Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 2:11 am
That's a healthy point of view. I really like it when those classics are still getting build.
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Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
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Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 5:52 am
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:16 pm
I painted these burner cans with Polly Scale Aged White. I found they fit snuggly into the polly scale paint jar. You can see the paint on the outside indicates how far down into the jar they went. I just turned the jar almost 90 degress on its side and rotated it to let the paint flow and cover everything -- didn't spill a bit either. Now a bit of 'soot' streaking and they should be good to go.
I created some ejection seat assembly jigs and thought of that TV show on Animal Planet called Wild West Alaska--the part in the intro where Ken says "look at what my genius has achieved"
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 12:03 am
Yeah, I get that. This is the one I have affection for, even have a kit I can build it from as well as a pristine kit that I paid way too much for and better sell for more before all us baby boomers go out of the modeling business! I got it for Christmas in 1957. 67 years ago. I perfectly remember having a terrible time painting the deicer boots on an A-4 because my hands shook too much, My hands still shake too much but at least now I now that the A-4 doesn't have boots!cbaltrin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:39 amBut It's good pain John! I built a few of these when I was too young to know that all kits were not awesome. The imagination and excitement of a youthful modeler, building a kit of a plane he wanted to fly when he grew up, blinded one to a kit's 'problems'. So I am stuck with my nostalgic affection for this kit and brand..
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:10 am
I can see how that kit would have the same sort of affect on a young lad John...
And don't worry about the deicer boot incident -- at least you never went into your local hobby shop and asked them where they kept the stretched sprue that you had been reading about in FSM
And don't worry about the deicer boot incident -- at least you never went into your local hobby shop and asked them where they kept the stretched sprue that you had been reading about in FSM
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:27 am
You didn't!?!cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:10 am I can see how that kit would have the same sort of affect on a young lad John...
And don't worry about the deicer boot incident -- at least you never went into your local hobby shop and asked them where they kept the stretched sprue that you had been reading about in FSM
That sounds like something I would do, Chris! 
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 12:40 pm
I sure did Gary…Gary Brantley wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:27 amYou didn't!?!cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:10 am I can see how that kit would have the same sort of affect on a young lad John...
And don't worry about the deicer boot incident -- at least you never went into your local hobby shop and asked them where they kept the stretched sprue that you had been reading about in FSM
…but i was just a kid.
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:10 pm
cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 12:40 pmI sure did Gary…Gary Brantley wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:27 am
You didn't!?!
…but i was just a kid.
Aren't we all? 
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:51 pm
This was a really fun thread to read. I’ve been away too long from exchanges like this. Fun and educational! Beautiful craftsmanship, Chris! Bravo!
Re: Monogram 1:48 F-14A (IW)
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 7:14 pm
Thanks Bruce, That's probably the best compliment I have ever had on a thread I started. Of course, it would not be as entertaining without all the replies from the other folks, so I can't take all the credit!speedgraflex wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:51 pm This was a really fun thread to read. I’ve been away too long from exchanges like this. Fun and educational! Beautiful craftsmanship, Chris! Bravo!
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