Started 3 Jan 2006
Intended Livery - Two Bobs Decals #72-028
3 Jan 2006
The Kit and accessories have been moved on to the bench
15 Jan 2006
Finally completed the inital cleanup of kit parts. Next stage will be the painting of the cockpit, intakes and bare metal areas. I am not showing any pictures yet as they would be similar to the VF-102 and VF-11. So I shall update them when I get to the main paint stage.
4 Feb 2006
Round one of the paint session is completed. Base coats of FS36375 (Humbrol #127) applied now have to wait for them to cure before starting the next coats.
13 Feb 2006
As mentioned in the VF-11 build, I have been waiting for paint to complete the paint scheme. It arrived today and was sprayed this evening. After an hour or so I removed the masking and now I just have to wait for it to fully cure.
18 Feb 2006
Xtracolor eventually cured and a Klear coat was applied. Spent today applying Two Bobs excellent decals. Cleaned up the decal glue and setting solutions, and will apply a futher Klear coat tomorrow, prior to giving it a light wash.
Completed. I went with the Raw Umber Oil Wash in the end and sealed with a Pollyscale Flat varnish. I left the Dark Blue paint as gloss.
And a couple of shots of my F-14 collection - so far.
