Hello friends
I've started building the F-14 Tomcat from Mały Modelarz, that comes in Agressor design.
Not too much to say about the F-14, other than it was top notch fighter before the F/A-18 came. I read that a lot of upgrades were applied to the Cat in an effort to keep it flying, but budget constraints and upgrade expenses (for which the F/A-18 already had out-of-the-box) made this airplane retire.
One of my favorite models 30 plus years ago when I built it in plastic. Now for the first time I build one in paper.
The kit is very well done, the fit is excellent, and regardless of one or two missed measurements, it is a fantastic bird in paper. The Agressor configuration makes this model very appealing.
For references, I went first to look for F-14 Agressor images on internet, and there are not too many. But for F-14, I could get the book on F-14 Walkaround from Squadron. I'm also going to visit Lackland Air Force Base here in San Antonio over the weekend to have another 'live' walkaround.
For references on the actual model, I found some on our Polish and German paper brethren, and one in this forum; but only one finished, all the others went thru very good building process, and then they came to a stop. So I had to do some guessing, for example, on the main landing gear wheel wells, and the closing of the side walls below the wings. Nevertheless I thank our European paper friends for sharing their modeling skills and references.
In view of that, I will bombard this forum (as well as my "home forum" in Spain) with photos from many angles of the model. (I just hope I won't be banned for posting that many.)
As I said, since the model is about 80% complete, I will post continuously.
I hope my reference can serve as a guide for anybody who wants to build the model.
Thanks for watching.
I've started building the F-14 Tomcat from Mały Modelarz, that comes in Agressor design.
Not too much to say about the F-14, other than it was top notch fighter before the F/A-18 came. I read that a lot of upgrades were applied to the Cat in an effort to keep it flying, but budget constraints and upgrade expenses (for which the F/A-18 already had out-of-the-box) made this airplane retire.
One of my favorite models 30 plus years ago when I built it in plastic. Now for the first time I build one in paper.
The kit is very well done, the fit is excellent, and regardless of one or two missed measurements, it is a fantastic bird in paper. The Agressor configuration makes this model very appealing.
For references, I went first to look for F-14 Agressor images on internet, and there are not too many. But for F-14, I could get the book on F-14 Walkaround from Squadron. I'm also going to visit Lackland Air Force Base here in San Antonio over the weekend to have another 'live' walkaround.
For references on the actual model, I found some on our Polish and German paper brethren, and one in this forum; but only one finished, all the others went thru very good building process, and then they came to a stop. So I had to do some guessing, for example, on the main landing gear wheel wells, and the closing of the side walls below the wings. Nevertheless I thank our European paper friends for sharing their modeling skills and references.
In view of that, I will bombard this forum (as well as my "home forum" in Spain) with photos from many angles of the model. (I just hope I won't be banned for posting that many.)
As I said, since the model is about 80% complete, I will post continuously.
I hope my reference can serve as a guide for anybody who wants to build the model.
Thanks for watching.
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