gtypecanare Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Awesome research photo's! Not to side track or hijack the thread, but I'm hoping you guys can help me out by casting your vote for a 1/48th F-14 Tomcat from Tamiya. Please take the survey so we can hear your voice! http://www.tamiyausa.com/survey/index.php?sid=98248 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illithid00 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Awesome research photo's!Not to side track or hijack the thread, but I'm hoping you guys can help me out by casting your vote for a 1/48th F-14 Tomcat from Tamiya. Please take the survey so we can hear your voice! http://www.tamiyausa.com/survey/index.php?sid=98248 Dude, at this point, you're practically spamming that survey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtypecanare Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Well, if it makes you feel better Chris, here is a public apology for what may seem to be spamming to you. Is only an effort for me to have Tamiya produce a 1/48th F-14 Tomcat with the same engineering and tooling quality that was put worth with the Lockheed Martin F-16CJ (Block 50)item# 61098, Lockeed F-16C (block 25/32) item#61101, and F-16C (Block 32/52) item#61103. In the end, I apologize to you for my enthusiasm and passion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Beautiful pictures of WOLFPACK Eddie, thanks for sharing them ! Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) Awesome research photo's!Not to side track or hijack the thread, but I'm hoping you guys can help me out by casting your vote for a 1/48th F-14 Tomcat from Tamiya. Please take the survey so we can hear your voice! http://www.tamiyausa.com/survey/index.php?sid=98248 Well, you did hijack it. congratulations and quit showing everyone that damned survey. This is at least the 4th time I've seen it... and you weren't just pushing it for the Tomcat, I've seen you hawking it for the Phantom and the guys in the prop forum too. Edited October 25, 2008 by Skull Leader Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtypecanare Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Back to our regular program, here are some scanned pics from the late to mid 80's of the old El Toro Airshow. VF-124 In the tunnel Burner shot VF-84 Very popular that day couldn't get a clear shot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I agree with Brian and Fuji. As much as I love the Tomcat, the fact of the matter is that it is dead. There's no way (unless of course, Northrop Grumman somehow in the future manages to get approved to redesigning the F-14's design into the F-28 or something..which will only happen in the next century if at all) that the F-14 is flying again. It's had its awesome run. We can still be glad that some Tomcats are still flying in elsewhere in the world. The squadrons have moved on, and we should too. For a fighter jet in the late late twentieth century, I'm glad it had 5 kills. We have boatloads of videos and photos. We'll just have to live with that. AMARG will do its job. We'll fulfill ours by building the models to represent them. Fightertown has so many resources, I'm sure one day we can all get together and pile our 1/48th Tomcats together and probably rebuild the fleet (okay, that's a bit ambitious, maybe all of the last cruise Tomcats). Move on people! The Super Hornets are here to stay until the F-35 (hmmm, VFA-103 F-35, wonder what that would look like). Back to Tomcat photos.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shizman Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Anyone have any specifications (i.e. blueprints) of the landing gear of an F-14D? Detailed pics would be useful too. I'm interested in range of travel for the oleos too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reddog Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Anyone have any specifications (i.e. blueprints) of the landing gear of an F-14D? Detailed pics would be useful too. I'm interested in range of travel for the oleos too. The gear is the same as the F-14A and B. IIRC the main gear oleo sturt travel was between 18 to 24 and about twelve inches for the nose. HTH Reddog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shizman Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 The gear is the same as the F-14A and B. IIRC the main gear oleo sturt travel was between 18 to 24 and about twelve inches for the nose. HTH Reddog Ok great about the travel. Do you have any good pics of the F-14A gear? I'm basically trying to accuratize the 1:32 Tamiya kit as much as possible, using the kit plastic where applicable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reddog Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Ok great about the travel. Do you have any good pics of the F-14A gear? I'm basically trying to accuratize the 1:32 Tamiya kit as much as possible, using the kit plastic where applicable. Don't have any pics but there a load of stuff on the web and in the ARC walkaround section. The gear was the same on all Tomcats, the only thing that changed was the main wheel hubs over time. Reddog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sundowner Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 The Tomcat topic need some photo's to get it alive again : VF-2 NK-205 158983 1974/75 Grumman Grumman photo C'mon keep those Tomcat pics coming............. Henk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Nice Henk, I like the shot of the Bounty Hunter over NAS NI ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sig Saur & Son Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Henk, thanks for reviving the thread. Here's a shot from the VF-213 line on 14 February 2002. F-14D 161163 Vf-213 David F. Brown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fuji Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 You know, when you think about the actual fron-line service life of US Naval aircraft - old 'Thomas' the cat had a pretty good run. The Phantom came out in the early sixties and was being replaced by the Tomcat from the mid 70's. The A-6E and A-7E had moderate length service lives by comparison. I wonder if SLUF, Intruder or Tomcat pilots who transitioned over to the legacy Hornet had any regrets or loved he leap forward in technology. Although the F-14 is unique, like a sassy, sexy F-111 with attitude. A good friend of mine, Nix Mannix, went from A-7s to Legacy and then eventually Super Hornets. Loved every step up though he fondly remembers his Corsair days. One thing I found funny was how he, when CO of the Royal Maces, kind'a quietened down some rumblings from his pilots complaining about the new Super Hornet's Tanker Mission. He told told then that this wasn't new to the community, that in fact its come back from the A-7 days and even the A-4s before that. He said if Skyhawks could give gas, no reason they shouldn't be able too. Also, from his A-7 days, he LIKED the single seat tanker mission as it gave him some alone time in his jet without worrying about too much. I guess it was a time he could decompress. He said he liked to catch up mail and even - Ehgads! - paperwork! - on those flights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rescuemedic Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 The Tomcat topic need some photo's to get it alive again : VF-2 NK-205 158983 1974/75 Grumman Grumman photo C'mon keep those Tomcat pics coming............. Henk What sqaudron is that in the backgroud? VF-1??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) What sqaudron is that in the backgroud? VF-1??? I'm not positive but I don't believe those Tomcats are assigned a squadron yet in that photo, looks like production numbers of some sort on the tails to me ... Dave or one of the other Tomcat Gurus will know better than I though ... Gregg Edited November 25, 2008 by GreyGhost Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sig Saur & Son Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sig Saur & Son Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 I'm not positive but I don't believe those Tomcats are assigned a squadron yet in that photo, looks like production numbers of some sort on the tails to me ... Dave or one of the other Tomcat Gurus will know better than I though ... Gregg Those Tomcats were photographed on the Grumman ramp prior to squadron delivery. Cheers, Dvae Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE! you too, Dave! Keep the F-14 fellowship alive! :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Nice "Turkey" pic Dave ! Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Anyone have any specifications (i.e. blueprints) of the landing gear of an F-14D? Detailed pics would be useful too. I'm interested in range of travel for the oleos too. Am I wrong or did the "Iron Works" use the same main gear for the Tomcat as they did for the Intruder, to cut down on costs, build time, and a few other factors that saved Uncle Sugar some dollars. I believe I read that somewhere back in time, the nose gear is a different animal... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sig Saur & Son Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Happy Turkey Day. Here's one that looks a little well done. Anyway, a question was posed on another thread about the colour of the walkways on Vandy-1. They were flat black anti-skid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Happy Turkey Day. Here's one that looks a little well done. Anyway, a question was posed on another thread about the colour of the walkways on Vandy-1. They were flat black anti-skid. Hey, I've been there ! :lol: Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Oh thats a nice Turkey Sig :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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