1/32 Revell F-14A 31 Day build - Part 1 Introduction and Initial Construction 

A very important aircraft in my family. My father was the chief safety inspector for the F-14 for nearly 30 years.

Looking forward to this one

Great Video and presentation. I have this very same kit. These videos will help when it come time to build mine.

Deliberate Practice series...vapour ware😆 Looking forward to this build Chris, the Tomcat is such an iconic bird!

Good luck getting this thing done in a month!

Good stuff Chris, I love a good kit build.

I love the Tomcat, but probably not as much as you do to kit-bash such an old Revel kit - flash and all. I love how you use the Tamiya 1/48 Cat as a reference - I can’t wait to see the final result!

I'm in with the F-6D from eduard. Here's good luck to us all to get them over the finish line heh. You certainly picked a more challenging build for it I'll admit.

Cool video Chris good luck with the build😂

Why hello Mr Becker………….. I have been struggling with my health, as I have for 12 years now and also careering around the Tubeisfere looking at the ‘Plastic Model’ making sector because Chris when I returned I was shocked by the sector and the changes that had taken place!!!! OK it may have been just me as a child not knowing. For me it made with what was in the box excluding paints and I was very happy………bish bash bosh onto some line and tacked to ceiling. So with all this palaver, I thought F*** that I am just going to make them, like I did and it was fun. So, a large run around the channels I am now the proud (?) owner of loads and loads of ‘kit’ to enable me to finish a kit to the highest levels plus paints and glues of all types and colours and effects. Often I have two or more of the same item as I cannot remember what I have bought before its all come in so fast! Now paint and glue I should use it up I guess but knives, cutters, clamps, brushes etc just how many do I need????? Now I found your stash post about buying for legacy interesting as it must get to that. Before I had the limitations of my pocket money and parents and grandparents’ willingness to indulge me. Today in a few short months I have in excess of 60 models and have discovered that I have a weakness for the Corsair, Wildcat, Sea Harrier, I can see me having a fleet or two of each of these. Now I have bought all scales, can one build a 144 cleanly? And manufacturers and types, do you really enjoy tank tracks!!!!???? I have looked in the boxes and it really annoys me before I even touch them!??? You Sir are a Looney!!! I have bought an Easy 8, I mean one has too yeah. Too simple for you I guess?? However, I think you and I are possibly similar and if we do then we do it well. Trouble is I am a little put off by the hobby as I don’t want to just join parts together, but I am not a delicate person…for me it’s more power man!!! Get the biggest drill because why use a small one?? I can do 6 ft of mud but a shimmer down the side???????? Plus, then there’s the people some are so pretentious (they generally do build just comment) that I want to shout and disconnect them. And of course, some folks are educated to ‘glue up’ level and cant follow a line of thought. Now so far, I have yet to open a jar, a bottle or a tube or build a single kit. Paralysed between fear of failure and need to be No1 in what I do. Now you sir have had a great idea about your channel and I really hope you are considering copyrighting and securing your tag lines etc because what you have may be big Chris certainly in RU-vid terms mate. I don’t want to say it in clear simple terms as who maybe listening??? Anyway far too much for now Chris.

Interested to see how it goes. I've got the trumpeter version. I'm debating whether or not to get the Zactomodel airintake resin to make it more accurate. I did save $90 through buying it on a Facebook group

Isn't it ironic that we value deep panel lines in models that represent high speed aircraft where panel gaps are minimised, (even filled) because of the drag they cause. I like your rivetting, but (it hard to tell on my screen) have made a line each side of the join (ie rivetted both panels)? I really do like your attention to detail. I'm sure if its an optical illusion but I thought you Tamiya part was a bit smaller than the monogram/Revell part. Are they actually the same size? Good job so far Chris.

I have this kit. I haven't looked in the box it's sealed, didn't know it was rivotless, mite have to get a trumpeter one.

Watching this one with interest before I tackle mine. What is the make of the single riveter that you're using, please ( i.e. not the Rosie one)?

So Revell just upscaled their quarter scale Tomcat and recessed the panel lines, this is an old kit too looking at the box art.

This will be interesting buttt it doesn't look much like an RNZAF Silver Corsair?😅

Hey addy cap… is that an Airfux T-Shirt? BTW can’t see any rivets?

So, how did he add the rivets ?

Never ceases to amaze me that even with a Kit this large, they couldn't be Brother to include the riveting !!! Really annoying !

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The kit SUCKS