Hobby Boss F-14A Tomcat
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2 March 2017, 20:14
Jay Mountain GoatVery nice indeed. The finish on this Tomcat looks effective to the point of photo realism - I suspect the understated panel lines have something to do with that - they're not very visible and that works very well.
3 March 2017, 09:59
playtime 222Nice to see a stash favourite of mine build up nicely 😄 A closer look has me blown away with the panel colours and weathering. How the hell did you do that? Close in freehand work or masking or both?
3 March 2017, 10:07
Boris RakicThanks again 🙂 I uploaded some more pics which hopefully do show my painting process a bit better. Basically, I preshaded the whole airframe with flat black, trying to avoid that checkerboard look you often get when religiously shading every single panel line. The cammo colors (FS36320, FS35237) where sprayed on rather patchy and heavily thinned, using Life Color Acrylics. Then I went over rivets, fasteners, and some panel lines with the next lighter grey tone (e.g. FS36320 over the FS35237 ), freehanding the corosion control so often seen on Navy planes. The whole process took me about a day, I would guess.
I did apply washes only in selected areas, mainly on the underside of the airframe where you will often see brownish streaks from spilled hydraulic fluid.
3 March 2017, 11:15
Bryn CrandellThat is one amazing looking Tomcat. Well done! Thanks for the info on your painting. Was going to ask about that. Lots of work to get the right look. Paid off in the end.
3 March 2017, 13:14
