F-14B Tomcat (VF-103 "Jolly Rogers") - Hasegawa [1/72]

Completed 21 September 2006

Proposed Scheme - VF Decals #84103

Victory 100

29 August 2006

The weapons for the VF-103 and VF-31 builds are ready for decalling. Also you can see I have started the True Details seats.

weapons and seats

10 September 2006

Main paint scheme on.

weapons and seats

weapons and seats

15 September 2006

Decalling complete. Ok mini review here - VF Decals are great, they are vibrant in colours, opaque and bed down with the mimimal of setting solutions. I would have completed the decal process within an hour, but I had forgotten to paint the tail tips yellow. A few Klear coats and onto a panel wash next.

weapons and seats

21 September 2006

Completed. After sealing the decals, an oil wash of Winsor & Newton Raw Umber and White Spirits was applied and the excess wiped off. Giving it a day to cure I then gave it a Pollyscale Acrylic Flat coat and added all the landing gear, doors, pitots, weapons and canopy.

F-14B VF-103 Victory 100

F-14B VF-103 Victory 100

F-14B VF-103 Victory 100

F-14B VF-103 Victory 100

F-14B VF-103 Victory 100

F-14B VF-103 Victory 100