I don't understand the thought behind highlighting all the panel lines, only to paint over them, then turn around and highlight them again, only to paint over them again.
Apparently to give it texture. I just follow the lines with black. Follow up with a weathering stencil for NAVY type aircraft. Then carefully paint the actual colors while preserving the prior details. Comes out very nicely. However, real aircraft have the panel lines clean because that is what maintainers touch. The inner part of the panel is dirty due to nobody touching. A lot of modelers forget that.
I think this represents how scale aircraft actually should be modeled. The panel line detail is appropriate and well executed, not over done like eyeliner on a 5-0 year old rocker. There is also not enough grime all over the aircraft to suggest that it leaks all fluids constantly and can’t even fly do you lack of repair. Well executed build!
Oh Grumman Mcdonnell Douglas F-14/A Tomcat is one of my favorite jets, even more so when it was used on the TOPGUN, I had mounted a 1:72 scale model, VF-84 squadron with a skull with two bones crossing the vertical empennage, served on the door -Theodore Rooselt planes 1989. My mother destroyed it by dusting the shelf, it was him and an AV8B Harrier, who went to the ground, shot down by an enemy duster HAHAHAHA. They were really beautiful pieces that I had. Nice job with this model you made in this video.
Thank goodness their are pilot figures included! WAY too many expensive jet kits are pilotless now. What is wrong with the manufactures?? They force you to build a sexy streamlined jet sitting on the ground like a dead spider. Every door, hatch, access panel is open with a pilotless cockpit so what....you can see the seat belts in 1/48 scale? It's a bit crazy I think. PLEASE put pilot figures back in the jet kits like the old Mongram/Revell kits did. Then you can build them as in flight where jets are meant to be modelled if you want to. Nice build. Closed cockpit looks GREAT and someone is flying it!
Awsome build! Question, Do you use clear coat before using tamiya panel line wash? And, Do you eet the cotton swab to remove exces panel line wash or is the cotton swab dry?
only thing left is a highly detailed near realistic model of the totally gorgeous nuclear powered 103,000 ton super (CATOBAR) carrier USS George Washington (CVN-75) in 1/14 scale from Tamiya . . .
only thing left is a highly detailed near realistic model of the totally gorgeous nuclear powered 103,000 ton super (CATOBAR) carrier USS George Washington (CVN-75) in 1/14 scale from Tamiya . . .
What color tamiya paint did you use for the front edge of the wings? Doesn’t say in the instructions what this is but I know it’s accurate based on real life f-14s! Love the model!
That looks amazing So i am new to the finer details of building. I need to ask i primed my model with enamel rattle can paint. Then when i started gluing it seems a big mess
RIO's radar screen needs to be turned 90 degrees clockwise. The V always goes downward to where the point of origin is (the aircraft). Other than that this is awesome!
@@ArkansasBassMan Yeah but then you'd have to reprogram the computer to show everything sideways and retrain the RIO to be able to read it all from the right side and... It's a whole thing man.
This blew me away. I've been a modeler my whole life but this is another level. I'm wondering what the final black wash was that you applied. I gasped but that made it pop for sure.
Gorgeous build! I wish I had this kind of talent. The one thing that is killing me though is that TID decal lol. I don't know why it bothered me so much.
@@MODELBOX1 It's just the orientation. I'm no RIO so maybe that is a proper orientation but I've always seen it in a (V) orientation or slightly skewed left or right. Unless I was looking at it wrong it looks like it is oriented like this (>). Maybe that is a proper orientation as well. Like I said I'm not a RIO (or even a cat pilot). Thanks for showing me how you built this beautiful machine. I love it!
Nice build. Did you use the supplied decals or the aftermarket raised set for the interior? I have never built a jet. Now I have a better understanding on how to paint my F14 when I build it. Just subbed your channel.
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