F-14A Tomcat or how to build a dream kit

Ingmar Stöhr
Hm, not sure, but I think I have to comment here, to follow this build....

Holger Kranich
Thx 🙂

Andy W.
I'm in too. That must be a really nice kit. Wich version will you build? I would prefer the Jolly Rogers, VF-84. My favorite since i watched the Movie "The last Countdown".

Clifford Keesler
I'm in.

Marko
In

Michael Hickey
Awesome, I didn't think the kit was released yet... I'm pulling a seat up front row and centre, I've got my cola and chips.😢

Spanjaard
i am certainly in. this will be interesting 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Mine is still on it's way so I'll have to look at your's. 😉

Rui Reis
I'm in too!😉

Clifford Keesler
I want one!!!!!!

Urban Gardini
I'm in for this one as well and I hope that you'll go with the IRIAF version as there's something special with the Asia Minor camo scheme!

Maciej Bellos
Watching.

Erik Leijdens
Good luck Holger with the Tamiya Cat!

Holger Kranich
Thank you dudes! I´ll Keep you track with Infos about the kit and so much pix, i can make to Show you how cool the kit is!

Thomas Mayer
I wonder why the assembly manual is looking like a prototype one? Did you get a "White Box"?
I agree on the great service at MBK!

Holger Kranich
Thomas, all i say is: Yes, MBK was very very very nice to me!😢

e p
Definitely in! Check your reference with main landing gear wheels.😉

Christian Ristits
wow, this is so cool, have fun with it Holger!

Thomas Mayer
@ Holgi:
Moin! Ich denke ich kann dir folgen 😉

Augie
Oh I am so in.. Black Bunnies all the way!

Mike Kryza
@Augie - nice to meet you here 🙂

Augie
Thanks Mike 🙂 Good to be here, I hope you and marina are well 🙂

arne vd burg
Enjoy!

Holger Kranich
Fels good to have you all around! Thank you for watching and your nice comments. After Lunch i'm going back to the bench! 😄

Thomas Mayer
13:44! Well after lunch!! Where are you? I am waiting at your bench!!
(in my dreams...) 😉

Gordon Sørensen
I like how you have your table set up Holier. Let the fun ensue!

Holger Kranich
After some hours of micro painting I managed to add some new pictures. Unfortunately I often get disturbed by my father who wants me to buy him Butter and other stuff for his kitchen 😄

Holger Kranich
And again, thank you all for your lovely comments!

Thomas Mayer
Got the butter? Fine! Good boy!
Checking your progress now! Cannot wait...

Thomas Mayer
The displays look awesome! Good job, Holger! I guess you will do some small corrections on the edges of the black panels?

Cortex
Hello mates,

You can see close ups of the model in Tamiya's new vlog on their channel:
Youtube Video

Holger Kranich
Thx Cortex!😢

Thomas, i'l giva all some time to dry and do corrections and tough ups. But the canopy will be closed, so no more detailing will follow.

Holger Kranich
I added a lil wash... Incredible what depht it makes...

Holger Kranich
The fit of this kit is simply unbelievable. .. the pit sidewalls flush into... impressive!

Erik Leijdens
Nice cockpit Holger!

Holger Kranich
Thanks Erik, it's a lot of fun to build it!

Mike Kryza
Butter it never comes to an end... ????

Mike Kryza
Love it. 🙂

Holger Kranich
🙂

Holger Kranich
I cranked up Slayers Reighn in blood and do some corrections, whilst i have a beer. Live is great sometimes 😄

Andy W.
A really nice start Holger. Looking forward to the next pics. Keep it up

Patrick Hagelstein
Sieht super aus Holger!

Michael Phillips
Great start! I will be watching your progress closely. I am a bit jealous you got yours already! 🙂

Zsolt Czegle
Wie das Modell so das Jever! 😄

Holger Kranich
Guys make sure you get a copy! The fit is positively unreal! And please don't be jealous, this is the first and last time that i'm so Lucky to have such a great kit. I promise; )

Holger Kranich
And yeah, wie das Modell, so daß Jever! Friesisch herb!😄😄

Nikolas Horianopoulos
Will be watching this thread. It seems it going to be an epic build. (
Although I'm 72 mate)

H K
It is funny, how a RC cars company regularly put all other model companies to shame.

Michael Hickey
Really impressive the way it all fits so nicely together, and great looking cockpit to Holly.👍

Clifford Keesler
Looks totally awesome Holger.

Holger Kranich
You people are all so kind! You make me blush!And in about an hour i can start again. Yesterday i painted the lower cockpitframing. It just fell in place with no glue. Absolutely perfect!

Holger Kranich
Now i will give the nose gear bay a wash, i totally forgot to make pix of it. Its made of 8 (!) parts and fits so well... 😄

Stephan Ryll
Holger 🙂 this is a nice cat so far - I´m a little bit jealous about the kit... and the Jever

Holger Kranich
Oh you like Jever, Stephan? Cool!😄

Stephan Ryll
Holger, for me Jever and Astra arme the best choise when I'm up in the north 🙂

Clifford Keesler
It's on my wish list.

Holger Kranich
Stephan, you are welcome!🙂
Cliffy, do you mean the beer or the kit?😉 Regarding the beer, i can send you a sixpack. 😄

Holger Kranich
Just finished the swinging mechanism. Well done Tamiya!

Wim van der Luijt
typical Tamiya engineering....(Jever is good...kind of hard to get in The Netherlands, will have to stock up next time I'm in Germany)

Patrick Hagelstein
There are a lot of nice beers to obtain in The Netherlands also. But Wim, just holler and I will get some if I visit my favourite hobby shop in Aachen just across the border. Holger, in picture 19 I noticed some putty on the radome, is there a fit problem?

Holger Kranich
Hagel, thats a spot where the sprue was attached and i cutted to near, so a very very tiny bit of styrene broke out. Definately my personal fault!

Patrick Hagelstein
Pfew.... So the kit is still living up to it's expectations? 😉

Wim van der Luijt
@Hagel: I go shopping in Germany on a regular basis, no worries....am curious about the hobby store in Aachen though..which one is it?

Patrick Hagelstein
Modellcenter Hünerbein at the market square opposite the ancient town hall. I really like the friendly staff. But be aware, it can get crowded with tourists during the Weinachtsmarkt period.

Wim van der Luijt
👍

Holger Kranich
Main gear bays are glued. This Methylethylketon is lovely. Sticks twice faster than Tamiya Thin...

Germen V
impressive

Maciej Bellos
You should be careful with that Methylethylketon, not the best of stuff. Wear a mask and be in a well ventilated area. Other than that your are doing a great job.

Andy W.
I'm more and more impressed by this detailed kit, even on the inside of the fuselage. Good work so far, Holger. Since almost ten Years i'm using Ethylacetat as glue. The parts are welded together almost instantly. The only exception is Superglue for PE's and Woodglue for clear Parts

Clifford Keesler
It is looking just awesome.

Michael Hickey
The fit seems incredible.😄

Holger Kranich
I just went up in the Man Cave before going to the office. All parts are wonderful in place and i did a dry fit of the fuselage halves again.
Fit is incredible, as Mike says.👍
Andy, I tryed to get Ethylacetat at the pharmacy but they thought i would blow something up, so i didnt get it.😄
Maciej, you are right, i have to be careful and i try to avoid smoking when i use it!😢
Guys, i keep you informed. I predict that at 1700 german time, the glue will flow again.

Thomas Mayer
Methylethylketon? What´s this? I have a bottle of quick setting Tamiya glue, is this the same?

Thomas Mayer
Looking at your pics it is really impressive; each part looks Tamiya-perfection. Nice!

Holger Kranich
Hi Thomas! MEK is going in the direction of quick setting Tamiya stuff. But it sticks within 4 seconds. I´m applicating it with the tough n flow applicator. It welds the plastic in a way like Ethyacetat is doing. Got the Tip from Mike Kryza last Scalemates Meeting. It glues 4 times quicker than Tamiya Thin and burns better...😉

Soeren R.
Looking really good Holger!

Holger Kranich
And it feels good, Sören! Thx!

Wim van der Luijt
It will melt your frontal lobe too....we use a lot of the stuff in the lab I work at...ventilate!

David Barclay
Looks like a Nice Kit! Thanks for Showing us the build! Also... Nice to see another ashtray on the bench besides mine! Hahahah

Bart Goesaert
Doesn't look like the typical Tamiyakit, but is seems excellent...

Germen V
Also guilty for an ashtray, how many sigarettes that almost entirely burnt up likethat, i lost count, at least the money for a great kit. I glue with Tamiya extra thin, Plast-I-Weld, Revell contacta and pink ZAP, and nothing else.

Holger Kranich
Well, i just feel very comfortable when i can have a smoketime and something to drink, at the bench. It feels cozy. And when you have the dammit luck to have such a nice kit in front of you, you just feel like "Heaven, i´m in heaven..." 😄

Germen V
Fred???, no no no, not for this kit, Berlin would be better 🙂 🙂

Holger Kranich
No worries, buddy! Top Gun soundtrack runs up and down when i build it!😢

Germen V
Yess!!! And wich one is your favourite song on the soundtrack?

Holger Kranich
The theme and Highway to the dangerzone!

Germen V
Destination Unknown

Melf Boyens
"I feel the need... the need for speed!" You guys make me to like American planes again and go back to eighties F-14 Tomcat.

Germen V
For me the F-14 and the 747 stay the king ang the queen of the sky.

Germen V
Screw it up and you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog sh*t out of Hong Kong

Dirk Heyer
Mmmpff, simply a copy of the infamous and glorious Carrier based Gnat.....
LOL

Germen V
HOT SHOTS

Holger Kranich
Negative Ghostrider...

Thomas Mayer
Yeah! Hot Shots!! Still a laugh after having seen it endlessly! 🙂

Vegard Øksenholt
You're doing great Holger. I'm watching 🙂 I didn't know this was released yet. Seeing this makes me want one myself!

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Like it !! . I wish Tamiya downscaled it to 1/72

Murad ÖZER
@Julian: who knows they might, but how long did they take to scale their F-16 down... also there are 2 very recent 72nd scale tomcat releases in the Japanese market.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
@Murad : thanks I'll check

Clifford Keesler
Very nice Holger, I will grab one as soon as they are avaviable in the U.S. Meanwhile I am working on an Academy A model TomCat.

David Barclay
Hey Clifford... Squadron has them now.@ 89 bucks and Big Kahuna Models on Ebay will have them on Tuesday...

Adam Gudynowski
Following

Germen V
@clifford, i just finished mine, hat VF are you planning

Matthias Weiss
I'm in!

Michael Hickey
How is this coming along Holly? I like what I see so far.

Dale Marston
I'll be watching this with interest as I have one too.

Holger Kranich
Welcome guys! Actually the wings are attached and the belly is completed. I had some trouble with my white paint. The Tamiya paint became brittle, maybe its too old... The AK white took hours to dry and i didnt knew that. So i touched some parts, leaving fingerprints i didnt detected. On last sunday i saw them and tryed to erase ´em. It worked but still leaves a bad taste to me. Fortunately its in the main gear bay, so you´ll see them hardly.

Bryn Crandell
This kit is on my wishlist. So I will be watching closely.

Matthias Weiss
You simply gave it a unique touch, Holly.😉

Thomas Mayer
Holger, pass mal auf dass die angekündigte Sturmflut dich und die Insel nicht aus dem Schlaf holt! Was sind da schon ein paar Fingerdabber? 🙂

Holger Kranich
@ Thomas: Das schöne ist ja, dass in diesem Fall wieder mal maßlos übertrieben wird. Es soll 9 Bf geben. Das ist noch easy. Und heute morgen auf dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit war es windig aber nicht unnormal, zu dieser Jahreszeit. Ungefähr wie bei "Das Boot" als die im Wind im Fahrstand stehen und den Atlantik anbrüllen. 😄😉

Thomas Mayer
Tja, scheints sind die Nachrichtenschreiber einfach nicht nah genug an der Küste. Man sollte halt einfach gelegentlich die Menschen vor Ort fragen...

Thomas Mayer
Übrigends, es heißt nicht "9 Bf" sondern "Bf 109"!! 😉

Patrick Hagelstein
🙂

Holger Kranich
LOL

Urban Gardini
Is it an F-14t...?

Joerg R.
Ach herrje, das hab ich ja total übersehen, sorry Holgi, aber jetzt dabei ich bin👍👍👍

Clifford Keesler
Are you going to finish it someday? LOL.

Michael Phillips
Oooh, is this back on Holger? 🙂

Dirk Heyer
What kind of thinner did you used? Ordinarily these colours dry very fast ?!

Clifford Keesler
Go Man Go. Excellent.

Kim Branders
Some nice details holly 👍.

Michael Hickey
Those figures should come up really nice when you paint them.👍

Holger Kranich
Hey you all mighty fine lads! Thanks a lot for your nice comments! Unfortunately my modeling time is VERY limited actually. With luck, i can do something at the Weekend. But mostly not...

Nevertheless this is a great kit and working on it is very enjoyable. 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I am getting one YAHOO!!!. I have watched Scle-A-Thons build video on You tube about 10 times. Can't wait for it to get here.

Holger Kranich
Oh, do you have a link to it?

Soeren R.
Really nice progress.
Im still thking about buying it or waiting for the AMK kit. 🙂

Urban Gardini
Get both as the Tammy is an A and the AMK is an D...

Ivan VT
Looks great. Question: metal screws ueed to assembly thE wings are include in the kit?

Holger Kranich
@ Ivan: Yes, screws are included but no screwdriver.😢

Bill Spargo
Youve done a great job building this one Holger, in fact youve sold me on the kit , I'll have to get one now. Looking forward to more photos.

Clifford Keesler
It's getting there. LOL.