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1/72 Italeri F-14A |
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'What-If' Commemorative Paint Scheme |
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by Andrew Desautels (aka "Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy") |
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Special F-14 Tomcat Sunset Update Sept 2006 |
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It is the Italeri
1/72 kit with Hasegawa kit seats added, plus Hasegawa gun gas purge vents
fitted, along with one closed "Old Tool" Hasegawa afterburner.
Also the lights are transparent, made of cured superglue filed and sanded and
painted clear colors. But, these modifications are very secondary to the
paint scheme. Click on images below to see larger images This is not
timeframe specific. It was inspired by the 1930's style retro scheme Darren
Roberts put on one of his Hornets, now in the ARC gallery. As you can see,
it features WW2 insignia, along with the WW2 style Jolly Rogers emblem, and some
markings from Cdr Blackburn's "Big Hog" in tribute.
Notice if you will
the Hamilton Standard Propeller emblem on the intake instead of the usual
warning chevrons....these and the Jolly Roger flag came from the old Revell 1/32
Corsair kit, with eternal thanks to ARC member Otis252! I owe you BIG!!! Andrew
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Photos and text © by Andrew Desautels
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