I thought I'd share with you my 1/32 tomcat. It’s the Revell kit, but I used a lot of parts from an old Tamiya cat to improve it. I must say that it fit relatively well, and I had to fill relatively few gaps. I think I used an early mold, because nothing was warped or had flash. I used the exhausts, ladder, and front tires from the Tamiya kit, and canopy detail set from model tech. The decals are from CAM . Paint is MM acrylic, and enamel wash.

I took some artistic liberty and opened some panels up, one on the spine, one in the aft fuselage and one in the engine tunnel. I just tried to fill space inside and make the model look busy. It's by no means realistic, but it was the first time I really did this much surgery on a kit, and I like how it turned out.

I was really surprised that I used Jolly Roger markings. I love the tomcat, but I think that VF-84 and 103 markings are way over produced. I'd rather see some decals for some other tomcats. I do understand supply and demand, and the Jolly Roger sheets sell. I buckled and used them, and I really like how the decals look in 32nd scale.