Hobby Boss Aircraft 1/48 F-14A Tomcat Kit
Like the F-111B, the F-14A uses variable geometry wings to allow for maximum lift during launch and recovery from the deck while still achieving Mach 2+ intercepts in defense of the fleet. Unlike the F-111B, the Tomcat was agile in a dogfight, though its TF30 engines were just not powerful enough to sustain high-performance maneuvers for very long. This was later fixed with the replacement of the TF30 with the F110 engines on the F-14B/D.
The only country to operate the F-14 outside of the USN is Iran. While US operations of the F-14 never accumulated the combat records of the F-15, the Iranians used the Tomcat to its fullest extent and not only fired the Phoenix in anger (which the US has not done), but when they ran out of AIM-54s, they began carrying HAWK missiles instead!
- Nicely detailed GRU-7 ejection seats w/photo-etched seatbelts/harnesses
- Nicely detailed cockpit
- Positionable canopy
- Positionable boarding steps and ladders
- Positionable radome
- AWG-9 radar under the radome
- Positionable port side avionics bay door with bay details
- Positionable gun bay door w/M61 Vulcan gun inside
- Positionable leading edge slats
- Positionable training edge flaps
- Positionable glove vanes
- Positionable stabilators
- Positionable speed brakes
- Movable wings
- Positionable air refueling probe
- Two complete TF-30 engines
- Intake ramps molded in closed (supersonic) position
- Choice of open or closed afterburner nozzles for both engines
- Choice of AIM-54 or AIM-7 glove pylon adapters
- Choice of normal or 'squat' nosegear strut
- Rubber tires
For external options:
- 2 x AIM-9L
- 4 x AIM-7
- 6 x AIM-54
- 1 x TARPS pod (not used in this build)
- 2 x external fuel tanks
Markings are provided for two examples:
- F-14A, BuNo 159008, VF-32, AB/200, USS John F Kennedy, CAG's aircraft
- F-14A, BuNo 160379, VF-41, AJ/100, USS Nimitz, CAG's aircraft
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