Vf 154 F14, 1/48

[Moorcat]

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[Moorcat]

depicting an F14 as deployed in Desert Storm, 1990, USS Independence

[R L Bleecker]

Bitchin! You even got the wind direction string placed aft of the radome and forward of the canopy!

Yep... brings back memories of my own deployments. It's nice to see Military subjects now and then too.

[Moorcat]

ya, but I forgot to put the drip pans under it...its gonna make a mess...

[R L Bleecker]

Bump. This bird hasn't been getting the attention that it deserves. This is one of your finest examples of your 1/48 collection!

[The Cat]

I must agree :) You really outdid yourself, Moorcat.

Clean build, plus I'm a fan of the weathering :)

[Freddog]

Sorry. Seeing the F-14 is traumatic for me knowing that they're being chopped up into bits at the bone yard. Can't beleive the Navy gave up Air Superiority for bomb droppers. Don't get me wrong... I like the Superbug, but it ain't no air superiority fighter/interceptor like the Tomcat was.

[R L Bleecker]

Even the Navy's current bomb-droppers ain't as good as the old A6. Problem was as is always the problem with aircraft out of production for awhile... after so many flight hours, the airframes just can't be rebuilt anymore and the maintenance costs and spares costs go up pretty high the longer in the tooth an aircraft gets.

'Integration' and 'Multi-Role Capability' are the buzzwords now.

[Freddog]

Even the Navy's current bomb-droppers ain't as good as the old A6. Problem was as is always the problem with aircraft out of production for awhile... after so many flight hours, the airframes just can't be rebuilt anymore and the maintenance costs and spares costs go up pretty high the longer in the tooth an aircraft gets.

'Integration' and 'Multi-Role Capability' are the buzzwords now.


Yup. But hey... I almost forgot... the Navy's getting the F-35!!! They will soon have one serious ass-kicking Air Superiority fighter.

[R L Bleecker]

^ I hope it lives up to its promise!

I have to tell you... with the A6, A7 and F14 gone, Moorcat and I feel like old men now. Hell, even when the SH-3 was replaced by the SH-60, I was starting to feel that way as the old airwing was starting to change into the new... but it's been that way since Eugene Ely flew in 1910...

[Freddog]

^ I hope it lives up to its promise!

I have to tell you... with the A6, A7 and F14 gone, Moorcat and I feel like old men now. Hell, even when the SH-3 was replaced by the SH-60, I was starting to feel that way as the old airwing was starting to change into the new... but it's been that way since Eugene Ely flew in 1910...

Speaking of A-7s.... guess what just got released in 1/72 scale diecast....

Yup, a pair of old Nimitz birds.



http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc156/cliffmcklingon/A-7ECORSAIRII.jpg

[R L Bleecker]

^ Yup.... when Nimitz was still in Norfolk before coming around the 'Horn' to Bremerton back in '87. She's in San Dog now after her big overhaul.

Nice Maneaters! ( Both CAG birds )

[Kuhn Global]

THIS looks GREAT Sean!!! :eek::eek::eek::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool :

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[panther96]

Speaking of A-7s.... guess what just got released in 1/72 scale diecast....

Yup, a pair of old Nimitz birds.



http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc156/cliffmcklingon/A-7ECORSAIRII.jpg


my first squadron- VFA-86 Sidewinders and my sister squad VFA-82 Mauraders (or ckicken on a stick is what we called them). in this picture VA-86 and VA-82 which is now decomed. Love to get my hands on those

[panther96]

by the way awesome work. Hello fellow shipmates

[R L Bleecker]

I take it by your location you're still Active Duty? Welcome!

[Moorcat]

looking at yer icon...BB stacker? metal mauler here...nice ta meet ya.

[Raytheon]

Nice one Moorcat !
Sharp build and just grubby enough weathering wise to sell it, niether over or underdone.
About righteous i'd say :D

Nicely done sah!

[R L Bleecker]

One of the things Sean did that makes this all the more accurate is that he replicated the varying colors of gray these get painted over the course of a cruise. Nominally, everything is supposed to be a uniform 'Haze Gray' color, but out there, they use what they have on hand. Sometimes the stock is old... different batch numbers or just poorly mixed. I've seen some birds almost a duck-egg blue! Here, there... in patches... sometimes the whole airframe. Out there the big worry isn't appearances, it's corrosion control.

[panther96]

looking at yer icon...BB stacker? metal mauler here...nice ta meet ya.

yep a BB stacker- help load some of VA-85's (A-6's) bombs during Desert Storm they could carry some serious amount of death. An airflamer :p no wonder the paint looks dead on. Active for another 2 years :D good to be aboard. you would not have any F/A-18 painted like VFA-86 would you?

[Moorcat]

I think I may have some decals....nothing built right now tho.