Subject: Re: Nyles 3rd submission
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hobby City" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:01:07 -0700

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Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  From: Hobby City 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 4:31 PM
  Subject: Nyles 3rd submission

    
  "1/48 Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat" 

  by "Nyle Major"
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  Here is my latest Model. This is the second 1/48 Jet I have done. The first was a bit of a learning curve, so I feel like I'm starting to get the finish on Jets that I have been looking for. This aircraft carried on the experimenting as I find jet aircraft come with a different set of challenges compared to everything else I've made.

  I added a resin cockpit into this one which needed a lot of test fitting to get a result I was happy with, it adds so much more detail and is always a challenge to get it to fit and to paint it up to look realistic. However I found that this kit has some issues which made things a little difficult. I know these issues are well documented since the kit is rather old now so I wont go into them. For anyone who wants to know for future reference the item number for the kit is JT329.

  The rest of the kit was pretty straight forward aside from the fitting issues that this kit has. I tried experimenting with different types of weathering techniques using Tamiyas weathering sets and some artists pastels to get a reasonably "used" effect.

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  The diorama base was kitted out with the Hasegawa 1/48 US Navy deck crew set and the base was painted up to look a little dirty. The Sundowners decals are from Zotz which went on very well and conformed to good effect.

  A very nice kit which makes up an accurate representation of the Tomcat. Overcoming the problems with the kit make it much more rewarding upon completion.

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  Photos and text © by "Nyle Major"