F-14A IRIAF Jalil Zandi

Steffen Arndt
Built this far yesterday evening. Very easy and no pitfalls. The intakes are just plugged in and will be removed for painting the interior white...

Stephan Ryll
I'll take a seat - 🙂 it looks like a very nice kit

Adam Gudynowski
Following 👍

Steffen Arndt
Cheers guys! I cannot promise this will be a fast project but I try to keep focused on it...

Patrick Hagelstein
I will follow this with interest!

Björn Svedberg
I just bought this kit, so I'm taking a seat, spying and taking notes for a future build.😉

Patrick Hagelstein
That's my reason too, Björn! 😄

Christian Ristits
Will watch with interest!

Steffen Arndt
Thanks for watching. At the moment I am preparing the cockpit panels for the Zoom Set...

Es-haq Khosravi
I'm in!

Steffen Arndt
I have complete the intakes and mounted them to the fuselage. Now I am working my way through the cockpit assembly with Eduard Zoom set...

Steffen Arndt
I still need to complete the read instrument panel, but everything else was done, so I finally closed the forward fuselage. Looks o.k. in my book and as the canopy will be closed it is more than sufficient.

Steffen Arndt
So with the pit almost done I could mate front and rear of the fuselage. The wings are not glued yet, as is the black cockpit frame. I also attached some more parts to close everything up. Fit is outstanding!!

Bryn Crandell
Excellent subject. Going to watch with intent.

Steffen Arndt
Still fighting the canopy. I can perfectly live with a mold seam on the outer surfaces of a clear part, which is easy to remove but on the inside it is just a PITA. Sadly I used AK Gauzy Agent Glass Coat to dip the canopy but it does not work like I want. It is next to impossible to avoid air bubbles remaining on the canopy and drying in. Should have worked with Klear in the first place...

Soeren R.
Count me in😉

Patrick Hagelstein
Is it really a seam line or is it that det cord running on the inside of the canopy?

Steffen Arndt
It was a thin line running all the way and not as broad as in your pic but like a seam line. I only noticed it when I had polished out the outer one out. Maybe it was meant to represent the cord, but it just looked wrong. Also it was not a huge problem to remove it, just tedious. Still scratching my head how to remove the AK stuff (which worked o.k. on a small canopy)

Patrick Hagelstein
Maybe by immersing it in an ultrasonic cleaner? Or oven cleaner? But first test it on a piece of sprue to be sure you don't damage the canopy.

Steffen Arndt
I was "brave"... I used Revells new paint remover which worked well on my Gaspatch Hs 123B-1 ... I tested it on the canopy frame and it worked o.k. Of course I got a little fogging but it did not destroy the plastic (hopefully) after another polishing round I dipped it now in Klear... looked o.k. on fist inspection and is now set aside to cure...

Patrick Hagelstein
So, it did fog up then???

Steffen Arndt
Yes slightly, but not a big problem. I was careful though. I only used minimum Paint Remover and the clear part got a thorough rinse after the AK stuff was removed.

Maciej Bellos
Following!

Martin von Schreckenstein
would not miss this