Homebee Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Academy catalog 2018 show a new tooling (yes another one!) 1/72nd Grumman F-14A Tomcat "VF-143" kit - ref. 12563 Source: http://www.greenmats.club/topic/4437-academy-172-f-14a-vf-143-№12563-анонс-на-2018/ V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Wonder if it will follow the philosophy of the F-4 and F-18E/F of semi-snap kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I did think about that when I saw this release. I do hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) that's a B in the picture if not a D but it's kinda hard to spot the Naces horns,.Still I'm stocked up with Hasegawa Tomcats due Fine Molds not releasing earlier and late A variants and not even a B,going to sell them up and move towards better alternatives when someone will finally release the entire quintet. The EA-18G looks more interesting and if for their next trick they got the Advanced Super Hornet with newer pods they will definitely get my attention Luigi edit Ok it's a VF-31 Delta from last Tomcat demo Edited January 11, 2018 by Silverkite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyas Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) I hope they will have the nose shape issues corrected. Last time I made Academy's old F-14 the nose puts me off... Edited January 13, 2018 by Tyas Double entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 We really needed another 1/72 F-14A new tool like a hole in our head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantome Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 1/11/2018 at 4:47 AM, Giorgio N said: Wonder if it will follow the philosophy of the F-4 and F-18E/F of semi-snap kits. And the F-15E... and the F-16... All their major new jets have been snap kits. Given that Fine Molds and GWH are coming with new Tomcats, not sure this kit will be of much interest to me. What a shame for this once great company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basuroy Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I will keep waiting for tamiya to downsize their 48th scale model . I think it is quite likely considering they also offer F-16 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantome Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 8 hours ago, Basuroy said: I will keep waiting for tamiya to downsize their 48th scale model . I think it is quite likely considering they also offer F-16 . Tamiya doesn't really like 1/72 scale for jets. Their F-16 was a rarity and only produced one variant vs three different boxings in their 1/48 versions. They also got some flak for initially releasing said F-16 without drop tanks, pylons, and missiles and I wonder if that soured some interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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