Tamiya F-14D WIP 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little update on the canopy jettison handles. I cut the handles out of some plastic sheet 

This is what the cockpit looks like now 

And then simply painted them yellow. Yes I know for the real thing only the hand grips are yellow, yet this is too tiny for a model airplane🙂 

I really missed the AMK decals since they are of decent quality, yet I have to check if the edges of large decals matches Tamiya airframe. Also some stencils are absent since I used them when building the AMK Tomcat
 

 

 

Hello today! I am keeping up with my work in progress. Finally closed the nose section with the nose gear bay and crew compartment inside 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw the GWH F-14D VF-31 post by @viperbite at arcforums.com , it was a very brilliant build and a former maintenance crew relied so I learned that F-14s from March 2003 in combat cruise might have their refueling probe covers removed after an IFR accident. I became interested and took interest in VF-2 Bounty Hunters since AMK has the NE106 decals. Although there may be some fitting problem if I place latge AMK decals on a Tamiya Tomcat, since the nose and tail shape are somehow different, I would give it a try:-） 

The design by Tamiya is really nice and neat, when compared to its AMK counterpart 

Masking tapes used to make seat belts