**** DONE: 1/40 Grumman F-14 "Tomcat" - Carrier Aircraft GB

[Lucky13]

Magic Mr. C!

 

[Wayne Little]

nicely done Charles!

 

[Njaco]

VERY impressive!

 

[A4K]

Yep, that is lovely Charles!

 

[Crimea_River]

I agree.

 

[ccheese]

Thanks, Lads. Don't expect to get much done today. Got other pans in the fire....

Charles

 

[meatloaf109]

Unfortunately, life gets in the way of modeling sometimes.
Looking forward to more when you can!

 

[rochie]

like it more with every update.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

An amazing build.

 

[ccheese]

Oops !! Minor set back....

Charles

 

[Wurger]

It doesn't look so serious I thought. You should get it sorted out soon.

 

[Gnomey]

Oops Charles, shouldn't be too hard to fix. Coming along nicely otherwise!

 

[evangilder]

Oops. But WOW, that is really something else, Charles. It's looking great!

 

[N4521U]

Looks like it had a fire in the hole!

 

[meatloaf109]

Flame out?

 

[ccheese]

Looks like it had a fire in the hole!

Flame out?

No.... Severe case of dropsy. I dropped the model and it landed in a pile of cardboard boxes. BTW, the cardboard boxes are no longer in the garage. They went into the recycle can, and will be picked up in the morning. Damage has been repaired. What's another patch on the model. Eight so far.

Oops. But WOW, that is really something else, Charles. It's looking great!

Nice seeing you in this thread, Eric...

Charles

 

[Wayne Little]

looks like an engine explosion to me....glad she is back up and running Charles!

 

[destrozas]

charles after seeing how to solve what happened to the spitfire you that's no problem for you, if with Monokote would be just as easy the clean up the area.

 

[meatloaf109]

Just a question, Would a coat of paint make the skin tougher for when another assembly is glued to it?
I take it that one of the "tail feathers" got knocked off and took some tissue with it.

 

[ccheese]

No, Paul, I hadn't gotten to the left rudder yet. (Still havn't). The tissue only had one coat of my 50/50 mix, and will get five coats. It was pretty fragile. When it fell, it hit the cardboard boxes and the flap edges tore it up. The rudder is attached right over a stringer and the glue permeates through the tissue and almost bonds wood to wood. The joint is pretty sturdy.

Charles