Subject: Re: Revell 1/144th F-14 article
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Andy Bannister" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:59:52 -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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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andy Bannister 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:17 AM
  Subject: Revell 1/144th F-14 article

  "Revell 1/144th Scale Black Bunny F-14" 

  by "Andy Bannister"
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  Many of us probably harbour delusions of spending a few hours with a Playboy Bunny now and then, however for most of us mere mortals this is the closest we're going to get to that fantasy. Hell, I'd even settle for a few hours with an F-14, but the odds of that happening are probably on par with those of hanging out with one of Hef's finest...

  Another excellent kit from Revell. Everything fit as it should and detail is superb for such a tiny kit. I vacformed the canopy on my trusty Mattel Vac-U-Form and added seat belts, ejection pull rings and throttle & landing gear levers to the cockpit but otherwise it's a bog standard build.

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  I don't normally hang things under wings, preferring the clean look, but in this case I thought the all black airframe would be a bit boring so I hung the missiles underneath to liven it up a bit. Decalling these puppies was enough to try the patience of a Zen Buddhist but hats off to Revell for including markings for the ordnance nonetheless.

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  Paint is Humbrol black and Tamiya white, with the leading edges of the wings & intakes done in Humbrol Metalcote Aluminium. Exhausts are Testors Metalizer, navigation & formation lights picked out in Gunze clear red & green over a silver base.

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  Photos and text © by "Andy Bannister"