Grumman F-14A Tomcat VF-211 "Fighting Checkmates" in the '70s - Finished
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Some photos of the real thing
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Photo of the real thing.
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Photo of the real thing
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The real thing.
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This is how she looks like today, 01 Jan 2022.
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Kommentit
21 1 January 2022, 15:38
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Awesome, I wish you could have shared the full build and I totally agree with David H 👍 🙂
1 January 2022, 19:42
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Thanks guys! I really need the encouragement 🙂 She's like that collecting dust for quite some time now... I'll post photos of the seats and the landing gear as they progress.
1 January 2022, 19:48
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It may have taken a while, but it was was time we'll spent, really lovely looking turkey .. 👍🏻
19 October 2022, 07:13
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I can now call this finished and move on! It's been on my bench for so long it began to haunt me 🙂