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Part 2 NJoy , Henk

Hi Brian , If you want to double check some decals concerning Tomcats or VF-111 , you can always send them to me ! Cheers, Henk

Chris , VF-111 never had a Tomcat with the grey and white colour scheme , when VF-111 received their F-14's , starting with the first on 16 Jun 1978 ( 160666 NL-201 ) they came new from the Grumman factory. Also , in 1991 the Sun Downers only had the CAG -bird ( 162594 NL-200 ) in full colour , all the other linebirds were in the TPS colour scheme. So no multi coloured rays on this one ........ HTH , Henk

Brian , VF-301 and 302 are from CVWR-30 and VF-111 is from CVW-15 . Cheers, Henk BTW , the sheet is looking good!

Hi Tomcat Fanatics , Here is a scan of a slide from the hand of Joe Cupido ( used with permission of Joe ) It a F-14D from VF-124 163897 . ( Jul 1992 ) If you are missing something below the nose , well I did too .....there is no chin pod !! was this common practice or what?? Njoy , Henk

Could this be the AGM-87 Focus , a development of the AIM-9B?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-87_Focus

Thanks Brian for the confirmation of "Shoebo" .

The date is June 1991 taken on NAS Miramar.

I have checked my slides and this I read of my slide of this bird: RIO : LCDR Daniel , call sign "Shoebo" ( could be Speedo , but it looks more like Shoebo ) Pilot : LCDR Gratas , call sign "Grits" Maybe another member knows for sure the correct call sign of LCDR Daniel! HTH , Henk

Wasn't the YA-10A not in overall grey paintscheme ??

Could this Jolly Rogers Tomcat be a former VF-41 Tomcat ?? I seem to remember to have seen a slide of a F-14A ( former VF-41 ) which was turned over to VF-84 , no markings on the tail , however I cannot find the slide / photo anywhere . HTH Henk

Thanks , that will be a great help !!

Thanks guys for your quick reactions , very helpfull ! Cheers, Henk

NL-202 was on the 71/72 cruise BuNo 149430.

Hello , I just started with the Fonderie F11F-1 Kit , but I was wondering what glue is the best for glueing the resin parts together ? Who has experience with this kit ! I made one F11F-1 yet from a Lindberg kit , not my best work but it's an almost 1/48 scale Tiger. Many thanks in advance ! Cheers, Henk

NL-203 became the 151489 and not 151459 probably a typo ! BTW here is a photo ( Copyright D. Hanover )of a Sun Downer F-4B ( 1972 ) during a fire drill , No Omar on the helmets and yellow ! HTH , Henk

I built this 1/32 model about 35 years ago , survived 4 movings to other houses but still going strong. I just use this modex becuse I had the decals , I don't know if this is correct , Ginger 41 could be a -5 iso a -3 Hellcat. Here is my F-5N Sun Downer Retro Tiger :

Here is another side profile , I got this design already in August 2010 :

I have to agree , not a lot of photo's are found of tri color Sun Downer Hellcats , I have one on which you can see 2 or 3 of them behind Ginger 3 and 39 . Also I have checked my logbook copies of VF-11 Hellcat pilots , there are only a few entries of F6F-3's . I also found this VF-11 group photo , the squadron is standing in front of a F6F-3 Ginger 25 : About Triggers note ; why the modex "16" was used for his 3 view drawing , for the 70th ann. it was planned that the plane captain of VF-11 top ace Charlie "Skull" Stimpson would attend that anniversary . Charlie Stimpson flew in Ginge

According my files the AJ-210 was the 160391 ( 19 Apr ) so it's not a TARPS bird , my guess is that the squadron was expirementing with new paint schemes . the 160391 stayed the AJ-210 till 1988 then it became the AJ-202. Hope this helps , cheers, Henk "OMAR"

Brian , I have the 162591 as the NL-100 from Aug 1992 till July 1994 . Hopes this helps a little bit. Regards Henk

Yes VFA-101 is a training squadron , I mean an actual fleet squadron........ I have to find the article , I guess.... Yes , I found the article , it's in the 2014 issue from VX-23 newsletter ( STRIKE TEST NEWs ) it stated ; that a certain LCDR has left VX-23 to lead the Sidewinders of VFA-86 (planned to be the first Navy squadron to transition to the F-35's) ????

last september I was attending the Tailhook Convention in Reno , just a few days ago I went through my goodies and folders and I read in one folder that the first VFA of the USN to be equipped with the F-35C will be VFA-86 . Can some one confirm this ?? Thanks !! Henk "OMAR"

More and more ................. Although the weather gods didn't cooperate , I am satisfied with the result.. NJOY , Henk