ANOTHER BIG CAT VISITS THE DISPLAY CASE…

Hello everyone!

Here’s another of my latest builds, Academy’s superb 1:72 F-14A Tomcat. Arriving only last week, this was one of those projects for work that needed to be built very quickly, with only around 5 days to get it all done. With such a tight deadline, it was really rushed, but even so, I’ve tried to capture as closely as possible how this aircraft looked in service with VF-32 ‘Swordsmen’ during Operation Desert Shield and then Operation Desert Storm, including its patchy, weathered finish (despite being a CAG aircraft, 162701, was well-used…). The model is built from the box, with decals coming from Furball’s sheet, FBDS7201, available from Hannants.

I hope you like it!

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WITH THANKS!

To Andy Hills at Antics Model Shop in Bristol who kindly supplied the kit that you see here. For further information on the shop and Antics Online, please visit their website at:

https://anticsonline.uk

FURTHER READING…

If you would like to see more of this model, please check out my in-depth review in the April 2020 edition of Model Airplane International. Back issues are available from the follwoing link:

http://adhpublishing.com/shop/store/products/mai-issue-177-april-2020/