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Top Gun F 14 markings??
Sudzonic
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 08:20 AM UTC
Hay all i am building the MiG 28 (F5-E) from the movie Top Gun for the TV and Movie campaign over on armorama And i am thinking about building the F14 from the movie to go along with it. but i do not know if there are any decals out there in 1/72 scale decals for the correct F14 from the movie??

Can anyone help??

Thanks.
Tomcat31
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 09:59 PM UTC
I doubt you will be able to get any correct markings as they used mainly stock footage for the flight scenes. I also believe the unit that Maverick was in was a fictitious squadron as well.

Airfix and Testors did release a range of Top Gun kits many moons ago, your probably best searching evil bay and the likes.

If i get a chance I'll dig the kit out of the stash and scan the decals so you know what to look for.

Hope this helps
Sudzonic
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Posted: Friday, April 09, 2010 - 09:58 AM UTC

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I doubt you will be able to get any correct markings as they used mainly stock footage for the flight scenes. I also believe the unit that Maverick was in was a fictitious squadron as well.

Airfix and Testors did release a range of Top Gun kits many moons ago, your probably best searching evil bay and the likes.

If i get a chance I'll dig the kit out of the stash and scan the decals so you know what to look for.

Hope this helps


Thanks that's a big help. I just bought an Airfix F14 to go along with the 'MiG28' is there any references for F14 markings around the time the movie was made?
Dermo245
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Posted: Friday, April 09, 2010 - 11:14 AM UTC
Hi Scott,
There was an article in Finescale Modeler not so long back building the Airfix/Testors F-14 from Top Gun, which included the fictitious markings.

The Finescale site is down for maintenance this weekend - will see if I can find the issue over the weekend among mine here.

Best wishes,
Dermot
Sudzonic
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Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 12:18 AM UTC

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Hi Scott,
There was an article in Finescale Modeler not so long back building the Airfix/Testors F-14 from Top Gun, which included the fictitious markings.

The Finescale site is down for maintenance this weekend - will see if I can find the issue over the weekend among mine here.

Best wishes,
Dermot


Thanks Dermot that would be great.

CRS
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Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 05:38 AM UTC
Here you go Scott, original decal sheet from the Testors kit set :
Sudzonic
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Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 05:48 AM UTC
Thanks Chuck i am sure i can do something with that??

I will post some pics when i get the builds finished bear in mind i have not built a plane for many years so it my take a while .
Dermo245
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Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 07:35 AM UTC
Hey Scott,

The Finescale site is back up and you can access that build article via the following link (pdf download required).

http://www.finescale.com/How%20To/Articles/2008/10/Better%20ways%20to%20build%20Monograms%201-48%20scale%20Top%20Gun%20F-14%20Tomcat.aspx

Any problems with it, let me know and I could PM you with the original.

Look forward to seeing your build.

Best wishes,

Dermot
Sudzonic
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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 04:20 AM UTC
Thanks Dermot.

I found this after some searching..


Should just be a case getting them to the right size and getting them printed on to decal paper i think????

Tomcat31
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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 05:53 AM UTC
As promised here's the instructions and decals from the Airfix 1/72 kit





This is the box of the kit Camogirl bought me



If you want some Hi-res copies of the decals and Instructions just PM me your email addy and I'll forward them on.
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