Tomcat Fanatic Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) This is March Field Museum's sole F-14 Tomcat. it was really nice of the guys who were working on restoring her to invite my friend, his daughter and I into the hanger to get a closer look and to take pics. I found this on another web forum, and whatever that is on the right glove has me scratching my head. It looks sort of like a BRU, but I've never seen a BRU that looks like that. Anybody have any ideas? BTW, I don't think I mentioned this here, but last September I joined the USMC, and now I'm studying to become a CH-53E airframer. Edited July 31, 2009 by Tomcat Fanatic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1/48 scale pilot Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 1) oo rah marine! Semper fi brother. 2) are you referring to the wing glove vane? Or the odd TER thingy on the pylon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doupnik Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) It's a rack for three of the Sparrow or Phoenix replacements, IIRC. It predates the AMRAAM. mason Edited July 31, 2009 by doupnik Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Yeah, that's and early Tomcat and was actually a PMTC test bird early in the F-14 era ... I wish they'd repaint it as such ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fanatic Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 It's a rack for three of the Sparrow or Phoenix replacements, IIRC. It predates the AMRAAM.mason You mean the AAAM? Huh, I totally forgot about that project. Well, not totally, but I forgot that one of the concepts was going to use a three rail launcher. Oh, and 1/48th scale pilot, if you look in the props section of the Gallery, there's an article on a 1/48th scale conversion of the Testors OV-10A into an OV-10D that you might find useful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1/48 scale pilot Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 You mean the AAAM? Huh, I totally forgot about that project. Well, not totally, but I forgot that one of the concepts was going to use a three rail launcher. Oh, and 1/48th scale pilot, if you look in the props section of the Gallery, there's an article on a 1/48th scale conversion of the Testors OV-10A into an OV-10D that you might find useful. Cool I'll check it out. Thanks! Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 You said Glove Vain and had me scratching my head. I now realize that you meant pylon. DOH! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fanatic Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) You said Glove Vain and had me scratching my head. I now realize that you meant pylon. DOH! Oh. Oops. Thanks for the help guys. I'm so glad I found this place so many years ago. There's such a helpful brain trust here. Too Bad Italeri stopped making kits of my own bird! I could help with those now! Edit: That's the Italeri CH-53E kit. Edited August 2, 2009 by Tomcat Fanatic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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