Tamiya 1/48 F-14A Top Gun Build Part 2 Paint

This is the first of two videos in which I go in depth on how I paint Tomcats.

[@viper341]

"I am by no means the best modeler on youtube", after watching your videos I think you are one of the best modelers on youtube

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

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[@elvisv.3170]

You are one of the first that actually explains step by step what to do and what the effect will be, even explain if something goes overboard, etc. Thx you for this. I really enjoy your videos. Keep doing what you are doing.

[@AlbertD711]

This is one of your best videos. I hope you continue to do more detailed lesson videos with your great way of explaining what your doing. Thank you.

[@seanerk5kt9]

Great to hear:). I thought it might be a little boring but glad you liked it.

[@padelisgk8126]

My fav jet and one of my most -if not the most- enjoyable model I have build. Your thought with liquid mask to replicate the paste that goes onto the panels is just genius and so realistic. I'll be using it for the next Cat. Good work.

[@switchblade800x3]

Well done. You are very talented. Most will first pre shading the panel lines but your method is very unconventional. It turns out good.

[@127TROOP]

At last someone that balances skill, teaching ability and just the right amount of narrative. Feels like I’m literally in the room looking over your shoulder. Outstanding work so far buddy 🤙👌

[@steves1112000]

Excellent tip about keeping alcohol in the brush after shutting it down. I'll have to give it a try.

[@irq5]

I was thinking the same thing. Thanks!

[@iriquiosgunship]

Nice instructions and awesomely done! Thank you for sharing.

[@djurgens76]

great video for beginners or guys looking to get back into modeling like myself. thankyou for taking the time to post this .

[@jodypombrio5472]

Nice job my man. The weathering techniques are very helpful.

[@MzfrVictorious]

Iwata Eclipse is one of the best airbrushes out there. I own one for 15 years and still pristine.

[@barrytipton1249]

What compressor do you use? Thanks for the recommendation!

[@MzfrVictorious]

@@barrytipton1249 I use sparmax Zeta

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

@@MzfrVictorious 1444A.E.

[@luisr.villanuevalorenzo6446]

Pregunta:hay algún avión pintado de tormenta del desierto

[@canpin]

Immediately you got my interest on your first screen, aircraft on th left, star wars on the right and a puppy in the center. Anyway great video. Thanks!

[@bobdyer422]

NICE PUP! Ringo looked thrilled! Too much jet, not enough Ringo! Prime & marbling looks good. You must've pissed off the A-10 Fanboys with that error. I sent Clone the 47 he finished recently. Yes, I do know you sent him a few also. Oh yeah, all the weathering & shading effects came out nice. Good job

[@seanerk5kt9]

Lol...too much jet. Good to hear you sent him one as well. It’s a great community we have isn’t it.

[@bobdyer422]

@@seanerk5kt9 Well, it is pretty cool 90% of the time. But, I have read {especially with the 51 fans boys} some very ignorant stuff. But I try not to let it get my Knickers in a knot. KUTEXW!

[@LTModels]

Ringo is a good looking boy!! Congratulations on the newest addition. Great looking build as well man. Take care and stay safe.

[@seanerk5kt9]

Thanks Luis, It’s gonna be nice not to be the only boy in the house for once:). Keep building brotha, love your channel and I hope for the best for you and yours during this trying time.

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

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[@MottysMilitaryModels]

Hi Shaun mate, hope you are all OK over that side of the pond!!!! Ha ha, sorry I've not commented here and there, I'm just at the no mojo and I don't want see anything to do with Styrene. We all get that anyway. I have this Tamiya kit in the stash and I really want to do it but I'm thinking getting so wingy thing aircrafts out of the way. Just for the experience. Please stay safe my friend

[@clonefox80]

The 'Shuichi masking sol technique, is a really difficult one to get spot on, his paint mix is like, 20%paint 80% thinner, at about 7psi. I love the paint job you've done, looks like one of my collection,,,a couple of spots of blue oil paint on the horizontal stabilizers and one or two on the fuselage, well filtered in with some enamel thinner, for that extra realism. I'm starting to miss jets...

[@seanerk5kt9]

Shuichi spends a lot of time getting the tiniest details just right..it’s what sets his work apart. I’m gonna have to take a look at your Tomcat again and try to steal some of your ideas ;)

[@jasonlee6744]

Great work, love it, good tutorial. Although I’ve built the kit, this makes me want to build Mavericks bird. Thank you, and my magnets arrived today 😁👍🏻

[@jasonrucker9304]

Hey Sean, I think you can add life to that masking solution. I saw this somewhere..."“MASKING SOL”, which can be applied, cut and peeled off. This product has the same characteristics as M131, which is no longer manufactured. This is a water-soluble product, so when it thickens during usage, you can thin it out with tap water for extended use."

[@seanerk5kt9]

Thanks Jason! I’ll try that

[@jasonrucker9304]

@@seanerk5kt9 Great. Let me know how it works! :-)

[@christurbo951]

That looks really nice!!!

[@Adam-hq8di]

Hi Primemodelworks, firstly amazing work on your F14, it looks unreal, you’re very talented! I have a quick question about the light ghost grey you used. You said its Tamiya, but I would just like to ask if you had to decant Tamiya AS Light Ghost Grey into your pot and then thin it? I can’t seem to find light ghost grey in the normal XF (paint pot) range, only the spray. Sorry for the stupid question but I am new to all this and trying to do something similar to your F14 but on EPO foam! Thanks so much and look forward to hearing your answer.

[@seanerk5kt9]

Thanks Adam. I make custom mixes with regular Tamiya acrylic paints. Here’s the site I use for mixing formulas. www.ipmsdayton.com/sites/default/files/Tamiya_Mixes.txt

[@Adam-hq8di]

That’s awesome, thank you Sir! One more question as a new modeller - I fully appreciate you will use many paints and techniques, but as a newbie, would you say Tamiya are better paints the Vallejo or the other way around? Many thanks!

[@seanerk5kt9]

That’s a tough one...I wouldn’t say one is better than the other as it all just depends on what you get used to. I prefer Tamiya as I find vallejo clogs up my airbrush and I can get a smoother finish with Tamiya.

[@Adam-hq8di]

@@seanerk5kt9 So I’ve just watched the video for the primer layer - and it’s thrown up some more questions for me. Do you have to use Mr Color Levelling thinner or can I use Tamiya thinner (I’ve seen that there is a lacquer thinner which has confused me even more... sorry this is all new to me!) Finally, do you use levelling thinner for all your airbrushing or do you use Tamiya thinner also? That’s it on the questions I promise!

[@seanerk5kt9]

@@Adam-hq8di you can use any lacquer thinner with mr Surfacer but I’d highly recommend mr leveling thinner for the smoothest finish. I wouldn’t use x-20a to thin it, I’m not even sure if it’d work as I’ve never tried it. I use mr color leveling thinner to thin all of my Tamiya paints.

[@bubbapipe]

LOL...."I'm not much of a painter....or the best builder on the net" I'm gonna say this as nicely as I can....shut the hell up! I would kill for your skills my friend. Again thanks for sharing your skills and tips.

[@seanerk5kt9]

Lol Ed.

[@scubasteve9032]

He is pretty humble, his skills are some of the best I've seen.

[@robinbragg6108]

I know its been 4 yrs. But what type paint do you use (acrylic, enamel, or what?) You said something about using a mask.

[@seananthonyegan3395]

What a lovely dog

[@ironspike171]

Hi Sean, i hope you still read your comments and questions coming in - even your video isnt brand new: I wanna try the salt technique on my F-14A as you showed and im wondering if you have issue with the salt scratching the paint - if not suuuuper carefully removed.

[@seanerk5kt9]

Nope. Just re-wet it with water and brush it off with a soft brush and you shouldn’t have any problems with scratches

[@rivendellfarmandforgehomes3040]

Sean . . amazing work as usual . . . Can you share your formula for Light and Dark Ghost Gray?? I am currently working on the Trumpeter 1/32 Super Hornet and am using the Tamiya Acrylics . . . Thanks Buddy!!! :)

[@seanerk5kt9]

Thanks! Here’s a link that I use for all of my tamiya mixes: www.ipmsdayton.com/sites/default/files/Tamiya_Mixes.txt

[@FacelessMan777]

I finished s 1/48th scale SuperHornet about 5 months ago. It was my first model in decades. It turned out pretty good. I thought I was good before(back in the 1990s). We are clearing out our barn to get ready to sell our home. My old models were in there and I tossed all of them in the garbage; about 7 of them in 1/48th, Vietnam aircraft. They were not that good after all. So, I have a Trumpeter 1/32 too. I just have a couple cockpit pieces painted and I am going to wait until we relocate to our new home when we move(God willing). My son flys F/A-18 SuperHornets and came home at Christmas and told me some interesting fact about the SuperHornet. One thing he said, the hardpoints under the wing are offset a few degrees as they were designed that way for a certain type of ordnance to clear the aircraft on release. Well, guess what, they never ended up using that specific ordnance. As a result, they are suffering a drag penalty due to the offset angle of the hardpoint/bombracks and they can not change it either. And that black or dark gray square/box on the top of the fuselage, just after of the cannon ports, in front of the canopy, well that square raised area is the IFF antenna. Also, those little dark circles in an array underneath the fuselage, near the inboard landing gear doors, well those little dark circles in those square arrays are in fact the chaff and flare ports. He also says they almost always fly with that big centerline fuel tank. He flew into a base near our home and took us out to the flight line. In fact they had about 12 SuperHornets there for some squadron ordnance delivery training. The bottom of those birds have quite a bit of hydraulic and J P. stains on the bottom of the aircraft, especially the big centerline tank. I am building the 1/32 Trumpeter F/A-18 E as a surprise for him. It will truly be a labor of love and must be perfect. I learned a bunch from KZbin building that 1/48th SuperHornet. I recovered from a few mistakes and it was a great warm-up to build the 1/32. Good luck on you SuperHornet.

[@rivendellfarmandforgehomes3040]

Thanks for that interesting info!! I am modelling mine after the bird CDR David Fravor was flying when he intercepted the "Tic Tac" UFO off the California coast in Oct 2004 . . . I am scratchbuilding the Tic Tac UFO :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz_UFO_incident www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a30538203/navy-ufo-video-investigation/

[@rivendellfarmandforgehomes3040]

@@seanerk5kt9 Thanks Sean . . . that is an awesome reference!!!

[@seanerk5kt9]

Rivendell Farm and Forge Homestead no problem! That F-18 and tic tac ufo idea is a great one.

[@DAGYAMA]

I just discovered this video after starting work on mine. I've got the base down, the marbeling and my initial gray coats. I was interested in your individual painting of panels, did you mask those or just paint freehand?

[@seanerk5kt9]

I tried freehand but didn’t like the look. Masking is the way to go in my opinion.

[@DAGYAMA]

@@seanerk5kt9 Thanks and did you just alternate between a light and medium/dark color?

[@nackdibby7960]

Ringo steals the show! After this Corona garbage is out of the way I want to see the morning slurp out of a mug with a picture of Ringo wearing a Trump 2020 hat on it.....not so great painter! So humble you are! Super stoked over this Top Gun build but more stoked over Ringo right now! Keep up the awesome work bruttha!

[@otrootro9597]

Hello great video salt weathering on f-14 and f/a-18 should be only in the top of the model or in the botton too? Thanks…

[@seanerk5kt9]

I normally just do the top but it’d be up to you

[@Rob-tq5ym]

great work, inspirational to us mortal modellors.incidentally how could you use the salt technique if you dont have a airbrush

[@seanerk5kt9]

I don’t think you could :(

[@hugon2722]

Maybe a rattle can?

[@johnbaty4663]

Nice work, any chance you can do a video on how you bend your acrylic rod...thanks

[@seanerk5kt9]

This might help at about 8 min in kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJe9mqV8icpqp68

[@johnbaty4663]

@@seanerk5kt9 Thank you, that was just what I was after

[@johnbaty4663]

Steve, is there any videos of the internal pieces you stick the rod into, I have 3 Tomcats I want to do in flight ...thanks

[@МаксимНичипуренко-ъ5ш]

Мій улюблений літак обов'язково собі теж візьму ще F-15C після війни як повернусь живим.

[@scubasteve9032]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

HITMAN COLLECTCLICK

[@dougmundwiler3984]

Did you use tamiya acrylic paint? If so how did the water and salt not hurt the acrylic?

[@seanerk5kt9]

Tamiya acrylic is alcohol based not water based

[@dougmundwiler3984]

@@seanerk5kt9 awesome thank you so much. That’s why the water won’t hurt the tamiya paint right?

[@seanerk5kt9]

@@dougmundwiler3984 yes sir

[@viper341]

Whats your mixture of Tamiya paints for the Federal standard colors? and where did you find these mixtures/how did you figure these out? I want to do my Tamiya tomcat like yours and I'm really struggling to figure this out. Tamiya is sorely lacking when it comes to FS colors

[@seanerk5kt9]

This will help;) www.aerohistorians.org/Other/Tamiya_paint_mixes_4-17.pdf

[@viper341]

@@seanerk5kt9 Thanks! This looks like a good resource and helps a ton, if that's the mix you used for the light ghost grey then it looks good

[@the-primered-thumb]

Ace mate 😉👌

[@victorm316]

Which dark ghost gray or light ghost gray are you using?

[@seanerk5kt9]

I use a custom mixed Tamiya acrylic. In case you use Tamiya as well, here’s where I get my mix ratios: www.ipmsdayton.com/sites/default/files/Tamiya_Mixes.txt

[@albert3225]

Sorry but I heard you said you’ve used Tamiya light ghost gray but actually when I used the same color on me AIM-54 it looks totally blue liked gray, DONT know why

[@seanerk5kt9]

Tamiya doesn’t have light ghost gray so you have to make a custom mix. If it’s too blue, just need to adjust the mix with a warmer gray

[@albert3225]

@@seanerk5kt9 thank you for your reply and actually there’s a LP-37 Tamiya light ghost gray on sale at least in Japan, indeed it’s too blue liked, therefore I use modelkasten C-28 light ghost gray instead of Tamiya color.

[@GregsModels]

Hello Ringo!

[@carlosoliveira1056]

What kit you would choose to build for yourself?

[@seanerk5kt9]

Just depends on how I’m feeling at the time. My three favorite kits to build are Tamiyas 1/32 f-4, 1/48 f-14 and their 1/32 f4u Corsair

[@sludgystarfish]

Hello, Ringo! ❤

[@Solid-Matrix]

Doggo

[@sargesavage4359]

Isopropyl Alcohol nice tip !

[@toboldlygosmodelworks1973]

If you think Mr Levelling thinner stinks with Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 - try Rapid Thinners with it lol

[@stevethefishdotnet]

Ringo Deathstarr!

[@seanerk5kt9]

Lol...I had to look that one up

[@stevethefishdotnet]

@@seanerk5kt9 It's a pretty clever name. Other bands with similar mix-up names are Brian Jonestown Massacre and John Cougar Concentration Camp.

[@yellowcake1320]

Hell yeah on build....lots of estrogen.....having my second any day now and I think it may be a girl....OMG

[@seanerk5kt9]

Congrats buddy!

[@rwby_flowerrose7590]

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[@116thcavscout]

lmao. have to give you some shit..

[@rwby_flowerrose7590]

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