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Eduard 1/48 F-14 Tomcat and Lavochkin Dual combo


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Spotted this on Hannants website earlier today.

EDK1192 'Danger Zone'

It states the plastic is Hobby Boss with added Eduard resin, etch and mask plus Cartograf decals for 5 aircraft. Price £79.00

It doesn't say what aircraft it is but I'm guessing the Danger Zone reference is from the film Top Gun and also the fact that Hobby Boss do F-14 kits.

Also spotted is EDK1189 Lavochkin dual combo.

Contains plastic parts by Zvezda for the La-5FN and by Gavia for the La-7. Plus Eduard resin, etch, mask and Cartograf decals for Czech AF La-5FN/7's. Plus a book on the history of Lavochkins in Czech service. Price £41.00

If anyone gets any further info, please update this thread!

thanks

Mike

PS Hannants have now confirmed it's the F-14A Tomcat.

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Hannants link: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/EDK1192

Description:
Grumman F-14A Tomcat. Danger Zone. For September 2014 release Hobby Boss plastic, PE and MASK included, resin included, decals prinded by Cartograf, 5 marking options, full color instructions.

Manufacturer: Eduard 1:48
Code Number: EDK1192
Scale:1:48 Scale
Item type: Aircraft kits (injection)
Price: £79.40 (Put this on Backorder and save 10%!)

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seems to be the case:

from their fb site:

https://www.facebook.com/EduardCompany

Enjoy the box design for September Limited Edition release of F-14A “DANGER ZONE”.
My box design is once again based on a great F-14 boxart by Katerina Borecka.
Basic kit description:
- Hobby Boss plastic
- Furball Aero-Design markings (5 schemes)
- Catograf printed decals

- Eduard Brassin goodies – seats, exhaust nozzles and wheels
- Eduard color Photo-etch and painting mask

September 2014 release, EXCLUSIVELLY AVAILABLE at IPMS USA in AUGUST 2014

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Very nice. I've always loved the Tomcat, but can you get decals for either VF-101 or VF-102 as they hosted us when we dropped into Oceana with our SHARs and I would love to build one of their aircraft.

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Very nice. I've always loved the Tomcat, but can you get decals for either VF-101 or VF-102 as they hosted us when we dropped into Oceana with our SHARs and I would love to build one of their aircraft.

You certainly can get decals for either squadron, might depend on the time scale though. FCM do a 2004 F-14A/D VF101 set off the top of my head. I think Superscale or Microscale do a F-14A VF-102 set, I know Fightertown have an awesome F-14B OEF set.
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Pity they have done the exhausts both Open. I think when the aircraft is at rest one exhaust is open, and one is closed.

That's a deal breaker for me. Pity because I like the Sundowners decal option

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As far as I know, the exhausts on F-14As when at rest could be either open or closed. While it would not be unusual to see one open and one closed, both open would also be a common configuration.

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Actually having one exhaust closed and the other open is the most common configuration when a TF30 powered Tomcat is on the ground with engines off. This is a result of the engines shutdown procedure.

The exhausts are open when the aircraft is taxiing to prevent excessive thrust and this is commanded by a switch on the landing gear. At the same time there's a safety system that in case of loss of electric power closes the nozzles, nozzles that are hydraulically actuated with power coming from the same engine.

When the aircraft is coming to a stop on the ground, one engine is usually shut down first. At that point the relative nozzle will stay open (condition is aircraft on ground, as told by the switch on the gear). The engine stops and hydraulic pressure bleeds. When the second engine is shut down, its nozzle will receive a signal of loss of electric power and the hydraulic pressure remaining during the engine wind-down will tend to close its nozzle.

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