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11-04-2014, 12:42 PM
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F-14 Tomcat Agressor Maly Modelarz
Hello friends
I've started building the F-14 Tomcat from Mały Modelarz, that comes in Agressor design. Not too much to say about the F-14, other than it was top notch fighter before the F/A-18 came. I read that a lot of upgrades were applied to the Cat in an effort to keep it flying, but budget constraints and upgrade expenses (for which the F/A-18 already had out-of-the-box) made this airplane retire. One of my favorite models 30 plus years ago when I built it in plastic. Now for the first time I build one in paper. The kit is very well done, the fit is excellent, and regardless of one or two missed measurements, it is a fantastic bird in paper. The Agressor configuration makes this model very appealing. For references, I went first to look for F-14 Agressor images on internet, and there are not too many. But for F-14, I could get the book on F-14 Walkaround from Squadron. I'm also going to visit Lackland Air Force Base here in San Antonio over the weekend to have another 'live' walkaround. For references on the actual model, I found some on our Polish and German paper brethren, and one in this forum; but only one finished, all the others went thru very good building process, and then they came to a stop. So I had to do some guessing, for example, on the main landing gear wheel wells, and the closing of the side walls below the wings. Nevertheless I thank our European paper friends for sharing their modeling skills and references. In view of that, I will bombard this forum (as well as my "home forum" in Spain) with photos from many angles of the model. (I just hope I won't be banned for posting that many.) As I said, since the model is about 80% complete, I will post continuously. I hope my reference can serve as a guide for anybody who wants to build the model. Thanks for watching.  
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11-04-2014, 01:03 PM
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I look forward to seeing this build! Lifelong fan of the tomcat right here
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11-04-2014, 01:26 PM
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Thank you, Paperengineer!
On the nose and pilots offices, nothing out of the ordinary. And no issues!  
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11-04-2014, 01:28 PM
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Now for the dashboards on pilot and navigator, I added plastic for the screens (old cellular phone protectors). Then for the controls in the dashboards, I used little cuts from hearphone cables (the inside little cables), and that gave some details to the dashboard buttons.
  Y como los páneles de los controles laterales de la cabina se veían muy pobres, les puse un poquito de sabor.  
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11-04-2014, 01:30 PM
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Oh nice! Taking to Model Fiesta?
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11-04-2014, 02:08 PM
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Do you have a canopy for it? Or will you make one?
Nice progress Isaac
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My gallery [http://www.papermodelers.com/gallery...v-r-6&cat=500] Recent builds  Meteor F1, Meteor F8, Mig-Ye8, NA Sabre, A-4E Skyhawk,Mig-15 red, Mig-17 repaint
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11-04-2014, 02:54 PM
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Hi Gerardo,
this kit from MM is quite good - it was on my working desk - already scanned and rescaled to 1:50 - until devine forces told me to stopp and start with the F-15C. Our friend Norbert at kartonbau.de has already published a build-thread of this kit - have you found it ? Regards Klaus
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11-04-2014, 04:07 PM
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Good work on the cockpit. Very detailed. I remember that one time I saw a video or two of yours on YouTube of the halinski f-117 and f-16. Those were awesome! I watched them over and over again, especially seeing the cockpit and gears detail. Amazing work as always
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