Beautiful model so far!
Thanks Jim!
Decals finished up. Went on pretty easily. I lost one somewhere in the process before I clear coated it. [8-)]
Got the front landing gear doors installed, leading edges, and wing tip lights painted. Took the masking off as well.
Probably finish this up sometime tomorrow.
Doesn’t everybody ?
Looking very nice Keyda ! From the pit to the final finish.
Chris
Thanks Bossman. This will be the first “cat” added to the collection, lol.
Really good job on your cat, your best yet. [Y] [B]
You’re in the homestretch now. Everything looks fantastic.
Toshi
Thanks Jay Jay, and Toshi!
Got right back to the bench after the morning chores were done, lol.
Landing gear on. It didn’t mention it anywhere in the instructions, and I failed to even think about it until after the landing gear doors were on, but the edges of the doors needed to be painted red. Was a little bit of a pain to do with them being glued on already, but I managed.
All the fun stuff, lol.
On her feet.
All finished, aside from my impaitence waiting for the clear parts glue to dry, lol. I painted a piece of a toothpick and put it in there to hold the canopy open while the glue dries. No display pic yet, but she’ll be put with the other two navy planes I have, the A-7, and Fury jet.
Cool mom, I wish I grew up with a mom like that.
The Cat looks great! The dreaded Tomcat seams didn’t seem to slow you down any.
I was saying the same thing, those seams were nasty and kept me busy for a few weeks. Keyda, youre build logs are fun to follow along because you move a such a quick pace. Great looking kitty, hope your other cat doesn’t get jealous.
That cockpit is absolutely stunning
Well done, Keyda!!!
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Hello!
Congratualtions! You’re cranking them out faster than I can say “Mississippi”! What’s next? Good luck with your builds and have a nice day
Paweł
I knew you were due for a 'cat. Nice job with it, looks ready to give the neighborhood dogs a run for their money. You are impressing me more with each build.
Modelcrazy, Thanks! My Dad built model cars when I was a kid. I remember him sitting in a chair with one of those folding endtables in front of him in the living room. He must of passed the model building gene onto me, I just had to figure out I liked building aircraft, and not cars, lol.
scottrc, those seams were a bit of a pain, came out looking better than I thought it would honestly. Thank you, I’m sure I’ll be starting something else on Sunday, it’s supposed to rain all day!
Mark, thank you!
Mike, thanks! I’m tempted to see how I do on a P-40. It’s time for a prop build. Either that or the P-47 I have in the stash.
seasick, Thank you! [:D], lol.
Pawel, Thanks, I have a tendency to not leave something alone once I start working on it, lol.
goldhammer, yea I needed a cat in the collection! Thank you so much.
Keyda, you did a really fine job on your F-14. Thanks for sharing your build with us. You have showed us that those old cats can still be made into fine models and without breaking the bank. You have given me incentive to pull down my Revell D and A kits.
Thanks Shipwreck! I’m slowly getting better at the Revell kits. Don’t get me wrong, they aren’t all bad, some are actually really great kits, I simply had a blast building their B-25 kit, and the F-15E went together flawlessly. Others need some work, but that really is the fun of modeling, the challenge of it. I think it would get boring if all they needed was some paint, and decals slapped on them.
Finally got to the most stressful part of it all…hanging her up on the wall! Makes the A-7 and Fury look tiny, lol.
Wow… just, wow. [Y]
Great work. Really enjoyed reading through this thread.
Cheers, Mark
Thanks so much Mark!
Keyda,
Nice work! You made the seams disappear and have another fine model in your collection.
Regarding your homemade paint booth - I too made my own about 5 or 6 years ago (I think - time has a way of slipping by quickly at my age [:D]). I was not enamored with the rather small booths I saw online and for a few dollars less I thought I’d build one from poster board. It’s still holding up (albeit in a slightly sagging way) and I feel I’ve gotten my pesos worth out of it. I bought some LED “closet” light banks from either Walmart or Amazon and am satified with it in general. I run the exhaust to the small bathroom that never gets used - except when I’m too lazy to walk down the hall to my master bath [:)] - and have a double window fan in the bathtub to suck the exhaust. The black garbage bag is to keep any unfiltered paint particles from adhering to the side of the tub.
I use rechargeable batteries in the light banks so, although I have to recharge them after two or three painting sessions, I really save a bunch of $. 
P.S. The inside dimensions of my contraption are: Width: 30", Depth: 19 1/2". and the height varies between the rear - 15" and the front - 18"