VF-2
Bounty Hunters
Here
is my latest contraption, I wanted to build an early colorful Tomcat and I love
the Bounty Hunters scheme so I chose the Hasegawa kit. I built it out of the
box for the most part with the addition of some scratch built detail on the
cockpit sidewall and I added wire to the main landing gear struts to simulate
the brake lines.
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Construction
went fairly well but a lot of work was needed to sand and finish the
seams. Especially troublesome were the intakes and mounting the cockpit
section. I used Xtracolor paints and Future for the gloss coat.
The decals
went on nicely with some Microset and Sol.
This
model depicts an early Tomcat which were not as beat up as later F-14’s so I
went easy on the weathering, which was difficult because I love the weathering
process. Using reference photos I used a grey wash and added some light
streaking and smudging around the engine access panels and flap hinges. Overall
it was a great build, took about four months.
Regards:
Zsolt Szivak
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