The Indisputable Leader of the Gang...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat has been one of my favorite fighter jets for as long as I can remember. This sleek supersonic fighter, with its unmistakable variable sweep wings, is recognized all over the world. The plane’s famous features also inspired a well-known Japanese animation company to adopt its design, which in turn spawned beautiful aircraft concepts that were both ground breaking and ahead of their time. In my hands I now have a Hobby Boss 1/72 F-14D Super Tomcat, which I will be building and finishing with VF-2 Bounty Hunter CAG markings.
The kit comes on eight light grey sprues including two for the body halves, one clear sprue for the canopy, HUD and two other parts, along with a set of decals for both the aircraft and its missiles. There is also a wonderful double sided printed sheet showing the painting schemes and markings for all the three possible options that came with the box. During test fitting I was pleasantly surprised that the parts fitted so well. It’s almost as if the model does not need any cement! Furthermore I did not need to refine nor sand the model, a process which is very time consuming and can really take up a good part of an evening.
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