The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006. The F-14 began replacing the F-4 Phantom II in USN service starting in September 1974 with squadrons VF-1 Wolf Pack and VF-2 Bounty Hunters aboard USS Enterprise and participated in the American withdrawal from Saigon. The final variant of the F-14 was the F-14D Super Tomcat. The F-14D variant was first delivered in 1991. The original TF-30 engines were replaced with GE F110-400 engines, similar to the F-14B. The F-14D also included newer digital avionics systems, including a glass cockpit and replaced the AWG-9 with the newer AN/APG-71 radar. Other systems included the Airborne Self Protection Jammer (ASPJ), Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS), SJU-17(V) Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seats (NACES) and Infrared Search and Track (IRST). Although the F-14D was to be the definitive version of the Tomcat, not all fleet units received the D variant. Congress decided not to shut production down and funded 55 aircraft as part of a compromise. A total of 37 new aircraft were constructed and 18 F-14As were upgraded to D variants.
- Scale: 1/32
- Item Type: Static Aircraft
- Model Brief:
- Length: 595.5mm
- Wingspan: 610.5mm (max.); 316.5mm (min.)
- Total Parts: 583pcs
- Photo Etched Parts: 1piece
- Total Sprues: 32 sprues, lower fuselage, upper fuselage, 4 tyres and 4 Die cast main landing gear strut
- Paint Schemes:
- F-14D VF-2 "Bounty Hunters", NE-100/163894, USS constellation CV-64 2003.
- F-14D VF-31 CAG, NO.164432, USS Theodore Roosevelt.
- F-14D VF-213, NH1
- F-14D VF-2 "Bounty Hunters", NE-100/163894, USS constellation CV-64 2003.
- Released Date: 2009-10
- More Features:
- Fuselage
- Detailed fuselage w/accurate design
- Ω (omega) shape canopy is 2-directional slide-moulded
- Detailed fuselage w/accurate design
- Wing
- Wing sweep can be varied
- Fuselage