F14A Tomcat

I built this 1/72nd scale F14A Tomcat for the F14 retirement party held on 7th October 2006. For those of you who haven’t heard, the F14 has officially retired from active duty on 22nd September 2006.

This is an Academy kit and I must say the fittings were pretty bad. I had to do quite a lot of puttying and sanding to get it to fit and in the process, sanded off a few panel lines. As I was re-scripting the loss panel lines, I accidentally created a few extras. :S

As I still do not own an airbrush when building this kit and knowing that hand painting it would be a disaster, I opted for spray can. Got a Tamiya spray can and almost finished the whole can on the main fuselage and the wings. The black were hand painted.

The decals were probably too old and lost its stickiness. They would not stick to the surface so I had to put them in place first and then apply ordinary stationary glue on the edges to keep them in place. If you have a better idea please do let me know.

Below are some pictures of the kit. All pictures were taken with my Fujifilm Finepix S9500.

Written by Ken on January 8th, 2007 with no comments.
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Malaysia BAKUC 2006

This post came a bit late but I was busy the last couple of weeks and have no time to update my site.

The Malaysia chapter of Bandai Action Kits Universal Cup (BAKUC) 2006 was held from 28 Nov 2006 to 3 Dec 2006 at Sungai Wang Plaza, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. There were more participants in this contest and the quality was better than those in a previous contest held in June. You can see that contest in this post.

Below are pictures of some of the contest entries. There are altogether 50 pictures in this post so it might takes a while to load them all but be assure that what you see is well worth your patient.

All pictures were taken with a Fujifilm Finepix S9500 + Vivitar 728 flashgun. Click on a picture to view a larger version.

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Written by Ken on December 20th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Movie and Collectibles Bazaar - 4 Nov 2006

There was another Movie and Collectibles Bazaar held at Cineleisure Damansara on the 4th November 2006. As before, the Selangor and Federal Territory Plastic Modeling Society (SFTPMS) was there to lend support to the event. However this time around, the turnout was not as good as the last event held on the 23rd September 2006 (you can see it here). There was less public awareness of the event and the number of model showcased by SFTPMS also diminished.

These are some of the pictures taken during the event. All pictures were taken with the Fujifilm Finepix S9500.

Rack full of lightsaber handles.

The presense of SFTPMS.

Written by Ken on November 6th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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F14 Tomcat Retirement Party

The F14 Tomcat, once made famous by the movie Top Gun staring Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, and one of the most loved and recognizable fighter jet in the world, has officially retired from the U.S. Navy on 22nd September 2006 after a 32-year service.

To mark the retirement of this remarkable fighter aircraft, Hobby HQ and F-4Dable Models, and in conjunction with the Selangor and Federal Territory Plastic Modelling Society (SFTPMS) has organized a retirement party on 7th October 2006 at City Square Shopping Centre.

Members of SFTPMS and local modelers has built numerous F14 Tomcat models of various size and variant and showcased them at the retirement party.

Below are some of the pictures taken at the party. All pictures taken with Fujifilm Finepix S9500 + Vivitar 728 external flash.

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At the venue of the party.

F14 wall of fame.

Various F14 Tomcat models.

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Written by Ken on October 11th, 2006 with 7 comments.
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SFTPMS at Cineleisure Damansara

The Selangor and Federal Territory Plastic Modeling Society (SFTPMS) was at Cineleisure Damansara on the 23 September 2006 participating in an event called Movie and Collectables Bazaar. The events was organized by MySciFiFan and Outpost and sponsored by Cineleisure Damansara.

SFTPMS was there to lend support to the event and showcased some science fiction models.

These are the photos taken during the event, a total of 46 photos. All photos were taken with the Fujifilm Finepix S9500 and a Vivitar 728 external flash.

This is the main lobby of Cineleisure Damansara
where the event took place.