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atlantian f14 mk2
« on: December 30, 2013, 11:23:37 PM »

atlantia chose the f14 as their main naval fighter bomber and decided to modify it slightly




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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2013, 03:03:44 AM »
Watching this one closely...
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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2013, 03:39:04 AM »
some progress






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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2013, 04:01:19 AM »
Very nice  :-* Love Tomcats!
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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2014, 09:01:02 AM »
Single-fin Tomcat? That means less drag and more speed? Congratulations, engineers... :-*

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2014, 02:58:38 AM »
wings arnt fitted yet but i placed them in position








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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2014, 04:02:22 AM »
Coming along nicely
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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2014, 10:12:09 PM »
in the 70s atlantia was looking for a fleet interceptor for its normal carrier force (the habbakuk class could use nearly anything)
they decided on the f14 then entering service with the us navy largely due to it extreme range radar and missiles.
as usual they modified the original design













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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2014, 11:18:32 PM »
Superb! Love the paint scheme, weathering and modifications!

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2014, 03:37:54 AM »
 :)
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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2014, 05:37:22 AM »
That's some wizard camo!

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2014, 05:49:52 AM »
Outstanding work !    :-* :-* :-*
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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2014, 06:11:25 AM »
Wow.  That looks great.  Awesome work

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2014, 11:18:10 AM »
In short: WOW!  :-*

in better length:

I love those colors what did you use?

The single fin looks better than I could have imagined!

And finally, your masking and paint work and scheme selection are excellent (love black nosed F-14s), its not just a great (TOMCAT!) idea, its a great model from a technique stand point as well  :)
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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2014, 11:55:27 PM »
In short: WOW!  :-*

in better length:

I love those colors what did you use?

The single fin looks better than I could have imagined!

And finally, your masking and paint work and scheme selection are excellent (love black nosed F-14s), its not just a great (TOMCAT!) idea, its a great model from a technique stand point as well  :)

thanks for the kind comments  :-[

the colours are standard to atlantian navy (iv got a tomcat replacement in the stash ;) )
the tsr 2 has white underside but i ran out of that and im skint so i used revell 371 light gray which actually looks like a dirty white and it covers better.

the top is all tamiya
xf19 light gray
xf 23 light blue
xf82 dark gray/blue

the actual camo is deliberately different on the cat and the tsr2 and will be different again (bigger) on the tomcats replacement

i try to approach most of my whifs from a realism point of view ie what looks like it could be a real solution to a problem/idea.
although i admit i nicked this idea from a pic of an early tomcat mockup lol

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2014, 01:45:55 PM »
Belated congratulations for the final result! :-*

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2014, 04:49:02 PM »
Besides what the others said;  Camo works super well.  So well, it distracts to point that I don't particularly notice change to only one fin  :)

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2014, 10:08:54 AM »
Beautiful job and a gorgeous model.  I'm looking to do a 1/72 single-fin version by grafting on a fin from a 1/48 kit.

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2014, 11:34:53 AM »
Good remark, engineer: to keep the same fin area, the single fin should be of increased size... :)
While 72/48=150% and the right figure is sqrt(2)=141%... ;) (I can demonstrate it if you want).
While... in a what-if Universe, the single fin is simply "more efficient" and all that figures fall down, into admiration for the beautiful model. :-*

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Re: atlantian f14 mk2
« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2014, 09:08:30 PM »
Good remark, engineer: to keep the same fin area, the single fin should be of increased size... :)
While 72/48=150% and the right figure is sqrt(2)=141%... ;) (I can demonstrate it if you want).
While... in a what-if Universe, the single fin is simply "more efficient" and all that figures fall down, into admiration for the beautiful model. :-*

i used a 48 scale f14 rudder which is a bit bigger than an f14 tail anyway so its approx 60% bigger