Description
The Tomcat enjoyed an active career from the early 1970s until 2006; initially given a fleet defense role, in the 1990s the Tomcat?s superb range saw that role expanded to include strike missions, and then later that decade the addition of the LANTIRN targeting pod meant it could undertake long-range bombing runs using laser-guided ordnance. The F-14D was the final variant, which inherited its F-14B predecessor?s General Electric F110-GE-400 engines and was given major upgrades to avionics. It reached units from 1992, serving in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan. It finally retired from U.S. Navy service in 2006.
– 1/72 scale plastic model assembly kit. Wingspan: 272mm, fuselage length: 265mm.
– Variable sweeping wings are depicted!
– Distinct parts – interchangeable after completion – depict sealing plates and air bags with the wing in various positions.
– Canopy, air intake side sections and fuselage sides are slide molded to ensure their shapes and surfaces are accurately depicted.
– Horizontal stabilizers move thanks to poly caps.
– The modeler has a choice of open and closed fuel probe (on the right of the nose) and boarding ladder and step (on fuselage left).
– Parts are included for recreating laser-guided bombs, LANTIRN pod and air-to-air missiles.
– The model comes with 2 seated crew figures and 5 U.S. Navy marking options.
This is a 1/72 scale plastic model assembly kit. Fuselage length: 265mm, wingspan: 272mm (with wings swept forward). The flowing Tomcat form is recreated with aplomb, featuring a moving depiction of the variable sweep wing. Air bags and sealing plates are separate parts, with different components included for different wing positions, which can be interchanged after completion. Slide molded canopy and air intake sides give an authentic rendering of the complex shapes. Poly caps enable horizontal stabilizer motion. The model’s fuel probe and boarding ladder can be assembled stowed or deployed. Parts are included to recreate ordnance such as laser guided bombs, LANTIRN pod and air-to-air missiles. Comes with 2 seated figures and 5 U.S. Navy marking options.