manage to shoot a couple of photos of my 1/72 Hasegawa F-14 Hi-Viz.
The kit is standard raised panel lines kits. Decal are for two squadron VF-111 Sundowners and VF-14 Jolly Rogers. I prefer to do the VF-111 markings.
I rescribbe the panel lines my using a few methods...some of which i learned at armorama...it's such a tedious job...took more than 48 hours to rescribbe all the lines. Almost loose my patient here....
i glue the wing and cut the slat down to pose the tomcat as it's about to take off. Horizontal stabilizer is also modify.
fitting od this kit is OK..minor filler is required especially on the front fuselage join.
ok enough say..here are some photos that i managed to shoot..
here is the kit after priming with Mr Surfacer 1200.
after the primer dry, next day i painted along the panel lines with mixture of brown, black and red
then i painted the tip of the vertical stabilers with red, above the air intake with darker shade of grey and in front of the windshield. after all colors dry, i masked the color with masking tape and Parafilm. The canopy is masked with parafilm.
here is the photos before i paint the kit with the final color. All color used are Mr Color.
the exhaust and exhaust nozzle are painted with mr metal dark iron and mr metal iron. Some bare metal areas are painted with Testor Metalizer Titanium and exhaust.
here's photo of the exhaust nozzle
These are the photos that i managed to take.
As at today, the model have been painted with it's final color. All the masked have been removed. then future is spray prior to decal. I will apply the decal tonight,
well till then... comments are welcome
