1/72 - Grumman F-14A & B Tomcat by Academy - released

[RCI]

6 hours ago, Tony Oliver said:

Which one? There are a few in the box.

all pods that have glas basically... only hasegawa did it right as far as i know, they included all lights and the chinpod lenses as clear parts....

i had to scratchbuild all of them on the academy kit 😕 but at least found a really nice solution for it

[Homebee]

New Wolfpack Design decals set - ref. WD72010 - Grumman F-14A Tomcat - VF-1 “Wolfpack” - 1970 Era

Total 2 decal sheets included 6 a/c markings with 3 stencils and marking sets.

Source: http://www.wolfpack-d.com/decal/htm/wd72010.html

 

 

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Edited December 11, 2020 by Homebee

[Homebee]

Wolfpack dedicated new items of November 2020

Source: https://www.facebook.com/wolfpackd/posts/3528239843935862

- ref. WP72093 - Grumman F-14A Tomcat Early Type Beaver Tail Set - Block 60 

http://www.wolfpack-d.com/catalog/htm/wp72093.html

- ref. WP72094 - Grumman F-14A Tomcat Early Type Beaver - Block 60 ~ 75 

http://www.wolfpack-d.com/catalog/htm/wp72094.html

 

 

 

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Edited December 11, 2020 by Homebee

[fewr9fkr9595]

Looks like I missed the boat (tail) on this one. 
Never mind 😂

[Homebee]

New CMK dedicated resin sets

 

- ref. 129-7452 - F-14A Tomcat Cockpit

https://www.specialhobby.eu/en/f-14a-tomcat-cockpit.html

 

 

- ref. 129-7453 - F-14A Tomcat Port Side Cannon Installation

https://www.specialhobby.eu/en/f-14a-tomcat-port-side-cannon-installation.html

 

 

- ref. 129-7454 - F-14A Tomcat F-14A Tomcat Port Engine

https://www.specialhobby.eu/en/f-14a-tomcat-port-engine.html

 

 

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[Homebee]

Expected new variant in Q4/2022 - ref. 12578 - Grumman F-14B Tomcat - VF-103 "Jolly Rogers"

Source: https://www.academy.co.kr/board/free/read.html?no=220&board_no=1

box art

 

 

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Edited October 6, 2022 by Homebee

[Hook]

Nice! The B plastic is already there in the earlier VF-143 A release, I'm curious if there'll be another decal option besides VF-103.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Gremlin]

wow....nice😍

[Giorgio N]

Small but important correction... many of us, me included, often stated that all parts for a B were already in the box of the previous F-14A issue.

Well, now that I've seen the instructions on the Academy website I've noticed that there are different parts in this box that were not included in the original issue: the main fuselage parts now features the bulges associated with the AN/ALR-45 on the sides of the glove vanes leading edges. These were added to all Tomcats at some point in their life and the aircraft represented in the decal sheet had them, so Academy correctly included them with new fuselage parts.

Now this means that the original F-14A issue had all the parts for a early B but not all those required for a late B... and actually not all parts needed for a late A....

[RaceAddict]

On 10/6/2022 at 1:08 PM, Hook said:

Nice! The B plastic is already there in the earlier VF-143 A release, I'm curious if there'll be another decal option besides VF-103.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

 

Looks like only a few versions of VF-103's final Tomcat cruise. I'm itching to do the low-vis version, personally.

[Hook]

10 hours ago, Giorgio N said:

there are different parts in this box that were not included in the original issue: the main fuselage parts now features the bulges associated with the AN/ALR-45 on the sides of the glove vanes leading edges.

Are you sure? These fairings are present on my VF-143 boxings, requiring removal. 

16 minutes ago, RaceAddict said:

Looks like only a few versions of VF-103's final Tomcat cruise. I'm itching to do the low-vis version, personally.

Those would be my preferred subjects as well.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Homebee]

Released - ref. 12578 - Grumman F-14B Tomcat - VF-103 "Jolly Rogers"

Source: https://www.academy.co.kr/product/12578-미해군-f-14b-vf-103-졸리-로저스/1522/category/1/display/2/

 

 

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