F-14 Tomcat Finishing

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Oh wow! What a mean looking pair. Someone parked a small carrier air group in my driveway!

All sanded, covered with tissue, dope and sanding sealer. Then, primed with a basecoat of white, oil, primer.

First coat of ghost grey is now on her. I used Testors model masters, oil paint, thinned, and shot through an airbrush. It's a mess to clean up, but man does it go on smooth.

Tails and cockpit area now painted black. Here it is, test fitting.

Made home-made graphics using Photoshop, and lots of pictures of real Tomcats.

Whoops! I messed up. I mounted the skids on the plane backwards, and had to rip them off. Bummer, I messed up my new paint already.

Here they are...mounted correctly. Oh well...it's the bottom...less people will see the color issues. I thought I would add a tailhook as long as I was working down there.

Here she is...initial paint and decals applied.

All I need to do now is finish the wing sweep mechanism, and I should be ready for a test flight.

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