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Group Build Entry No. 7
Raffle No.7

1/72 Hasegawa F-14A, VF-21 Freelancers
by Andy Mullen
Chesterfield, UK

This is the 1/72 Hasegawa Low Visibility Kit [E2 #00532], with Markings from the Superscale sheet #72-595.

The kit was built out of the box, with the only additions being the overhead ejector handles on the seats, and a couple of hydraulic lines on the landing gear from bits of copper wire. Also I used some extra TCS from other kits to replace the in-box chin pods.

The construction was started on the 1 Jan 2005, and it went very well, and quick compared to the more current tooling. After most of the major construction work was completed, I used various Alclad II on the leading edges, gun, and engines. These were then masked off, and the whole kit was sprayed with Humbrol #129 (FS26440). The tails were not glued on as yet and were sprayed with Humbrol Flat Black. After a few of light coats of Klear(Future) were sprayed, the decals were applied . There were registration issues with a lot of the stencil data and insignia, so I raided my spares for these, the main markings being OK.

Once decals were on, cured and cleaned, another few of light coats of Klear(Future) were sprayed. I then removed the masking from the Alclad areas and the canopy

An enamel wash of Humbrol #32 and thinners was liberally appled and then cleaned up with kitchen towel damped with thinners. Finally all the landing gear, doors, antennas and weapons were added.

Copyright 2005 by Andy Mullen

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