Great steps, my friend @scalerambush!

If I recall WWII my Hasegawa Tomcat gave me quite a few issues upon fitting the intakes and blending them to the fuselage. Jet kits with complicated shapes (as the Tomcat) are typically not among the greatest regarding fit: not if they are made by Tamiya!

Of course, it's also your meticulous skill that produces this masterpiece.

In flying status it will loom awesome!

Great glueing steps, Harvey. @scalerambush
My only Tamiya experience is the P38 and if you say this F14 is equal, then it is surely a pleasure to build.
You will for sure fix the minor gap.

A little bit more work has been done, less than I'd like but still some progress regardless.

Firstly the nozzles were painted up using Titanium Silver, Titanium Gold, and Metallic Grey all from Tamiya, the Eduard masks that came with the resin set came in handy here...

Some modifications were done to the nozzle housing, notably removing some of the details that are on the F-14A and smoothing it down so it's more appropriate for the B, the shape of some panels was changed with a fair bit of putty, sanding, and some thin styrene sheets. Some work was also made on improving the fit of these to the fuselage, as even before I touched them they just didn't really fit.

Finally, some work on the landing gear was done. The modification for the wheels up wasn't the worst I've come across but not the easiest. The main wheels both have 3 doors, the rear door covering the leg fits with no modifications other than clipping off some attachments, the outboard door required some extra sanding but generally fits without too much issue, but the inboard door is completely undetailed due to it being unseeable as it opens flush against the fuselage, therefore some filling is needed to cover the two massive dips here.

For the nose wheel 4 doors are used, the doors didn't really have anything to latch into when gluing so I added some sprue to add some framework, normally I just put a big lump of blu-tack but I think I've used it all. Both halves were glued together. The two rear doors didn't fit and needed some sanding, which as you can see I sanded too much off. The larger front doors also didn't fit, being a bit too long and having a more angled front than the bay itself.

Overall, not the worst modification but some extra work is still to do.

It must be frustrating to have to modify virtually every kit in order to have the undercarriage retracted, but I'm sure you'll manage it OK. I guess you're going to need a pretty hefty stand to put this on when it's finished.

Those are some nice works, my friend @scalerambush.
Loved the exhausts!

Just a very quick update on how this thing may/may not be put on a stand.

I drilled a hole in one of the slots for the AIM-7 fins, this is a 3mm (actually 2.8mm if you want to get fancy) brass rod. I doubt acrylic will be strong enough, but brass looks fine in my opinion and I've used it a lot in the past. If this doesn't work out, the hole is pretty small and not really noticeable and I could always shove a Sparrow over the top if I decide to, it also doesn't interfere with the wing swivel.

Still currently working on patching up some gaps and holes, after that I'll likely drill on some pointy bits before priming.

Indeed a full sized grown up, Harvey.
Should be fine for the stand in this way.