I'm blown away with the detail, it means a lot to me because my uncle Jack flew the F4 in Vietnam, in 1969 I was 9 and Jack was home for Xmas and I was in awe. Thank you for great content. 🙏🇺🇸
I did this kit some months ago. I did it with Eduards big ED Photo etch and aftermarket decals for "Jolly Rogers". This kit is still my favourite kit til this day.
There is something about the f-14, just finished the iranian f-14 and even with all my errors is still looks stunning just because its such a beautiful airframe.
Very excellent. I hadn't thought of using clear orange. I'm thinking of using pastel chalk on mine for that discoloration. I'm currently building this myself and I haven't attached the wings yet. I put those pivot cards into place, and I figured I'd slide the wings onto those cards after I've painted them.
Dude, I've just found your avenue...about 2 weeks ago...smooth is all I can say...appreciate your time... This is my third go around with this build... the details with which you go to in these adventures is second to none...also the background music...plus your jigs... Being forced to stay low, by are environment as of late...has caused me to become homebound... Your escapes in time are well worth it... Keep them coming if you can... Thanks again dude...
Amazing work! I've never had the energy to complete a model, I had an f-14 in the box for decades. This video helped me get some of the satisfaction of seeing one completed well, thanks.
I used to spend my lunch break sitting at the foot of Miramar Naval Air Station strip to watch these come back from the desert. They would loop around the tower and come back around to land. They would open out their wings and throw the plane on it's side to brake. You could just sit and listen to them throttling to land. Can't tell me they weren't having a blast!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. Considering I absolutely LOVE the F-14 Tomcat and plan on building several of these new Academy kits your video was just what I needed. It was perhaps one of the most useful videos (at least for me) that I've ever watched. Again, thanks & Great Job!!!
in the past few years i have started putting all my aircraft on sticks, effectively rending them as training aids, but i get a lot more enjoyment out of them as i can hold them, examine them, and fly them around.
Hello! I came across your videos yesterday by accident but today became a subscriber. Thank you for doing these videos. Seeing fighter planes and jets reminds me of when I was a kid and we’d visit my cousins in another city. My cousins had a den/rec room with a lot of planes and helicopters hanging from the ceiling. To me, as a 5 years old kid, it was like going to a model aviation exhibit. I’ve dabbled a little in model aircraft when I was a teen, but it’s not really my thing. Cars in 1/24, 1/64 & 1/87 scales are my thing. However, I do enjoy watching others build planes, jets, helicopters, etc., so I am enjoying your videos. Wishing you all the best with your shop. Hobby shops that I could actually visit are getting scarce here in the US. They either go out of business or go exclusively with online shopping.
To this day, the Tomcat remains the best looking heavy US fighter. Those curves, that wide bay between the engines (even though it wasn't exactly the best idea under certain conditions), the angles... I think only Russia's Flanker stands up to it in terms of looks.
I'm happening on different f-14 model videos as I just ordered a Tamiya F-14A Jolly Roger kit. I'm also thinking of making it in flight (I shall see how easy it is to seal its wheel flaps). What I like about its kit is that it has fully adjustable sweep wings. I'm into 3D printing and design....so I'm going to be doing my stand as a 3D print. Have in mind a Jolly Rogers base, a gimbal that lets you change the axis of the fuselage (that will screw in the underside of the fuselage inbetween the front and back Phoenix podsz).
Great job! I bought this kit after watching your video. I was wondering what were the transparent sticks you used to make the stand? I also wanna build a flying mode and I am looking for the materials. Thank you
Great job Andy! I was in the Pukin' Dogs in the mid-90s & had a blast (made deployments on the Ike & George Washington). You did a good job of capturing the personality of the Tomcat & the mottled grey look of being well-used but still reasonably clean. Even though 1:72 isn't my favorite scale, there's still just as much work as 1:48. Too bad you didn't use the photo reece TARPS pod (if the kit came with one?).
Awesome model, There's just 1 little oversight in it. On the engines there is a piece of the fuselage molded wich should be in gray paint not in metal. Other wise beautiful build.
Hello! Very nice video - was interesting to watch and final result is great! F-14 is a beautiful fighter, maybe I will build another one for my channel and collection. Keep up great work! Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
Looks amazing. I thought of having a go at modelling again, (used to enjoy them as a young lad!) but now realise I could never do one justice having seen your work. Also wondered what all of the equipment and numerous paints etc all cost? Looks like painting and finishing is the real challenge, not the assembly?
Fantastic job! Very interesting to know about all of your tools and equipment in your videos: tweezers, bending tools, painting stands, airbrush, compressor, airbrush spray booth etc. Will be interesting if you mark them also like you naming paints, sanding paper numbers, airbrush pressure etc.
I'm currently building the 1/72 academy 12471 18000 kit. It's the same series but my parts don't fit together well at all, I've got massive putty filler the shave and sand back. What's that glue you are using? The green lid bottle... What an amazing model you have made, thanks sharing your techniques.
I noted that you give needle size and pressure for the first gloss coat. Could you give more insight into needle size & pressure used when doing the panel work. I’m new to modeling and airbrushing. I’ve done a couple of models, and the control needed for panel work is an area I struggle with.
I've learned a lot watching your videos and your work inspires me. I noticed something familiar in this video - a cleco! I've used clecos a lot in the past...
Hi, at 3:40, you mention about follow the instructions when you should not have? Then you cut off a piece of the pivot. You said in order to remove the wings once the fusalodge in assembled just off center of the center of the hole so the wing can be taken out,(off). My question is does the wing need to be removed for the build? Could you explain this a bit? I have this model and have opened the package. Have not started it yet. Hope to in the next few weeks. I am just wondering about the pivot wing. Does it need to be removed, if so why does it need to be removed. My model is DOYUSHA. It is all in a print I do not understand. Very high detail. Trying to learn how to build this model. Thank you so much, great build.
Carrier air wing 6 had the "AE" tailcode. I know this because I flew S-3A Vikings in VS-28, also in air wing 6. We deployed with the VF-143 "Pukin' Dogs" aboard USS Independence (CV-62) in 1983/4. Inside baseball: we had 2 fighter squadrons, with tail number series 1** and 2**. Attack squadrons, the AEW detachment, helo squadrons, all had tail numbers beginning with sequential even hundred numbers. My VS-28 had tail codes in the 7** series. More inside baseball: every squadron had a "double-nuts" plane with tail number ending in "00". These were decorated more elaborately, and were designated as the "CAG Bird". The carrier air group commander was theoretically supposed to be able to fly every type, so each squadron had a plane for him. Although I never ever saw our CAG in an S-3, he was a fighter jock through & through. VF-143 lost an airplane during one of our workup exercises. I remember being in the SAR on-scene commander plane, orbiting overhead, until the helo arrived to fish the crew out of the water. One of them didn't make it. The weathering job on this model looks great. If anything, it's a bit understated. Our aircraft got EXTREMELY oily and ratty looking. Nice one! Subscription added...
Without any doubt, the best building video of an F14! Looks realy awsome. Question, when you remove any panelline or wheatering liquid, Do you dampen the cotton cloth or swab to remove exces paint?
Hi Harry, this was a while ago now, but I think I used oils?? If so, you can wipe them off with a dry soft cloth, or to remove more very slightly dampen with mineral (white) spirit. Thank you. Andy.
Any tips on airbrushing with white color? Im finding it to be challenging, clogging up my brush, not really getting good coverage even after a few passes. Any advice would help! Thanks! Great Build as usual !!
Hi, sorry for the VERY late reply. White is awkward. You could defiantly try a light grey or even white primer first, primer will always cover well. Cheers. Andy
I think the F-14 is one of the most beautiful pieces of machinery humans ever designed. Incredible work on the model, sir.
Absolutely stunning!!! It’s so great to see how you have done all of this. Incredible skills.
I'm blown away with the detail, it means a lot to me because my uncle Jack flew the F4 in Vietnam, in 1969 I was 9 and Jack was home for Xmas and I was in awe. Thank you for great content. 🙏🇺🇸
I did this kit some months ago. I did it with Eduards big ED Photo etch and aftermarket decals for "Jolly Rogers". This kit is still my favourite kit til this day.
I’ve only had good results with Academy kits. They don’t have a lot of the detail of Tamiya and Hasegawa but the engineering is first rate.
There is something about the f-14, just finished the iranian f-14 and even with all my errors is still looks stunning just because its such a beautiful airframe.
Timeless design, come with good proportions
I think your errors made it more realistic 😬.
Yeah, Iranian Tomcats look cool loaded with Russian Vympel missiles.
Nice well done!.. I still have a Fujimi 1/48 F-14A still in it's box more than 40 years ago 👍✈️
I am an avid watcher of your videos and have improved my own technique as a result. Phenomenal work as always! Love the detail!
Very excellent. I hadn't thought of using clear orange. I'm thinking of using pastel chalk on mine for that discoloration. I'm currently building this myself and I haven't attached the wings yet. I put those pivot cards into place, and I figured I'd slide the wings onto those cards after I've painted them.
Dude, I've just found your avenue...about 2 weeks ago...smooth is all I can say...appreciate your time...
This is my third go around with this build... the details with which you go to in these adventures is second to none...also the background music...plus your jigs...
Being forced to stay low, by are environment as of late...has caused me to become homebound...
Your escapes in time are well worth it...
Keep them coming if you can...
Thanks again dude...
This looks stunning, and the stand really sets it apart. Great work!
stand looks dumb, takes away from the model
Amazing work! I've never had the energy to complete a model, I had an f-14 in the box for decades. This video helped me get some of the satisfaction of seeing one completed well, thanks.
I used to spend my lunch break sitting at the foot of Miramar Naval Air Station strip to watch these come back from the desert. They would loop around the tower and come back around to land. They would open out their wings and throw the plane on it's side to brake. You could just sit and listen to them throttling to land. Can't tell me they weren't having a blast!
That was some serious craftsmanship...the stand was super professional as well ...final result is just perfect
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. Considering I absolutely LOVE the F-14 Tomcat and plan on building several of these new Academy kits your video was just what I needed. It was perhaps one of the most useful videos (at least for me) that I've ever watched. Again, thanks & Great Job!!!
I wish I had your level of patience and attention to detail.... WELL DONE!!!
Best model of a Tomcat ever!!! The custom stand is awesome!!!😳😱
in the past few years i have started putting all my aircraft on sticks, effectively rending them as training aids, but i get a lot more enjoyment out of them as i can hold them, examine them, and fly them around.
Will have to give this kit a go, I served on the USS America right after this squadron left, but still remember seeing their patches in the ready room
Holey crap .. That's amazing. .. New to modelling, videos like these really inspire me. . Thaaaank you.
Awesome job, very prolific, it looks almost real
Fabulous. This is what modelling is all about. Thank you and keep teaching us.
awesome. I wish I had a drill press, a metal stamper, and a band saw to make the stand.
Outstanding! I wish I had your talent in model construction; your detail is fantastic!
I miss the Dogs, back when we were VF-143, “no bloody A”.
ANYTIME BABY!!!!
I learned a lot from this build. I really like how you used the clear colors to highlight the metal exhaust.
I have never used an airbrush. I'm impressed that there is so little overspray. You wield it like a scalpel. Nice job. Very fun to watch.
Hello!
I came across your videos yesterday by accident but today became a subscriber. Thank you for doing these videos. Seeing fighter planes and jets reminds me of when I was a kid and we’d visit my cousins in another city. My cousins had a den/rec room with a lot of planes and helicopters hanging from the ceiling. To me, as a 5 years old kid, it was like going to a model aviation exhibit.
I’ve dabbled a little in model aircraft when I was a teen, but it’s not really my thing. Cars in 1/24, 1/64 & 1/87 scales are my thing. However, I do enjoy watching others build planes, jets, helicopters, etc., so I am enjoying your videos.
Wishing you all the best with your shop. Hobby shops that I could actually visit are getting scarce here in the US. They either go out of business or go exclusively with online shopping.
Enjoyed your video very much. More, more and more! Thanks from Judy in Nova Scotia, Canada
Your fit for the fuselage main and cockpit was molded properly mine was out by 1 and half mm.
The model build and painting was great and then you go and top it building that stand.
I reckon there's a hole in the market for stands like that
Excellent build. Your collection of model kits must be very interesting :-) Regards.
The only thing missing is the glove vanes. Nice work.
To this day, the Tomcat remains the best looking heavy US fighter. Those curves, that wide bay between the engines (even though it wasn't exactly the best idea under certain conditions), the angles... I think only Russia's Flanker stands up to it in terms of looks.
Agree. F-14 and Su-27 are the best looking planes.
Отличная работа👍
Точно такая же модель лежит, руки ни как не дойдут, ждет своего часа
Academy kits are my favorite to work with!
Damn....that's one of the most enjoyable & informative tutorials I have watched in a very long time....a stunning end result!!....subbed.....
Thank you.
I've just discovered your channel and am delighted. Absolutely fabulous work.
Bellissimo modello , painting PERFETTO ....👌 complimenti ottimo soggetto .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm happening on different f-14 model videos as I just ordered a Tamiya F-14A Jolly Roger kit. I'm also thinking of making it in flight (I shall see how easy it is to seal its wheel flaps). What I like about its kit is that it has fully adjustable sweep wings. I'm into 3D printing and design....so I'm going to be doing my stand as a 3D print. Have in mind a Jolly Rogers base, a gimbal that lets you change the axis of the fuselage (that will screw in the underside of the fuselage inbetween the front and back Phoenix podsz).
Great job! I bought this kit after watching your video. I was wondering what were the transparent sticks you used to make the stand? I also wanna build a flying mode and I am looking for the materials. Thank you
Great job Andy! I was in the Pukin' Dogs in the mid-90s & had a blast (made deployments on the Ike & George Washington). You did a good job of capturing the personality of the Tomcat & the mottled grey look of being well-used but still reasonably clean. Even though 1:72 isn't my favorite scale, there's still just as much work as 1:48. Too bad you didn't use the photo reece TARPS pod (if the kit came with one?).
I love that “making the stand”, requires a workshop.
Great work! Inspiring... plz continue to share work like this
That stand is such a cool idea!!! Fantastic work, sir!
Awesome model, There's just 1 little oversight in it. On the engines there is a piece of the fuselage molded wich should be in gray paint not in metal. Other wise beautiful build.
Hi, Thanks you the pointer!
Yes that's always a pain in the arse masking off and painting that bit on f-14 kits!
Have you considered an led kit under the rods?? Apart from that what a beautiful piece of work well done.
Or using a mirror underneath a similar type stand. That stand is seriously bad ass. Seriously awesome I bet there's a market for those I'd buy one
Hello! Very nice video - was interesting to watch and final result is great! F-14 is a beautiful fighter, maybe I will build another one for my channel and collection. Keep up great work! Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
Looks amazing. I thought of having a go at modelling again, (used to enjoy them as a young lad!) but now realise I could never do one justice having seen your work. Also wondered what all of the equipment and numerous paints etc all cost? Looks like painting and finishing is the real challenge, not the assembly?
Fantastic job! Very interesting to know about all of your tools and equipment in your videos: tweezers, bending tools, painting stands, airbrush, compressor, airbrush spray booth etc. Will be interesting if you mark them also like you naming paints, sanding paper numbers, airbrush pressure etc.
Simply beautiful! Looks great!
Beautiful Work
Amazing Detail
Thank You Great Man
Another great model and a great paint job 👏👏
WIP right now. Thank you for this video, it helps a lot!
It is amazing. Maybe leds (and optic fiber) can improve "jets" from engines.
Stunning SMS cheers Liam
What would you think about painting part of the acrylic rods in clear orange?
I'm currently building the 1/72 academy 12471 18000 kit. It's the same series but my parts don't fit together well at all, I've got massive putty filler the shave and sand back.
What's that glue you are using? The green lid bottle...
What an amazing model you have made, thanks sharing your techniques.
Hi Brian, I'm using Tamiya Extra Thin. Cheers. Andy
You brave man, putting the heat gun so close to your finished work!! 😬
epic. the stands awesome. But could it mirror reflective?
Wow. Superb Andy👌🏻🙂
You got some good content, looking for more vids, and hope to see your channel growing!
Great video Andy and an outstanding job on the model. Can I ask what air brush you use? Cheers
Dude, the model per se ended excellent, but your stand is really something else. Awesome work!
Excellent work my friend. Congratulations. cheers.
Amazing work, I'm learning so much great and easy to understand information and handy tips
F-14 один из самых красивых американских самолётов.
I noted that you give needle size and pressure for the first gloss coat. Could you give more insight into needle size & pressure used when doing the panel work. I’m new to modeling and airbrushing. I’ve done a couple of models, and the control needed for panel work is an area I struggle with.
Very well done, Sir.
I've learned a lot watching your videos and your work inspires me. I noticed something familiar in this video - a cleco! I've used clecos a lot in the past...
Everyone loves a cleco! Thanks for watching, Andy.
A-6 intruder, make us proud!!!
glass and semi-gloss are acrylic paint? - washes and liners are oil based?
Incredible work!
Maradona in football, Jordan in Basket, Nadal in tennis, Spielberg in cinema, Senna in F1, and Plasmo in modelling and scale models...
Great work!! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful!
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wow , great modeling !!
thank you for your video
what glue/cement do you use? I could really go for that small brush when gluing
There's me thinking I can follow along until he breaks out the steel mill lmao. Beautiful model as well
Can you move the wings after finished?
Was you thinking topgun movie references while building this beautifull machine
I always thought this kit's panel lines are too heavy, which makes it look cartoonish. But you made it into one of the best Tomcats I've ever seen!
Amazing work. Do you sell these?
A masterpiece!
Hi, at 3:40, you mention about follow the instructions when you should not have? Then you cut off a piece of the pivot. You said in order to remove the wings once the fusalodge in assembled just off center of the center of the hole so the wing can be taken out,(off). My question is does the wing need to be removed for the build? Could you explain this a bit? I have this model and have opened the package. Have not started it yet. Hope to in the next few weeks. I am just wondering about the pivot wing. Does it need to be removed, if so why does it need to be removed. My model is DOYUSHA. It is all in a print I do not understand. Very high detail. Trying to learn how to build this model. Thank you so much, great build.
Carrier air wing 6 had the "AE" tailcode. I know this because I flew S-3A Vikings in VS-28, also in air wing 6. We deployed with the VF-143 "Pukin' Dogs" aboard USS Independence (CV-62) in 1983/4. Inside baseball: we had 2 fighter squadrons, with tail number series 1** and 2**. Attack squadrons, the AEW detachment, helo squadrons, all had tail numbers beginning with sequential even hundred numbers. My VS-28 had tail codes in the 7** series. More inside baseball: every squadron had a "double-nuts" plane with tail number ending in "00". These were decorated more elaborately, and were designated as the "CAG Bird". The carrier air group commander was theoretically supposed to be able to fly every type, so each squadron had a plane for him. Although I never ever saw our CAG in an S-3, he was a fighter jock through & through.
VF-143 lost an airplane during one of our workup exercises. I remember being in the SAR on-scene commander plane, orbiting overhead, until the helo arrived to fish the crew out of the water. One of them didn't make it.
The weathering job on this model looks great. If anything, it's a bit understated. Our aircraft got EXTREMELY oily and ratty looking. Nice one! Subscription added...
Thank you Jim, great, interesting comment! Thanks for the sub.
It would have been cool if you had painted the part of the stand coming out of the engines to look like afterburner exhaust
Without any doubt, the best building video of an F14! Looks realy awsome. Question, when you remove any panelline or wheatering liquid, Do you dampen the cotton cloth or swab to remove exces paint?
Hi Harry, this was a while ago now, but I think I used oils?? If so, you can wipe them off with a dry soft cloth, or to remove more very slightly dampen with mineral (white) spirit. Thank you. Andy.
Did you buy a paint mask set or make your own? im having trouble with the white part on top of the wings
Hi, I bought the mask set. Cheers. Andy
Wow - looks fantastic!!
Great video, love the outcome
Great job!
So amazing. Thank you
Any tips on airbrushing with white color? Im finding it to be challenging, clogging up my brush, not really getting good coverage even after a few passes. Any advice would help! Thanks! Great Build as usual !!
Hi, sorry for the VERY late reply. White is awkward. You could defiantly try a light grey or even white primer first, primer will always cover well. Cheers. Andy
Fantastic paint and weathering skills!
Job well done
What do you dilute the oil with?
Fantastic job. For sale 1/72 🤩🤩🤩
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. 😬👍
Nice...you do amazing work.
I love the Tomcat, it's an awesome video :) what's the tool name that you using to hold it while painting? :D