Testors 1/48 F14A

[plasticjunkie]

Wanted to share some pictures of a Testors 1/48 Tomcat that I completed last year. I believe this is a rebox of the Italeri kit. A couple of areas needed some extra detailing but for the most part it’s a decent good fitting and not over engineered kit like the Hasegawa.

[406 Silverado]

Oh wow!! Now THATS a well built Tomcat Ernie. I’ve seen several folks build the Tamiya kit but none of the Testor’s/ Italeri kits. You made this look just as good or better than the Tammy counterparts!! Very well detailed, painted and weathered bud.

[plasticjunkie]

Thanks Joe. I picked that kit up at a model show a while back for a couple of bucks. I saw it in the box and the detailing looked good. I have built the Tamiya cat and is a beauty with outstanding fit and detailing specially the weapons and pit. I have several Tomcats in the stash including Hobby Boss that are really nice.

[stikpusher]

Actually the Testors Tomcat was originally a Fujimi kit. Or at least the one that I made back in the 90’s was…



Testors F-14

[Tojo72]

Wow that's a great job on an oldie,like the painting and weathering

[plasticjunkie]

Jan 19, 2024 13:46:11 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Actually the Testors Tomcat was originally a Fujimi kit. Or at least the one that I made back in the 90’s was…



Testors F-14

Yep that’s the one

[stikpusher]

Not a bad kit at all... aside from the wing glove missile pylons. For some reason they went with the Phoenix set up on those instead of the far more common Sparrow set up. How did you correct that? The only other option using the kit parts is to do the occasionally seen four Sidewinder set up.

[keavdog]

Great job! I like the Black Aces - they have 2 su-22 kills from the 81 gulf of Sidra incident.

[TJ]

This looks great. I never new this kit was that good

[plasticjunkie]

Jan 19, 2024 18:03:31 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Not a bad kit at all... aside from the wing glove missile pylons. For some reason they went with the Phoenix set up on those instead of the far more common Sparrow set up. How did you correct that? The only other option using the kit parts is to do the occasionally seen four Sidewinder set up.

I have a ton of spare Tomcat and F4 parts so I can play with the load set ups.

[deafpanzer]

Man, it is really an outstanding build especially that it is an older kit. I bought Tamiya kit last year and I hope it comes out as good as yours!

[handiabled]

Great modulated weathered finish on this Tomcat! Looks perfect

[lyle]

Nice work. You certainly did this one up right.

[brandonk]

Holy cow! That is one amazing F-14. Given the kits age it is just stunning work.

[Medicman71]

Wow! For a Testors Tomcat, it looks incredible!

[jmarc]

TTTTTTTTTTurn out quite good !..Well done SIR and thank you for sharing it with us, it'S quite appreciated !

[lyle]

The more I look at this, the more I see to like.