Eduard Danger Zone F-14A

Post by **JonMW** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:27 pm

For this SIG I'll be building Eduards limited edition Danger Zone kit. All the plastic is from Hobby Boss and then Eduard added some resin, PE and decals. Also bought some more PE from Eduard for it to add some more details.

The box

The plastic sprues, there is a lot of plastic in this kit.

The PE included in the kit, nose cone and masks.

Two decal sheets.

The hamster coffin.

Resin parts

Extra PE and fabric seatbelts.

Just a few more days until I can start this, can hardly wait.

Post by **DaveTheMinion** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:47 pm

I have the same kit, but wont be starting my build for a couple of months yet, that will give me time to see how you get on and nick your ideas

Where did you buy the extra PE and seatbelts from?

looking forward to your build
all the best
Dave

Post by **LudvigN** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:58 pm

Loads of goodies! Looks like an epic build. Jag har samma kniv!

Post by **Lego** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:02 pm

Ha ha the knife out for the pe when you decide to end it all.

Post by **Paul** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:27 am

Lego wrote:Ha ha the knife out for the pe when you decide to end it all.

Lmao

Great kit hoping to start mine for this build too

Post by **1001kjk** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 5:45 am

I to am lucky enough to have this in the stash and will bookmark and join you for the "journey"

Post by **RoscoRSA** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:58 am

If you don't mind me asking, what Livery are you going to go with?

I have the Academy 1:48 Tomcat in the VF-111 Sundowners Livery (Cartograf Decals) that I am going to enter into this SiG.

Post by **DaveTheMinion** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:47 am

Here are your music choices for building this model...

Open the box

For when you start work on the PE parts

For when you have successfully picked up all the parts from the floor, your wounds are healing and you can see again.....

Post by **JonMW** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:57 pm

I got all the extra stuff from Eduard. Not sure what livery I'm going to do, I think either Sundowners or Jolly Rogers.

I think I'll enjoy this build even if it didn't start off to well. Was looking though the parts for the cockpit and saw this.

Half of the back wall is missing, guess they didn't inject all the plastic needed. So I will be sending Eduard en e-mail and asking for a replacement.

Post by **gaz45** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:13 am

I have this kit but not sure i have the confidence to do it justice at the moment so will be watching this build

Post by **EasyEight96** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:13 am

Nice choice the title of the box say's it all now I'm busy listening to the song lol

Post by **JonMW** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:39 pm

Finally got the replacement cockpit from Eduard so now I have been able to get started on this. Started off by removing all the molded in details that will be replaced by the PE using a small chisel and then sanding it smooth using some Thinny Sticks. The Hobby Boss parts are really nice and would build up to a well detailed cockpit and then the PE adds that little extra. Every thing fits really well. Next up will be the front landing gear bay and then I can get painting.

Post by **robertw** » Sun May 03, 2015 9:39 pm

Just don't do what I done and forgot to put the landing gear bays in before you put the fuselage halves together... Ruined it and had to buy another kit.

Post by **m0gb0y74** » Mon May 04, 2015 4:57 pm

gaz45 wrote:I have this kit but not sure i have the confidence to do it justice at the moment so will be watching this build

Same here

Post by **JonMW** » Mon May 04, 2015 9:07 pm

Thanks for the warning, I was looking at that for a wile and saw that it would be a big problem not to put the landing gear bay in before gluing the half's together. I have gotten the cockpit painted and finished, used Model Air 046 for the overall color and then some flat black and Khaki. The back part where given a Ultimate Concrete wash, the other back parts where dry brushed in a light grey and finally I applied a dark enamel wash to all the parts.

Not sure if this will be a tail sitter or not, there is nothing in the instructions. But just to be on the safe side I added a few scrap nuts to the front and glued them in using CA glue.

Post by **RoscoRSA** » Tue May 05, 2015 3:15 pm

This is starting to really look great.

As for it being a tail sitter, it isn't, but you can never be to safe

Post by **JonMW** » Thu May 07, 2015 10:48 pm

Thanks!

Time for a small update. I had to trim some of the PE parts for the air brakes to make them fit which I thought was a bit strange.

After seeing Paul using the Tamiya Extra thin and sprue mix for filler I thought I would give it a try. I used this method something like 15 years ago when my local hobby shop couldn't get any good filler for some reason. But at that time I didn't have TET so I used some other glue, and I hated it. It never dried was hard to put on and just didn't work. But now with TET I found it working really well, so thanks to Paul for the tip.

Got the fuselage glued together, the front part and stabilizers are just dry fitted for now to make it easier to rescribe some of the lines. This thing has a pretty good size.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri May 08, 2015 3:28 am

NIce looking Cockpit !!! she's looking good !!

Post by **shortCummins** » Sat May 09, 2015 9:40 am

wow, she looks huge, nice job so far

rgds
John(shortCummins)

Post by **m0gb0y74** » Sat May 09, 2015 11:52 am

Looks awesome - I can see me losing all those small bits of etch though!

Post by **JonMW** » Sat May 09, 2015 5:35 pm

Thanks for the comments!

Post by **JonMW** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:37 pm

A bit more work. The underside of the ailerons don't have any details at all, but should have some panel lines.

So I used 3M fine line tape to make a guide for the scriber. The tape is pretty thick plastic and if you are careful works well as a guide.

And a bit more PE.

The fit of most parts is really nice, but then there are some places that have big gaps like this.

It's a bit better you push it in, but there is still a gap, so that will need some filling.

Post by **Nige201980** » Wed May 13, 2015 6:27 pm

Cracking work mate loving that PE gun bay.

Post by **JonMW** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:35 pm

Thanks!

Its ready for paint, well mostly I managed to loose two parts, both of them took a flight from the tweezers across the room. So I think I'll have to scratch something to replace them.

Post by **mincemeat** » Tue May 19, 2015 1:10 am

That's a mighty fine aircraft you have there sir. Can't wait to see it painted!

Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Tue May 19, 2015 4:32 am

Looking REALLY good! My kit is tempting me now....hmmmm

Post by **JonMW** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:18 pm

Thanks!

Have added the two parts that flew off. Pretty simple parts, made them from some sheet sanded to shape.

Post by **ladip63** » Fri May 22, 2015 2:11 am

Looking good. That cockpit is awesome. I'm going to have to get this kit!

Post by **JonMW** » Sat May 23, 2015 5:23 pm

Thanks!

Got it primered and preshaded today, with a bit of luck I should have the first coat of paint on tomorrow.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sat May 23, 2015 8:26 pm

Some very nice work you have got there

I have this kit too and i went crazy and got me the other pe aswell
Are you using the weapons set aswell that is advertised on the back of the instructions?

Post by **JonMW** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:05 pm

MarkVerploeg wrote:Some very nice work you have got there
I have this kit too and i went crazy and got me the other pe aswell
Are you using the weapons set aswell that is advertised on the back of the instructions?

Thanks, No I will just go with the ones included in the kit, I think they look pretty good.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun May 24, 2015 3:13 pm

I think the kit missles are good like you say
I just got the set out of pure lazyness so i don't have a lot of sanding to do on them

Post by **JonMW** » Sun May 24, 2015 3:33 pm

You know what my superiors told me when I was in the army? "A lazy soldier is a smart soldier", so I guess you're the smarter one

Got the grey and the yellow painted today, will wait a few days before I start masking for the black to make sure the paint is fully cured.

Post by **JonMW** » Thu May 28, 2015 7:27 pm

Got the rest of the paints on as well as the first coat of clear. I had some problems with paint pulling off in a few spots, but I managed to fix it so it's not too noticeable. Next up is decals.

Post by **shortCummins** » Thu May 28, 2015 9:18 pm

wow, that splash of black and yellow really bing her together

rgds
John(shortCummins)

Post by **kiwigav** » Thu May 28, 2015 9:20 pm

Sweet looking machine. Nice build

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Thu May 28, 2015 9:51 pm

Nice paintjob Jon
There is no doubt from wich unit it is now
I will paint mine in the same colors when i build mine
Just to match the Phantom i have
Keep up the good work

Post by **mincemeat** » Fri May 29, 2015 12:40 am

Beautifully done!

Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Fri May 29, 2015 1:29 am

Looking REALLY nice Jon! How did you go fixing the gaps underneath where the nose joins the fuselage?

Any pics as that was quite a decent gap to fill....

Post by **JonMW** » Fri May 29, 2015 8:39 am

Thanks for the comments! I totally forgot to take any pictures of the gap beeing filled. But I used sheets of plastic pushed down in the gap and then trimmed and sanded to shape. Can't remember if I used Tamiya putty or molten sprue to smooth it out. It's pretty much the same method I used on my Ju-88 and I did take some pictures of that.

Have done a bit more work, the fuselage is glued together. There is a big gap on the bottom between the two halves of the fuselage and the lower part.

There is also a hole on the top of the fuselage.

I didn't want to just use filler as this would most likely shrink over time and leave a mart. To solve this I cut a piece from a sheet of styrene a bit thicker than the width of the gap (maybe 0,05mm). The small notch on one of the sides is to clear a tab that locates the lower part of the fuselage.

This was then pushed in to the gap and glued in place using Tamiya thin cement. The piece was made quite big so that I could get a good grip of it and really push it all the way in.

Cut it down with a knife.

And finished off with some sanding sticks. It will still need a bit of filler, but still a lot less than what would be needed to fill the gap.

Post by **mincemeat** » Sat May 30, 2015 1:21 am

Very nicely done. I had to do something similar with a Revell Stuka. The elevators were just to be slid in a large wobbly hole. Shimmed it with some styrene strips, some extra thin, trim, putty sand, gone.

Post by **wesleye18** » Sat May 30, 2015 1:31 am

looks really nice man!

Post by **JonMW** » Sat May 30, 2015 11:29 am

Thanks!

Managed to get all the decals on. It's really nice to use Cartograf, they all fit and conform really well.

Post by **1001kjk** » Sat May 30, 2015 1:34 pm

Looking good

Post by **gaz45** » Sun May 31, 2015 12:14 pm

Great work there mate im looking forward to starting mine

Post by **JonMW** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:46 pm

It's getting close to done! Got pretty much all the detail painting done, next up will be final weathering and clear coats and then seats and weapons.

Painted the engines in AK Xtreme Metal Jet Exhaust followed by a light dusting of Burned Metal and finished with a but if Tamiya transparent blue at the edge.

As it stands now.

Post by **Howard** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:01 pm

Wow!! How darn good does that Turkey look!

Awesome job

Howard

Post by **kiwigav** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:23 pm

Very cool, got some xtreme metal on order...looking forward to it. Nice finish

Post by **Ads24** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:24 pm

Looks absolutely stunning, mate.

Post by **JonMW** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:57 pm

Thanks for the comments!!