Top Gun: Maverick - Painting, Airbrushing, and Weathering the Rogue F-14 Tomcat - Freewing F-14 edf

Top Gun fans getting ready for July 2021? We are! Check out the painting process for our latest F-14 Tomcat in our fleet- the "Rogue" F-14 Tomcat spotted on the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the leaked production photos for the Top Gun: Maverick movie. The model is a Freewing F-14 Tomcat twin 80mm edf jet available from Motionrc.com. This model has been upgraded from stock to FMS predator 2100kv motors and 100 amp castle creations ESCs. We borrow the process commonly called "marbling" in the plastic model industry to help turn foam into metal. All colors used are shown throughout the video. As always, we use Apple Barrel acrylics mixed to match the corresponding FS hues. Each color is then diluted by adding roughly 20% Createx reducer. So for example, if we mixed up 10 ounces of paint, we'd add 2 ounces of Createx reducer and then mix them together in a water bottle for 30 seconds. A mixture of old school paintbrush strokes and airbrushing using a paper plate as a template for the wing sweep weathering turned out pretty well. Yellow frog tape was used for all masking. Stick it to your shirt or pants 3-5 times to remove the tack and it wont remove any (or as much) paint when you peel it off. Try to remove the tape as soon as you can after applying it as well. Feel free to comment below for any questions or share links to your own paint jobs.