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GROUP BUILD ENTRY no.16
Raffle no. 16

1/72 Hasegawa F-14A, VF-24 Renegades
by Andy Mullen
Chesterfield, UK

This is the 1/72 Hasegawa VF-33 "Tarsiers" Kit [#00735], with kit markings and True Details GRU-7 Seats.

The kit was built out of the box, with the only additions being the True Detail seats and the overhead ejector handles on the seats.

The construction was started on the 1 Jan 2005, and was a little frustrating in the amount of parts required to finish, or should I say "fiddleyness". It got to the point where I concentrated on finishing the easier two older boxings first. Once they were completed, I restarted where I had left off. For the cockpit I used the PE that comes with the kit for the side panels, and carefully painted the Instrument panels. Having built one of these "new" kits last year gave me an insight on what to look out for, example the strut (part no C15) in the nose wheel well - add it before the wheel well walls. It is a PITA to try and put in later.

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 and ventral fins 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 .

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 applied and then cleaned up with kitchen towel damped with thinners. I also went over the engines with a Tamiya Smoke and thinners. The canopy had the PE from the kit added and all the landing gear, doors, seats and antennas were added.

Copyright 2005 by Andy Mullen

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