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Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Scale Model Build Feature Kyle Builds the Tamiya F-14D Tomcat: A Top Gun Day Tribute Tamiya 1/72 Grumman F-14D Tomcat · TAM60795 · Full Build Feature · Top Gun Day 2026 ✈ Top Gun Day 2026 To mark Top Gun Day, we're featuring this excellent build from Kyle Hood — Tamiya's 1/72 Grumman F-14D Tomcat, built straight from the box with a comprehensive paint and weathering treatment that brings out all the character of the real a …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Scale Modelling Guide How to Thin Tamiya Paints: A Canadian Modeller's Guide Acrylics, lacquers, and enamels · Updated for 2026 Canadian regulatory changes · Updated April 2026 Most online guides to thinning Tamiya paints will give you exact ratios and exact PSI numbers. We are not going to do that, because those numbers are wrong — or at least, they are not consistently right. Paint behavior varies by colour, by pigment, by bottle age, …