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Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Hasegawa 1/48 F-14A Tomcat

During the 60s, the USN sought a long range high performance interceptor to defend its fleet. For this Fleet Air Defense (FAD) aircraft and in favor of versatility, the Navy was directed by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 F-14A Tomcat

Although not a simple build model, Hasegawa's venerable Tomcat kit looks great on the display shelf. This is an old kit that I got at a bargain price, partially built and with already yellowing decals. The objective of the build was to [...]

F 14 A Tomcat HobbyBoss 1.48

Good morning The hobbyboss model, mixed opinion, I had a lot of problems with the adjustments of the engine nacelles. Many options proposed: deployed boom, open gun hatch, deployed ladder but I preferred to keep it as simple as [...]

Video: Tamiya F-14A Tomcat VF-2 "Bounty Hunters" Scale Model Aircraft Build

A tale of two Tomcats

Those of you, that are following my work probably know, that F-14 is one of my favourite aircraft. Getting my hands on the GWH’s new kit a few years ago, I just had to build it, though my followers on Facebook and Instagram poll chose [...]

Fiddlers Green F-14 Tomcat Papermodel

This one...good looking? yes. Trouble to put together? yes. for something that looks so simple it was a real headache to assemble. So glad it is paper. tempted quite a few times to ball it up and try for a 3-point hoop. seeing that I can [...]

Review: GWH 1/48 F-14B Tomcat Review

Another build with the nephew, Monogram/Mattel F-14A Tomcat

Noah, my 7 year old nephew paid a few more visits this summer. Lucky for him that a few family birthdays were celebrated at our house, since we have the pool. When I showed him the old Mattel/Monogram F-14 with its swing-wing action, he [...]

F14 A Tomcat 1:48 Academy - WIP

Hello friends. I started building an old Academy F14A kit in 1:48 scale. It was a donation so that he can continue practicing the hobby. It will be quite a challenge since most of the pieces are loose, also the instructions are somewhat [...]

F-14D TARPS, VF-143 "Pukin Dogs" CAG

1/48 Tamiya kit, Fightertown "Pukin' Dogs Last Ride" decals. Pain-free as far as assembly goes, but do be mindful of aligning the wing-sweep teeth otherwise you'll end up like I did: the wings will over-sweep aft and never be [...]