DaveJL Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Looking forward to getting more details on this one. For an A model, if it's going to be from 70's/80's/early 90's (intercepter, no bomcat) there are a huge choice of aftermarket decals, but I'd like to see in the kit: VF-41 (Sukhoi killer) VF-32 (Mig Killer ) VF-84 Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 If you're talking Tomcats then the colour Jolly Rogers scheme is the one. In my opinion, just saying. Other, inferior, schemes are available. Anything but Jolly Rogers please. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Anything but Jolly Rogers please. Aftermarket decals for the great schemes of the '80s/early 90s are getting harding to come by. Fightertown had a great sheet which is very hard to find now! Martin, are you putting the choice of schemes up for us, the modeller, to decide? If so, a poll may be useful for you to gauge ideas. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkp Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Has to include the VF-1 'Wolfpack' red/white hi-vis scheme! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mekon Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Like the idea of a VF-143 scheme, maybe early 80's? VF-211 not seen that often for hi-viz. V-14 from circa 2000 CAG (Anniversary markings). Gosh, there are really loads to choose from, always like VF-142 markings, any era Oh and then there's VF-101! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeart Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Heeeelp!!! Another series of Tomcats!!!! We have quite a lot of them!! What about a new tooling Avro Lancaster? or A HP Halifax, or a beautifull Petliakov Pe-8....all in 48th scale? Tomcat again???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin @ AMK Hobby Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Aftermarket decals for the great schemes of the '80s/early 90s are getting harding to come by. Fightertown had a great sheet which is very hard to find now! Martin, are you putting the choice of schemes up for us, the modeller, to decide? If so, a poll may be useful for you to gauge ideas. Dave Hi Dave, Jury is in session and listening. Nothing will be finalised unto the guys who design the decals need to know. We are taking notes and everything is up for consideration. From a personal perspective I prefer, for the first boxing, a very early 1970's, maybe up to '75, mid 1980's and a 1990/95. Something like that. The thing is, that there are so may decal sets out there already and of course, many more will now come to fit ours when it's done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Well VF84 will sell the kit but there are lots of others. Personally I would like VF101 or VF111. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark73 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Has to include the VF-1 'Wolfpack' red/white hi-vis scheme! An all time classic scheme, my first tomcat had this one, love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
March Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 So, that's Super Etendard, Mig-31 and Mig-25 that you have me salivating over, and now three F-14's... at this rate you may as well just have open access to my wallet (although thanks to you guys there is a high likelihood that it will be empty!). What I'd really love to see is a super detailed Blackbird (SR-71A and YF-12A particularly). Hint hint! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) How about in addition to releasing several versions of the kit with marking options as being discussed here, offering another box without decals, or just the basic stencilling and offering it for a few pennies cheaper? That way those who want to use or already have aftermarket sheets can use them and aren't left with a pile of kit decal sheets. Edited November 26, 2015 by pinky coffeeboat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotics Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 It's me again, putting my hands up in the air to say: Make a nice choice of grey schemes, all you want, but save a little space on the decalsheet for an exotic (in service Cats, not agressors please). Have a nice day, Jeroen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin @ AMK Hobby Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 So, that's Super Etendard, Mig-31 and Mig-25 that you have me salivating over, and now three F-14's... at this rate you may as well just have open access to my wallet (although thanks to you guys there is a high likelihood that it will be empty!). What I'd really love to see is a super detailed Blackbird (SR-71A and YF-12A particularly). Hint hint! I'd love to do a YF-12A. I know that another manufacturer has first dibs on them though. Watch out in the coming year for more news on that. How about in addition to releasing several versions of the kit with marking options as being discussed here, offering another box without decals, or just the basic stencilling and offering it for a few pennies cheaper? That way those who want to use or already have aftermarket sheets can use them and aren't left with a pile of kit decal sheets. It's actually a good idea. Can’t promise anything but I will send it up to the AMK team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotics Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Hello Martin, Any thoughts on the exotic? The Iranians fly the A.. BR Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin @ AMK Hobby Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Hi Robotics, No thoughts on Iranian Tomcats. Fightertown have released a set of decals for them in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 The colour scheme I want is from the film The Final Countdown. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Looking forward to this. It's been ages since I've built a kitty. I've currently got a 1/72 Hasegawa kit in the stash awaiting it's turn in the rotation. The poster child of airborne fleet defense for 30 years...and one of the reasons I joined the USN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin @ AMK Hobby Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Research is going great guns. On target 2016. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James S. Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I would love to see markings for, on any of the F-14's you release, especially the F-14A, for Operation Enduring Freedom. I love the bomb markings on them for the bombibng missions they flew and/or VF-1. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Research is going great guns. On target 2016.Excellent news Mr Bigglesworth! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorystomper Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 agreed that VF-84 would sell the kit, but VF-101 is a nice compromise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rui Silva Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Hi Martin,Consider one of the coolest F-14 schemes, VF-33 "Starfighters" on "USS America" Edited December 15, 2015 by Rui Silva 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Thats a nice scheme Rui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 The original VF-33 markings as posted by Rui were IMHO some of the best looking ever worn by the Tomcat, and for this reason adorn one of my 1/48 models. It's a pity that the scheme was short lived and even CAG aircrafts from this unit later used much less spectacular markings (although for a short time there was a similar scheme painted in tones of grey) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petarvu Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Hi Martin, Consider one of the coolest F-14 schemes, VF-33 "Starfighters" on "USS America" UH! Mighty! Any aftermarket decals for this? P Edited December 15, 2015 by petarvu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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