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

• Aug 15, 2012

• #141

Lucky13

Forum Mascot

52,156

33,223

Aug 21, 2006

In my castle....

Magic Mr. C!

 

• Aug 15, 2012

• #142

Wayne Little

Moderator

Staff

Mod

65,110

7,792

Oct 7, 2006

Adelaide Sth. Aust.

nicely done Charles!

 

• Aug 15, 2012

• #143

Njaco

The Pop-Tart Whisperer

22,569

2,786

Feb 19, 2007

Fla-eee-dah!

VERY impressive!

 

• Aug 15, 2012

• #144

A4K

Brigadier General

16,976

5,604

Dec 17, 2007

The back of beyond

Yep, that is lovely Charles!

 

• Aug 15, 2012

• #145

Crimea_River

Marshal

47,215

15,518

Nov 16, 2008

Calgary

I agree.

 

• Aug 15, 2012

• Thread starter
• #146

ccheese

Member In Perpetuity

12,408

136

Jul 10, 2007

Virginia Beach, Va.

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

Charles

 

• Aug 15, 2012

• #147

meatloaf109

1st Lieutenant

6,731

324

Jan 1, 2012

north carolina

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

 

• Aug 15, 2012

• #148

rochie

Moderator

Staff

Mod

23,764

9,129

Aug 9, 2006

billingham nr middlesbrough uk

like it more with every update.

 

• Aug 16, 2012

• #149

Vic Balshaw

Major General

23,217

9,357

Jul 20, 2009

Canberra

An amazing build.

 

• Aug 16, 2012

• Thread starter
• #150

ccheese

Member In Perpetuity

12,408

136

Jul 10, 2007

Virginia Beach, Va.

Oops !! Minor set back....

Charles

 

Attachments

• DSC_2608.JPG

  73 KB · Views: 97
• DSC_2609.JPG

  79.5 KB · Views: 88

• Aug 16, 2012

• #151

Wurger

Siggy Master

Staff

Admin

Mod

117,400

34,402

Jun 19, 2005

Poland

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

 

• Aug 16, 2012

• #152

Gnomey

Globetrotting Surgeon General

Staff

Mod

74,230

10,509

Nov 28, 2004

London / Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK

www.flickr.com

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

 

• Aug 16, 2012

• #153

evangilder

"Shooter"

19,035

210

Sep 17, 2004

Moorpark, CA

www.vg-photo.com

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

 

• Aug 16, 2012

• #154

N4521U

Plastic Pirate

14,435

7,299

Nov 1, 2009

Miranda, NSW

Looks like it had a fire in the hole!

 

• Aug 16, 2012

• #155

meatloaf109

1st Lieutenant

6,731

324

Jan 1, 2012

north carolina

Flame out?

 

• Aug 16, 2012

• Thread starter
• #156

ccheese

Member In Perpetuity

12,408

136

Jul 10, 2007

Virginia Beach, Va.

N4521U said:

Looks like it had a fire in the hole!

Click to expand...

meatloaf109 said:

Flame out?

Click to expand...

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.

evangilder said:

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

Click to expand...

Nice seeing you in this thread, Eric...

Charles

 

• Aug 17, 2012

• #157

Wayne Little

Moderator

Staff

Mod

65,110

7,792

Oct 7, 2006

Adelaide Sth. Aust.

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

 

• Aug 17, 2012

• #158

destrozas

Senior Master Sergeant

3,354

940

Jan 12, 2010

alcover

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.

 

• Aug 17, 2012

• #159

meatloaf109

1st Lieutenant

6,731

324

Jan 1, 2012

north carolina

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.

 

• Aug 17, 2012

• Thread starter
• #160

ccheese

Member In Perpetuity

12,408

136

Jul 10, 2007

Virginia Beach, Va.

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