that Hasegawa had made a mistake in the
painting instructions.
While
the painting is correct for the “100” CAG-bird, it is not correct for the
“103”, which differs a little in the grey/grey area under the cockpit. On
the box photo it is clearly visible but I only looked into the instructions…
So
I decided to start again and repaint this area.
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Building
the Tomcat was fun except the painting error and to display the aircraft I took
a wooden base made from a local joiner. The airfield is painted on via airbrush
and the airfield parts are from a Verlinden set.
I
hope, you like it.
Thomas
Any
comments – just email me to:
Thomas.neuss@t-online.de
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