[dryguy]

Jesse, this is awesome. The dullcoat and weathering also seems to have toned down the rivets somewhat Might I suggest an epoxy rather than milliput for securing the wheels?

[tomthegrom]

This is looking amazing! One thing, I believe the tail hook looks to be to long. You may want to try and fix it. Looking forward to seeing this one done!

[Paddington]

uuuhhh yes, it's coming along nicely. This weathering is absolutely crackin'.
Awesome!

Patrick

[#1 Greywolf]

She was ssssmokin, dirty, and he made her look purty...; so my my my I don't tell lies...I like it a LOT!!!. As Will Smith said....."I gotta get me one of these". Well when I can afford it, that is.

[JesniF-16]

jimz66, on 11 July 2012 - 01:16 AM, said:

Jesse this one is shaping up VERY NICELY....

jimz66 I do appreciate each and every comment, very inspiring

zaktwist, on 11 July 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

love it

zaktwist, I'm flattered that you love it....

dryguy, on 14 July 2012 - 01:34 AM, said:

Jesse, this is awesome. The dullcoat and weathering also seems to have toned down the rivets somewhat Might I suggest an epoxy rather than milliput for securing the wheels?

dryguy, thanks for your input once again I actually was pondering that thought earlier. I guess I will have to go shopping at Spruebrothers again

tomthegrom, on 14 July 2012 - 07:01 AM, said:

This is looking amazing! One thing, I believe the tail hook looks to be to long. You may want to try and fix it. Looking forward to seeing this one done!

tomthegrom, thank you for your thoughts... I will look into the tail hook issue....

Paddington, on 14 July 2012 - 07:10 AM, said:

uuuhhh yes, it's coming along nicely. This weathering is absolutely crackin'.
Awesome!

Patrick

Patrick, I was hoping you would say that

#1 Greywolf, on 14 July 2012 - 07:57 AM, said:

She was ssssmokin, dirty, and he made her look purty...; so my my my I don't tell lies...I like it a LOT!!!. As Will Smith said....."I gotta get me one of these". Well when I can afford it, that is.

Clif, thanks for your rap song lyrics, you could be writing songs with Eminem The kit is more mentally damaging than it is to your pocketbook

Thanks for the support guys

/Jesse

This post has been edited by JesniF-16: 14 July 2012 - 02:53 PM

[kurnass77]

Jesse,
one of the most beautiful Kitty I ever seen!!!
I follow all your build and...WOW!
Superb job on all the detail and the weathering is simply real! I tried the salt tecnique for my 1/72 Sundowners jet for the Centennial of Naval Aviation GB but your result are wonderful!






Gianni

[JesniF-16]

kurnass77, on 14 July 2012 - 08:20 PM, said:

Jesse,
one of the most beautiful Kitty I ever seen!!!
I follow all your build and...WOW!
Superb job on all the detail and the weathering is simply real! I tried the salt tecnique for my 1/72 Sundowners jet for the Centennial of Naval Aviation GB but your result are wonderful!






Gianni

Thank you very much Gianni, you are very kind.... And thanks for showing your build, the weathering looks superb as well

/Jesse

[JesniF-16]

tomthegrom, on 14 July 2012 - 07:01 AM, said:

This is looking amazing! One thing, I believe the tail hook looks to be to long. You may want to try and fix it. Looking forward to seeing this one done!

Good morning boys and girls,

As tomthegrom pointed out, the HB tail hook is about 2.5mm too long according to my reference photos. So I did a quick fix on it and here's how it turned out...

BEFORE


AFTER




Added a piece of wire for attaching...




And I think it's about the right length now... I apologize about the specs of dust, the model is like a dust magnet




I then decided to redo the ladder since it just wasn't cooperating So I took the PE and ladder rungs from the Hasgawa kit I have since I won't be doing a ladder again. I still need to find a perfect glue for PE parts... I spent hours and hours trying to glue these parts on square and straight. Plus the PE steps are demn near impossible to get right, since the angle of the steps are impossible to get both steps level with one another... so this is the final attempt and done, except for painting.




As you can see not much progress made, but that's how it goes some days Although I am grateful that I was made aware of the tail hook issue I can't wait to start a new build since I know my skills have vastly improved since I started this big project...

Maybe next week it will be finished ... Thanks for all your interest

/Jesse

[Aigore]

Awesome work, Jesse

[Rogier77]

Nice progress so far. I love th paint and weathering job you did.
Keep up the progress, i love to see these photo's.
Rogiér

[JesniF-16]

Aigore, on 15 July 2012 - 04:26 PM, said:

Awesome work, Jesse

Rogier77, on 16 July 2012 - 10:56 PM, said:

Nice progress so far. I love th paint and weathering job you did.
Keep up the progress, i love to see these photo's.
Rogiér

Thank you for your wonderful comments It means a lot coming from modellers as talented as you two...

[JesniF-16]

Well modellers, it's been about 6 months and my Navy bird is finished

Thank you all for your support and helping me build a really cool F-14A
As soon as I joined this forum I realized that I could no longer build OOB and be satisfied
Here are a few pics for tonight and I will post more pics in the Display Case tomorrow morning













Hope you enjoy my weathered Navy bird I learned many a lesson with this build and I suppose the biggest lesson is to slow down and take your time... I rushed a few things and wound up reworking my mistakes every time I will be taking on another project soon, but first I will be off to the EAA events so I can decide which jet to build next I also need to build a display case so I can show off my newest family member Thanks for the good times and more pics coming tomorrow.


/Jesse

[tomthegrom]

That is STUNNING! You have done an amazing job. One thing, I would check out the AIM-7s in the forward wells, they need to be more recessed in them I believe. SO good to see a squadron from the glory days!

[geedubelyer]

You nailed it Jesse
That's a great looking bird, congrats.

Your tenacity and determination are an inspiration. Thanks for taking the time to document your project and I look forward to seeing the remaining photos soon.

Cheers,

[Anders_Isaksson]

JesniF-16, on 22 July 2012 - 02:05 AM, said:

...
Thanks for the good times and more pics coming tomorrow.

Thanks to YOU for taking us along on your build, Jesse!
Your Tomcat looks stunning, well done!

[Aigore]

Now that´s a gorgeous build Jesse!
Fantastic weathering!

[JesniF-16]

geedubelyer, on 22 July 2012 - 08:01 AM, said:

You nailed it Jesse
That's a great looking bird, congrats.

Your tenacity and determination are an inspiration. Thanks for taking the time to document your project and I look forward to seeing the remaining photos soon.

Cheers,

Cheers Guy Thanks a bunch for posting your builds as well... I may opt to build a mudhen soon, so that means your mudhen build will be of great assistance. BTW your Echo F-15 is a master piece

Anders_Isaksson, on 22 July 2012 - 08:42 AM, said:

Thanks to YOU for taking us along on your build, Jesse!
Your Tomcat looks stunning, well done!

Very glad you like it Anders, very inspiring. Hopefully I will find an Anders Tomcat sighting soon

Aigore, on 22 July 2012 - 12:50 PM, said:

Now that´s a gorgeous build Jesse!
Fantastic weathering!

Thanks for all your support Janne Many of your tips and techniques were mimicked for this build

This build now belongs to the Display Case
http://s362974870.on...pic=252503&st=0

Thanks guys...

/Jesse

[JesniF-16]

tomthegrom, on 22 July 2012 - 03:38 AM, said:

That is STUNNING! You have done an amazing job. One thing, I would check out the AIM-7s in the forward wells, they need to be more recessed in them I believe. SO good to see a squadron from the glory days!

Oh and how could I forget. Thanks again tomthegrom, your comments are appreciated I will look into the AIM-7 recess issue.... maybe later though
http://s362974870.on...pic=252503&st=0
/Jesse

This post has been edited by JesniF-16: 22 July 2012 - 05:10 PM

[VA-115EFR]

Super job Jesse!!! She's beautiful!!!

[KRI76]

Congrats!
I really find your weathering very effective and realistic. It truly depicts the look of those Navy jets, beaten by salt, sun, wind, water...Real nice.

/Kristian