Tamiya - 1/48 Grumman F-14A Tomcat Late Model Carrier Launch Set

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Tamiya
Grumman F-14A Tomcat Late Model
Carrier Launch Set

This model kit recreates the Grumman F-14A Tomcat, famous for being the first mass-production and the most-produced model among the F-14 series. This kit realistically depicts the F-14A Tomcat (Late Model) - in service from the late 1980s to the early 2000s- with wings featuring separate flaps and slats. Kit includes one crew figure and paper flight deck sheet for use on a super realistic diorama set.

Features:

1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit of the Grumman F-14A Tomcat (Late model). Fuselage length: 398mm, Wingspan: 408mm.
Features fixed depiction of variable sweep wing supported by a single-piece part.
The kit depicts wings with deployed flaps and slats which can be attached to wing by support parts (NOTE: This model CANNOT depict wing at neutral position).
The catapult shuttle and one-piece holdback bar with its nose landing gear realistically depict the F-14A taking off from the carrier deck.
New nose landing gear part with retracted "kneeling'' shock absorber recreates the F-14A's takeoff stance.
Features detailed sections such as telephoto camera pod, AAX-1 TCS, ALR-45 radar warning antenna under wing, and four Mk. 82 low-drag general-purpose bombs (LDGP, 500 pound) for realistic look.
A realistically recreated cockpit depicts late model ejector seat cushions, instrument panel and side console panels.
Includes the catapult officer (called “Shooter” who gives the OK for the operator to release the shuttle) figure and paper flight deck sheet.
Comes with four marking options: two for F-14As from the VF-32 “Swordsmen” and one VF-211 “Fighting Checkmates”, plus one VF-154 “Black Knights”.

From its first test flights in 1970 through to its retirement in 2006, the F-14 Tomcat is a carrier-based fighter that has captured the imagination; its variable sweep wing allowed automatic adjustment for optimum performance and an impressive combination of speed and manouverability. It had a powerful AN/AWG-9 fire control system that could use AIM-54 Phoenix missiles to take on multiple targets from range. 477 of the 632 Tomcats supplied to the U.S. Navy were the early F-14A variant; their delivery to units began with carrier squadrons in 1973, and its combat debut was in the 1975 evacuation from Saigon. It was later in action in conflicts in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. Seventy-nine F-14As were also supplied to Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and some still remain in service today.

Included Markings:
US Navy (1794-now)

VF-154 Black Knights BuNo 161276 NF101 - May 2003 - NAF Atsugi JP
VF-211 Fighting Checkmates BuNo 161603 AB101 - March 2004 - NAS Oceana
VF-32 Swordsmen BuNo 159610 AC207 (Cdr. Joseph Bernard Connelly, Cdr. Leo F. Enwright) -January 1989 - USS John F. Kennedy
VF-32 Swordsmen BuNo 162701 AC200 - May 1990 - NAS Oceana