Tamiya 1/48 F-14A Top Gun Build Part 5: Weathering and Finale
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Hope you've enjoyed this series more than Goose enjoyed ejection seats. In this episode, I demonstrate how I use oil paints for weathering and if you stay till the end, you get to see the finished model (or you could just jump to 22:50 to see it I guess).
What a tribute to the F-14 and the movie. Excellent work!
I’m
Building a Tamiya D right now, these techniques are really really helpful
Amazing modeling skills, You are the Bob Ross of scale modeling sir.
SuperB weathering !
I watch hundreds of model making videos and some with thousands of subscribers 🤔 who, in my opinion, don't have half of your skills
Another excellent job with amazing weathering😍
Good Easter
(for Ringo too😊)
cheers
Thanks Ed! When I first got back into modeling, I watched videos all the time, and read books, taking ideas here and there and finding what worked for me. I’m just glad I can contribute and maybe some of my techniques will work for someone else...when Ringo wakes up from his nap, I’ll let him know you wished him a good Easter:)
Awesome job, absolutely love it! Maverick's Tomcat...perfect idea... thanks for sharing...
What a BRILLIANT tutorial on oil weathering, well done sir from the other side of the pond here in the UK
Regards Howard
Well done. Thank you for the detailed format on the painting and weathering techniques. Every six months or so, doing a series like this helps us novice builders. I am sure the owner will love this work of art you modeled for him!
another great vid, another great tip,so simple if you think about it. i do think we over engineer our weathering making it more complicated than it should be.keep em coming.
Masterpiece, amazing work 🏆
I definitely made the right choice in commissioning you Sean. I could not be more pleased with the work of art you created for me. Sean's communication, videos and photos he sent to me during the build made this such a great experience. I will definitely have more work for you in the future my friend. Thank you SO much for making this a fantastic work of art.
You’re welcome Steve, it was a fun build. If there are any problems when it lands, let me know and I’ll make it right.
Another work of art! You should complete a 1/32 F-18 growler kit . Love to see your magic worked on that kind of kit.👍
I love using oils, so much you can do with them. I have to say this is one of THE nicest F14’s I have ever seen. I have learnt so much following this set of tutorials. Outstanding work buddy, simply outstanding 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great video and the finished model looks fantastic
Great Work! I'm not one for aircraft but your tips and skills were worth following! Thankyou!
Wow you are a master craftsman. I learned a ton from watching this f14 series and thoroughly enjoyed the experience
I'm doing this to my RC F14, thanks to you. I have never thought that there are so many tricks to do this. Thank you again.
Awesome! glad my vids are helping you deck yours out.
@@seanerk5kt9it won't be as good as yours but it will be better than ny own methods, thanks again.
All i can say is attention to detail wow.
Superb buddy , lovely build and info . Cheers .Tom
Outstanding series. Thank you for taking the time to help your fellow modelers. It's very much appreciated.
Thank you so much for everything you tough in this series.
You just show technic i need, i am going to make one recently after watching Topgun 1again, and Topgun 2 twice.
What a fabulous model and paintjob. And I’m very grateful for your explanation of how to paint and weather your tomcat. I don’t expect to ever do it this well, but I’ll try anyway. Hope you will do some more stuff like this in the future. I’ve been looking how to do this and you are the first to really show how to make it look very realistic. Thanks again and I’ll be looking forward for your next video. Best regards Norm.
Thanks Norm. I’ve been wanting to do this series for a while. I’m really glad that so many of my fellow modelers got some benefit from seeing how the “sausage is made” here at Primedmodelworks HQ. Now go create a masterpiece!
Sean
I saw all the videos from the beginning and I have to tell that your videos were more entertaining than the movie ( I am a TOP GUN ultrafan, so that's much to say), thanks for taking the time to make this series of videos and sharing them. By the way, very nice workshop, very neat. Consider me as a new subscriber to you channel.
Just found and joined your channel. Great work on the TOMCAT. I like that you did not dirty it up too bad like some people do!
I have to do a 1:32 scale Tomcat for a friend and I am going to steal your inflight presentation idea.
Very tasty work on the finish. Keep them coming.
Steal away my friend!
Another nice build......have a great easter Sunday buddy.....not to much candy!
You too buddy ;)
Wonderful weathering will be helpful. Realistic and nice display stand! I want to see the Golden Retriever dog so cute ^^
Lots of hard work. Great job.
Once again, you are the one who comes after me, whose sandals I am unfit to tie. (Or Converse All-Stars or whatever you wear on your feet.) Good tip on doing the wing's armpits. I tried something similar with my Tomcat (dunno if you saw that) but your approach is more refined. Doyusha has a new F-14 Tomcat kit and it includes decals to replicate this effect.
Lol...you’re a silly dilly. I don’t wear shoes with shoelaces;). They’re adidas and they just slip on, I never learnt how to tie shoes. I’ve never heard of Doyusha. I’ll have to check it out.
@@seanerk5kt9 Doyusha is a Japanese model company. They make a lot of blindbox pre-painted toy model kits for candy shops (like F-Toys does) but they also make regular model kits as well as importing Hobby Boss kits into Japan. AMK, Academy, and now Doyusha have produced great-looking F-14s lately.
Picked up a lot of tips and suggestions from this series - Got an old Hasegawa A-7E to finish in the same 1980's TPS, so will be stealing & using a lot from this build.
All the best from new Zealand.
Great tutorial on this amazing build. I am building the Revell version and will use some of the techniques
You spoil us :-) Thanks for the daily uploads :-)
Das ist eine großartige Arbeit. Ich meiner werde meine F 14 nach deinem Vorbild anfertigen. Jetzt gehe ich aber erst mal ins Kino. Preview Top Gun Maverik
Liebe grüße aus Deutschland
Martina
Another “ Outstanding Model “. Wow
Love the Tomcat; great build series and finish!
Spectacular. I wish you could add 1080p video. To see great details better.
Awesome job! You've inspired me! Couldn't afford this hobby as a kid, need to do this before I'm too old :-) I'm gonna start a fleet of F-14s !!
Best tomcat i ever seen
Really nice build series Sean. Love all of the tips and tricks you threw in here. :-)
Hi Sean matey, hope you and your family are all safe and well? This is another top job, if only my " Wingy Things" terned out like ALL of yours do. I glad you showed how you did the wing weathering where the wings fold etc. Its similar to the way I do my windscreens on my Armour projects. I usually measure how big the windscreen wipers are. Cut a mask to that, and then once applied to your windscreen you can spray a very, light dust cote but building it up in layers. Then once dry you can remove your masks and "Wella". I'm sure you've done that technique for years, when you've had a Armour project, car, Sci fi, hell even Wingy Things. You've done a brill job once again and if it's OK with you I'm going use your videos of this project to help me with mine when I eventually can kick this " no mojo" feeling and I can be arsed to get up off my fat ass. Please stay safe my friend, to you and your family
This is pretty much the best Tomcat model I've seen on TH-cam. I very much appreciate your care in weathering to create a "true to scale" effect, vs everyone else that just fills in all the panel lines with a dark wash and ruins the believability of the paint job. Well done sir!
Stunning, it really is, looks like it’s just finished it’s tour. I love how you explain everything too.
You are a real inspiration, thank you,
I’ve also started watching Greggs models too. 👍🏻
Thanks for the kind words Jason. Greggs does awesome work doesn’t he.
Well done bud outstanding work.
Really enjoyed your Top Gun series model build. Learned lots that I can add to my model builds. Thanks
Excellent build series, the modelling bible just had another chapter added, I’ll certainly be using some of these tips on my attempt at this kit, take care over there too, cheers Mick.
Great looking tomcat!! Love how the weathering turned out. Stay safe dude and keep them coming!
I've always done my oil weathering dry on a gloss surface. Using gray and black and even burnt sienna. I will definitely try it this way. Really like how subtle but effective it looks. Thanks for the in depth view ofhow you work.
Excellent work again, thanks
Fantastic Work, i have learnt so much!
Brilliant work.
A fantastic tomcat the weathering all over looks amazing well done !
Bravo,,that's your best jet yet, looks really cool, it's one of them builds you wish you were keeping,, couple of A4 Skyhawks and you got a movie shot..nice work
Thanks buddy! Means a lot coming from you 😃
Amazing paintwork. The oils set the weathering off perfectly.
Once again an absolutely amazing build and tutorial! You better believe I will be buying this kit and attempting to replicate what you do! I’m sure it won’t look as stunning as yours but I’m going to have fun trying! Keep your quality videos coming bruttha and more guest appearances from Ringo!
Your videos are highly informative. I love your work and I mainly build 1/72 scale armor. I am anxious to implement some of your techniques into my work. I look forward to future videos. Keep up the great work. You and your family stay safe.
Great looking model I just noticed though when you have it displayed on its base that the wings are in over swept position. If you're not aware with that is that is the wings sweep over the horizontal stabilizers for parking purposes on the carrier. Regular full sweep during supersonic flight the wings will not go over the horizontal stabilizers. Keep up the beautiful work you're one of my favorite TH-cam channels.
I was not aware of that. Thanks Devin, I learn something new everyday:)
👍👍 outstanding build
I am waiting each day for the 30 minutes or so of video from you. Thank you so much!
that is one kickass Tomcat, mate! drooling on my keyboard here.... :D
hi there, stunning finish on your f14, I, m about to start an eduard 1/48 "danger zone" tomcat, it came with all the aftermarket extras, your f14, finish is how i would like mine, excellent work, kind regards Graham u. k👍
That is epic!!! I have one of the 1/18 JSI tomcats.
Thank you for the video I have just subscribed to your channel.
The model looks absolutely fantastic I must invest in a airbrush to do all of my 1/10 scale RC cars
Amazing work and very informative series! I hope to make a model in flight mode similar to this
Beautiful F-14!! For years I have pretty much done all my weathering with an airbrush. I am slowly starting to use more techniques with oils and it really does give a great effect. Thanks again for taking the time to make the videos! What is next?
Com suppose to be building the old monogram 1/72 space shuttle with boosters but it hasn’t arrived yet...
Very good !
Please,1/48 Kinetic Mirage IIIE
I'd love to see how you taped off your canopy during painting
This is an older video and I know the canopy in this one is more straightforward than on the f-14 but I still use the same process
th-cam.com/video/uNOXRM3GaX0/w-d-xo.html
@@seanerk5kt9 thank you !!
you shouldnt oversweep the wing on a flying place. the oversweep is just for storage on the ships. amazing work
Man I missed the Danger Zone music during the shots phase of your video!
Sorry to bother you brow, but don't you forget the nose pitot tube? As I know only the very earlies Tomcat didn't have it.
Outstanding job! As someane mentioned before, I love to wake up and see the youtube banners showing me a new video from your channel.
It would’ve been cool but I’m scared the TH-cam police would arrest me for using copyrighted music:(
Liked and subbed for this lovely work
Nice weathering. Looks great. What kind of clear coat you have upon applying those oils? Gloss, semi-goss or flat? What brand?
Stunning
Wow
Incredible work... How much to build me one? Miss model building. Hands dont work well anymore :(
Thanks Shawn. I’m not doing commissions anymore but I may build another one in the future and post it on eBay. The last one sold for almost $900
that is beautiful
Hello buddy I so love this build i ordered the kit to try and get it looking as good as yours, may i ask i like the acrylic rods from the base to the jet can you tell roughly how long they would need to be so i can order some, this build looks amazing on your base and wheels up, thank you best wishes from the UK
I usually order them in 12 inch lengths in various diameters ranging from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch
U can be my wing-man any day. haha
"Bull----! You can be mine."
The problem of build a Top Gun movie Tomcat is tha in the movie were used many Tomcat, also with different paint and different weathering.
It were also used different Tomcat model kit, scale about 1:20.
Yep...it’s one of those builds in which the modeler needs to be able to let go of the need for complete accuracy and take some artistic liberties.
@@seanerk5kt9 Have you ever seen this video?
th-cam.com/video/SzkFyfDUxrI/w-d-xo.html
Yes sir, I watched it recently. It’s interesting what little detail is put into on screen models...the millennium falcon movie model was painted in a similar fashion.
@@seanerk5kt9 At the time when there was not the CGI, model kit was the only solutions..
Did you remember the movie like Earthquake or with similar disaster with big city diorama destroyed?
@@seanerk5kt9 which I was absolutely fine with. Anyone that looks at this immediately says, Oooooh Top Gun, Maverick and Goose!! That's all I wanted.
Another excellent presentation...did you cut stencils for Goose and Mav using the Cricut? Trying to decide which cutter to invest in.
No, they were decals. The cricut would not come close to cutting that small
Awesome video! Can I ask why you thin Tamiya paint with Mr Color levelling thinner but the flat coat you put on at the end you thin with Vallejo thinner? Wasn’t sure if there was some magic modelling secret as to why you switch it up!
Tamiya is an alcohol based acrylic which allows it to be thinned with lacquer thinners. The flat coat I use is a water based acrylic so I can’t use lacquer thinner with it
grats bro
Outstanding job young man!!!! Have not done any painting on my Super Bug yet but it will be the same colors you used for this. Can't wait to try some of these techniques out on it . . . Question, can I use the Mr Color leveling thinner with the Windsor and Newton Acrylic Matte Varnish or should I buy the Vallejo thinner????
I’d love to see what you come up with! As far as thinning the winsor newton, I’d definitely recommend using the vallejo thinner. You could probably use any acrylic thinner but I would stay away from lacquer thinners like mr color leveling thinner. If you got some windshield washer fluid (blue stuff), you could even try that. I’ve used it to thin non-alcohol based acrylics like the cheap craft paint you can get at Walmart.
What is the size of your acrylic rod? TIA
Very nice build by the way 🙂
Happy easter.
Good job!
I am preparing a 1:72 Hasegawa Tomcat of the final battle, Maverick and Merlin.
Happy Easter to you too!
I’m in the process of building this kit and want to display it similar to yours with the rods can you describe how you did yours thanks
Could I please ask the name of the guy you recommended re building F-14s, something Fox, sorry I can’t remember the full details.
Clonefox80
awesome!
What ratio of Vallejo are you using to thin the W&N varnish down with? And will it leave a white-ish finish once dried after a time?
70 thinner 30 varnish and not that I’ve noticed.
@@seanerk5kt9 Thanks buddy! I've been on the fence for awhile about swapping to a new matte finish. Im not a big fan of Tamiya XF-86 Flat Clear. It seems to always come out as a semigloss.
Hello!
I building the “Mig-28” in 1:48 (AFV’s kit) and I was watching your SR-71 build for tips on how to paint black... would you approach the gloss black the same way you did the flat black on the 71? I’d really appreciate it if you could give me some insight ☕️ 😉
I’ve painted one before and what I’ve found looks the best (to me anyway), is to pant it all black, then highlight the inside of the panels with a slightly lighter shade of black like NATO black highly diluted, or even a really dark blue. I think the key is to keep it really subtle as the ones in the movie weren’t weathered. Then finish with a gloss coat. The idea in my opinion is to create that slight bit of variation in what would otherwise be a boring straight black finish.
That’s exactly what I’m after! I’ll give it a shot. Thanks a lot 🙏
Prime model works how would I go about getting one of these from you?
Hey Sean . . qwik question . . . Do you wash the plastic before primer to get rid of any mold release?? Thanks. :)
Not really...I don’t think mold release is an issue in most if not all of newer plastic kits (you’ll want to wash resin parts though as it does seem to be present on lots of resin stuff). Right before applying primer, I do wipe the plastic all down with a paper towel and isopropyl alcohol to get rid of and oils from handling it.
Hi, what is mineral spirit? Wich companie do this product? Thanks!
Wait next model F-18 and Mach 6 manned Sr-72 aircraft of Top Gun 2 movie
Is it possible to contract you to build the same tomcat for me? Beautiful work. I dont see a way to contact you directly. Please let me know!
Thanks for asking Brian, but I’m not doing any commissions at the moment. I will probably build one or two more of these in the future and post them on eBay. Just to give you an idea on cost, the last one sold for just under $900.
Hello, how is the base of this model made? This base is doing very well. I want to learn how to do it.
I’ll do another detailed video in the future on my bases but this video might help in the meantime
th-cam.com/video/8sprI2CSA-Q/w-d-xo.html
What about with raised panel lines? Aahah! Hard question eh? I've got the Revel F-14 Maverick 1/48 scale and its got raised panel lines. Any suggestions?
I’ve built that kit and just sanded and re-scribed all the panel lines.
What you building next????????
How much it will cost me, if you make it for me the same model and deliver in Pakistan?
I’m sorry Qadeer, I only ship my models within the US.
I'm drooling here ◔ ⌣ ◔. Excellent job. How much you charge for a commission like this one?
I’m not doing any more of these, sorry.
What’s next?
Hopefully a big space shuttle with boosters!
Where do you get those magnets.
eBay or amazon