1/72 Revell F-14A

Gallery Article by K Diamond on Jan 11 2012

 

 

This is the 1/72 Revell Snap F-14A.  I had built this kit as a kid, so this was just a nostalgia build.  I could tell this was the same mold as the kit I built years ago, but it looks like Revell changed the cockpit interior for whatever reason.

 

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The kit didn't come with any landing gear, and included a simple base, so I elected to make my own base.  I decided to pose the F-14 in a similar pose to the F-14 at the Naval Aviation Museum I saw when I was real young.

The build was pretty straightforward since its a snap kit.  Detail was crude and the intakes were blanked off, but since I wanted a quick build, I decided against rescribing and simply painted the intake openings black.  I finished off the kit with decals from VF Decals for a F-14D.  Not accurate, but I just wanted a nice set of markings to dress up the kit.

K Diamond

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Photos and text © by K Diamond