1/72 Academy F-14A Tomcat VF-143 “Pukin Dogs”. Full build scale model aircraft kit 12563. 

I think the F-14 is one of the most beautiful pieces of machinery humans ever designed. Incredible work on the model, sir.

Absolutely stunning!!! It’s so great to see how you have done all of this. Incredible skills.

I'm blown away with the detail, it means a lot to me because my uncle Jack flew the F4 in Vietnam, in 1969 I was 9 and Jack was home for Xmas and I was in awe. Thank you for great content. 🙏🇺🇸

There is something about the f-14, just finished the iranian f-14 and even with all my errors is still looks stunning just because its such a beautiful airframe.

I did this kit some months ago. I did it with Eduards big ED Photo etch and aftermarket decals for "Jolly Rogers". This kit is still my favourite kit til this day.

Simply beautiful! Looks great!

Fabulous. This is what modelling is all about. Thank you and keep teaching us.

I learned a lot from this build. I really like how you used the clear colors to highlight the metal exhaust.

Best model of a Tomcat ever!!! The custom stand is awesome!!!😳😱

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. Considering I absolutely LOVE the F-14 Tomcat and plan on building several of these new Academy kits your video was just what I needed. It was perhaps one of the most useful videos (at least for me) that I've ever watched. Again, thanks & Great Job!!!

I have never used an airbrush. I'm impressed that there is so little overspray. You wield it like a scalpel. Nice job. Very fun to watch.

That was some serious craftsmanship...the stand was super professional as well ...final result is just perfect

Awesome job, very prolific, it looks almost real

I've just discovered your channel and am delighted. Absolutely fabulous work.

Incredible work!

Wow - looks fantastic!!

This looks stunning, and the stand really sets it apart. Great work!

Academy kits are my favorite to work with!

Another great model and a great paint job 👏👏

Amazing work! I've never had the energy to complete a model, I had an f-14 in the box for decades. This video helped me get some of the satisfaction of seeing one completed well, thanks.

To this day, the Tomcat remains the best looking heavy US fighter. Those curves, that wide bay between the engines (even though it wasn't exactly the best idea under certain conditions), the angles... I think only Russia's Flanker stands up to it in terms of looks.

Great work! Inspiring... plz continue to share work like this

Nice well done!.. I still have a Fujimi 1/48 F-14A still in it's box more than 40 years ago 👍✈️

I wish I had your level of patience and attention to detail.... WELL DONE!!!

Holey crap .. That's amazing. .. New to modelling, videos like these really inspire me. . Thaaaank you.

Great work!! Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. 😬👍

Great video, love the outcome

Very excellent. I hadn't thought of using clear orange. I'm thinking of using pastel chalk on mine for that discoloration. I'm currently building this myself and I haven't attached the wings yet. I put those pivot cards into place, and I figured I'd slide the wings onto those cards after I've painted them.

I used to spend my lunch break sitting at the foot of Miramar Naval Air Station strip to watch these come back from the desert. They would loop around the tower and come back around to land. They would open out their wings and throw the plane on it's side to brake. You could just sit and listen to them throttling to land. Can't tell me they weren't having a blast!

I am an avid watcher of your videos and have improved my own technique as a result. Phenomenal work as always! Love the detail!

Bellissimo modello , painting PERFETTO ....👌 complimenti ottimo soggetto .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Will have to give this kit a go, I served on the USS America right after this squadron left, but still remember seeing their patches in the ready room

Beautiful Work Amazing Detail Thank You Great Man

A masterpiece!

Dude, I've just found your avenue...about 2 weeks ago...smooth is all I can say...appreciate your time... This is my third go around with this build... the details with which you go to in these adventures is second to none...also the background music...plus your jigs... Being forced to stay low, by are environment as of late...has caused me to become homebound... Your escapes in time are well worth it... Keep them coming if you can... Thanks again dude...

Wow. Superb Andy👌🏻🙂

Great job!

Dude, the model per se ended excellent, but your stand is really something else. Awesome work!

Beautiful!

Amazing work, I'm learning so much great and easy to understand information and handy tips

너무 잘 봤습니다 wow , great modeling !! thank you for your video

Wow, perfect👍

in the past few years i have started putting all my aircraft on sticks, effectively rending them as training aids, but i get a lot more enjoyment out of them as i can hold them, examine them, and fly them around.

So amazing. Thank you

I miss the Dogs, back when we were VF-143, “no bloody A”. ANYTIME BABY!!!!

Outstanding! I wish I had your talent in model construction; your detail is fantastic!

Very well done, Sir.

Fantastic job! Very interesting to know about all of your tools and equipment in your videos: tweezers, bending tools, painting stands, airbrush, compressor, airbrush spray booth etc. Will be interesting if you mark them also like you naming paints, sanding paper numbers, airbrush pressure etc.

Enjoyed your video very much. More, more and more! Thanks from Judy in Nova Scotia, Canada

Excellent work my friend. Congratulations. cheers.

Another great video. Thanks for building, painting and posting. You have some exquisite skills Andy

Nice...you do amazing work.

Damn....that's one of the most enjoyable & informative tutorials I have watched in a very long time....a stunning end result!!....subbed.....

Excellent build. Your collection of model kits must be very interesting :-) Regards.

Excellent 👍

Good job 👍😊

WIP right now. Thank you for this video, it helps a lot!

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Excellent 👌

Отличная работа👍 Точно такая же модель лежит, руки ни как не дойдут, ждет своего часа

You got some good content, looking for more vids, and hope to see your channel growing!

Omg the stand!!!!

Very excellent

Whaou amazing, thanks

Amazing

Pretty good ✌️

Awesome...

Ace mate 😉👌

Top job ,thank,s

very cool!!!!

I'm happening on different f-14 model videos as I just ordered a Tamiya F-14A Jolly Roger kit. I'm also thinking of making it in flight (I shall see how easy it is to seal its wheel flaps). What I like about its kit is that it has fully adjustable sweep wings. I'm into 3D printing and design....so I'm going to be doing my stand as a 3D print. Have in mind a Jolly Rogers base, a gimbal that lets you change the axis of the fuselage (that will screw in the underside of the fuselage inbetween the front and back Phoenix podsz).

I love that “making the stand”, requires a workshop.

Badass!

awesome. I wish I had a drill press, a metal stamper, and a band saw to make the stand.

Perfect

Hello! I came across your videos yesterday by accident but today became a subscriber. Thank you for doing these videos. Seeing fighter planes and jets reminds me of when I was a kid and we’d visit my cousins in another city. My cousins had a den/rec room with a lot of planes and helicopters hanging from the ceiling. To me, as a 5 years old kid, it was like going to a model aviation exhibit. I’ve dabbled a little in model aircraft when I was a teen, but it’s not really my thing. Cars in 1/24, 1/64 & 1/87 scales are my thing. However, I do enjoy watching others build planes, jets, helicopters, etc., so I am enjoying your videos. Wishing you all the best with your shop. Hobby shops that I could actually visit are getting scarce here in the US. They either go out of business or go exclusively with online shopping.

Superb

Dogs are the best!

OMG!! Great!!

Very nice,!🤗

F-14 один из самых красивых американских самолётов.

The only thing missing is the glove vanes. Nice work.

A-6 intruder, make us proud!!!

You brave man, putting the heat gun so close to your finished work!! 😬

Hello! Very nice video - was interesting to watch and final result is great! F-14 is a beautiful fighter, maybe I will build another one for my channel and collection. Keep up great work! Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Your fit for the fuselage main and cockpit was molded properly mine was out by 1 and half mm.

Carrier air wing 6 had the "AE" tailcode. I know this because I flew S-3A Vikings in VS-28, also in air wing 6. We deployed with the VF-143 "Pukin' Dogs" aboard USS Independence (CV-62) in 1983/4. Inside baseball: we had 2 fighter squadrons, with tail number series 1** and 2**. Attack squadrons, the AEW detachment, helo squadrons, all had tail numbers beginning with sequential even hundred numbers. My VS-28 had tail codes in the 7** series. More inside baseball: every squadron had a "double-nuts" plane with tail number ending in "00". These were decorated more elaborately, and were designated as the "CAG Bird". The carrier air group commander was theoretically supposed to be able to fly every type, so each squadron had a plane for him. Although I never ever saw our CAG in an S-3, he was a fighter jock through & through. VF-143 lost an airplane during one of our workup exercises. I remember being in the SAR on-scene commander plane, orbiting overhead, until the helo arrived to fish the crew out of the water. One of them didn't make it. The weathering job on this model looks great. If anything, it's a bit understated. Our aircraft got EXTREMELY oily and ratty looking. Nice one! Subscription added...

There's me thinking I can follow along until he breaks out the steel mill lmao. Beautiful model as well

The model build and painting was great and then you go and top it building that stand. I reckon there's a hole in the market for stands like that

if i have your patience i could rule the world

I've learned a lot watching your videos and your work inspires me. I noticed something familiar in this video - a cleco! I've used clecos a lot in the past...

That stand is such a cool idea!!! Fantastic work, sir!

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It is amazing. Maybe leds (and optic fiber) can improve "jets" from engines.

Fantastic paint and weathering skills!

Awesome model, There's just 1 little oversight in it. On the engines there is a piece of the fuselage molded wich should be in gray paint not in metal. Other wise beautiful build.

o korean kit !! good !!

Absolutely stunning!!!

Have you considered an led kit under the rods?? Apart from that what a beautiful piece of work well done.