VF-213 F-14 tomcat
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26 June 2012, 15:19
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You havnt rescribed anything on this Cat? I had this kit as a boy and cannot remember if it had raised or recessed panellines or a mix, like the Tamiya one. When i see your model, the greed in me arises to build this one again!😢
28 September 2012, 14:02
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Very nice indeed! Aren't there some aftermarket accessories for the canopy and nose?
28 September 2012, 16:04
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No rescribing. This kit does have its flaws - most noticeably a fat nose, squashed windscreen, but it has nice engraved panel lines.
30 September 2012, 00:39
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Can't believe I missed this Matt. You have done a great job. I am building the same model at the moment and you are not wrong about the nose and cockpit. I am squeezing in the Eduard kit and have to cut quite a bit away, as for fitting the aircrew, I'm not too sure how much of their rear ends I can remove. Did you have any other issues with the kit that might help me out to know? Oh, and which jet exhausts did you use?
3 June 2015, 13:57
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Very nice Tomcat indeed. I like Gareth also have this kit and will be using the Tamiya F-14A PE set also.
3 June 2015, 20:22
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nicely done, like the cockpit 🙂
one question though, why the different exhaust nozzles ?
they look like two different types, the contour type on the left and the straight pipe type on the right,
is this something they experimented with on the full size ?
3 June 2015, 20:59
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Choppa, when the real F-14 shuts down it's engines, one nozzle will be closed and one will be open, unless both engines are shut down at the same time.
3 June 2015, 22:38
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do they remain like that even at rest as depicted ?
I'm not picking knits or anything but I have never come across this detail before.
Whats weird to me is the completely different contouring of each nozzle, can the straight one really transform into such a radical S cross section ?
Normally, I thought, the nozzles adjusted in a conical mode.....
I have a feeling my ignorance is about to be elevated 😄
3 June 2015, 22:45
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Yes they remain that way statically, The S shaped one is what the nozzle loos like when fully closed, idle power or power off, the other one is fully open, full military power of afterburner. I know it blew my mind the first time I ever saw one like that to. So yes it is the real thing.
3 June 2015, 22:50
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Weird !!!!!!!
whats the thinking behind that I wonder ?
and how does it do such a wild transformation, what are the mechanics behind that I wonder ?
Dome kind of opposing plate tensioners with a flexible membrane for S curve bit ??
Anyhow, correct or not it looks damn strange to me !
Anyhow, cheers for the details 🙂
3 June 2015, 22:57
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I believe it's always the port nozzle that is closed when the engines are shut down on the F-14A.
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This page explains why - scroll down to the section about the nozzle parking position:
anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-engine.htm
4 June 2015, 01:35
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good article, explains the convoluted systems of the F14 quite clearly
4 June 2015, 02:23
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Thanks for sharing Bill. I did not how it worked, just that it did.
5 June 2015, 03:54
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Yeah, this is what I love about SCM ! the learning 🙂
A good understanding of how things work really helps to depict such models properly in my view
5 June 2015, 04:06