T Bolt
Colonel
I was not expecting to see a tomcat in this build but it is a twin. Can't wait to see you start it. I have one on the display shelf I built in like 1980. I think it was a Monogram
GB-46 1/48 F-14A Tomcat - WW2 Eastern Front / Twin Engine A/C, Transports and Gliders
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Decals arrived today, I'm really looking at the VF-32 birds, but I'll most likely stay with the VF-41 birds. It's an eraser paint scheme.
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The cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat, photos courtesy F-14A & B in Detail and Scale.
Above front office, below left and right sides of front office.
Below RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) office
Left side of RIO office
Right side of RIO office
another view of the back office
Ejection seat and circuit breakers.
circuit breakers right and left of back seat.
Above front office, below left and right sides of front office.
Below RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) office
Left side of RIO office
Right side of RIO office
another view of the back office
Ejection seat and circuit breakers.
circuit breakers right and left of back seat.
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Donivanp
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The Tomcat almost never was. It was the fallout of SecDef Robert McNamara's (spit spit spit) (leaves a nasty taste when I say that name) TFX program that turned out the F-111. The Navy version was to have been the F-111B.
The "B" was the test bed for the AWG-9 radar and the AIM-54 Phoenix missile system but the F-111 was exceedingly too heavy and the weight could not be brought down enough to fit the Navy's requirements. Ironically, though the TFX (F-111) program was a General Dynamics project, the Navy version was subcontracted to Grumman. So when the Navy finally got their way and put out a bid for the new fighter, Grumman already had the plan and expertise to make it happen. And out baby Tomcat was born.
Though it deployed into the fleet before the end of the Vietnam war, it would not see combat with the United States Navy until 1981, nearly 10 years after deployment. It would see combat with the only other armed forces it was ever used by, Iran, during the Iran/Iraq war though showing a good account for itself, despite having no support for the system by then.
In the USN hands it would see two separate twin kills virus LIbya. The first August 19, 1981 VF-41 (Black Aces) flying off the USS Nimitz shot down two Su 22M Fitters attack aircraft over the Gulf of Sidra. The next time it was the USS Kennedy VF-32 (Swordsmen) January 4, 1989 two MiG 23 Floggers. Both incidents were between variable geometry wing aircraft with the the first being the first time such an incident would ever happen.
The Tomcat would go on to serve in several skirmishes till it's final goodbye in the early turn of the century letting go to the F/A-18 Hornet.
The "B" was the test bed for the AWG-9 radar and the AIM-54 Phoenix missile system but the F-111 was exceedingly too heavy and the weight could not be brought down enough to fit the Navy's requirements. Ironically, though the TFX (F-111) program was a General Dynamics project, the Navy version was subcontracted to Grumman. So when the Navy finally got their way and put out a bid for the new fighter, Grumman already had the plan and expertise to make it happen. And out baby Tomcat was born.
Though it deployed into the fleet before the end of the Vietnam war, it would not see combat with the United States Navy until 1981, nearly 10 years after deployment. It would see combat with the only other armed forces it was ever used by, Iran, during the Iran/Iraq war though showing a good account for itself, despite having no support for the system by then.
In the USN hands it would see two separate twin kills virus LIbya. The first August 19, 1981 VF-41 (Black Aces) flying off the USS Nimitz shot down two Su 22M Fitters attack aircraft over the Gulf of Sidra. The next time it was the USS Kennedy VF-32 (Swordsmen) January 4, 1989 two MiG 23 Floggers. Both incidents were between variable geometry wing aircraft with the the first being the first time such an incident would ever happen.
The Tomcat would go on to serve in several skirmishes till it's final goodbye in the early turn of the century letting go to the F/A-18 Hornet.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great cockpit detail pics - but where's Tom Cruise ?
Run Away ..... !!!!
Run Away ..... !!!!
Jeez how many switches ?
hope the vast majority of those are not used much once in flight, talk about information overload !
hope the vast majority of those are not used much once in flight, talk about information overload !
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Donivanp
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Getting a little started.
It has begun !
Cool.
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Well I started working the nose gear well as it is critical to placement of the cockpit tub. I found a number of issues but first I started by washing the parts in the ultrasonic bath then I shot them with a primer coat.
I than shot a black pre shading.
I shot that from the upper section of the gear well down and then shot the white (I ran 6 drops Vallejo Model Air white with two drops of Light grey added in) shooting from bottom at an angle going up trying to give shadow effect. Kinda new to this but yeah gotta learn sometime.
I then did some touch up paint and pencil work and pu the whole thing together.
Not really sure I got what I was looking for, I did somewhat but It's a start. I then tried to attach the gear well to the cockpit and aling it in the fuselage halves and found the alignment pins were not going to work. I had to fuss with this for a bit including cutting the canopy rails out and getting placement with then to get it all worked out.
It's going to be fun working on one of the birds from VF-84 Jolly Rogers, that downed two Zeros on December 6th 1941 flying off the Nimitz, (The Final Countdown)
I than shot a black pre shading.
I shot that from the upper section of the gear well down and then shot the white (I ran 6 drops Vallejo Model Air white with two drops of Light grey added in) shooting from bottom at an angle going up trying to give shadow effect. Kinda new to this but yeah gotta learn sometime.
I then did some touch up paint and pencil work and pu the whole thing together.
Not really sure I got what I was looking for, I did somewhat but It's a start. I then tried to attach the gear well to the cockpit and aling it in the fuselage halves and found the alignment pins were not going to work. I had to fuss with this for a bit including cutting the canopy rails out and getting placement with then to get it all worked out.
It's going to be fun working on one of the birds from VF-84 Jolly Rogers, that downed two Zeros on December 6th 1941 flying off the Nimitz, (The Final Countdown)
Good start
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good to see you trying new things. Good work.
fubar57
General
Yep. Funny thing about photos, sometimes they take away what the eye sees
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Donivanp
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And sometimes I see what I didn't see
Good work so far!
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Mostly working on sub assemblies for the kit. Noting the molds may have been getting a bit old by the time this one was shot. Noting a lot of flash which is unusual for any Hasegawa kit. Having to clean up a few minor knockout points in the engine intake ducts and a little age issue noting with some of the parts slightly warped. Nothing really bad but of note as it is again a Hasegawa!
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