F-14 fuselage help

[creepa_us]

I am trying to mount the front fuselage to the body/wing assembly but after i form the piece there is a big gap between the fuselage and mounting points any help would be great
Ken

[jagolden01]

Would it be possible to post a few pictures of the problem areas?
Joe

[Texman]

Of course, knowing which manufacturer it is would help as well

[jagolden01]

Believe it's a Fiddler's Green.

[creepa_us]

it is a Fiddlers Green not sure how to post pic on this forum.

[mexx]

If its a fiddles green f14 it would come out like this. Its not so well made, as a firsttimer, but it would give you an idea....

[murphyaa]

Don't get too frustrated though. The Fiddlersgreen F-14 is at the top of the list of models that need a redesign.

[creepa_us]

I put it on hold for a little while but thanks I will give it another try soon I was ha sing a hard time with the upper part of the fuselage. It did not attach correctly. Nyhanks for the help

[airdave]

There is only one way to connect this fuselage together.
Like you see in the first photo posted by Mexx,
you must wrinkle/bend/distort the underside of the fuselage between the intake ports.
I tried to build this one, I didn't like the way it went together...I got frustrated and tossed it.

[murphyaa]

The F-14 is the only Fiddlersgreen model that I've been unable to build. And we calculated once that I built over 1000 of them in the 5 years that I had a desk job that let me build.

[airdave]

If that is the case, and you guys have known about this problem (with the F14 model)
then why has it remained in the store, at a cost?
How many people have bought this model over the years not knowing its unbuildable?
This is a bit unfair, I think.

In this case, I suggest FG make up for that by replacing the model with a free F14.

[murphyaa]

I have no association with Fiddlersgreen anymore. I'm not even sure they're still active even.

The F-14 is one I want to design, but I just can't figure out how. I've stared at plastic models, full scale models, and even some other designers models. The swing wings aren't what stop me, the rear fuselage does.

[creepa_us]

Thank everyone for the help. I will just get another model from another site. And build it