My first look at a Tomcat was not
one of the movies that are often associated with this jet or seeing one at an
airshow, but a new release from Airfix in 1/72 back in the late 70's. Ever since
then it has been one of my favourite aircraft.
When I started back into modelling in 2003, after a 20 year hiatus, one of the
first kits I bought was a Tomcat. Since then I have been buying and building
them to represent at least one from each squadron that flew in the F-14 Tomcat.
The "project" has grown since then but I have achieved my first
milestone - one from each VF squadron, just as the Tomcat is being retired from
US service.
Here is the first part of my collection, 1972-1975.
VF-124
"Gunfighters" 1972 - 1994
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A
(Low Visibility Boxing) with Superscale decals.
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VF-1 "Wolfpack"
1972 - 1993
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A (Atlantic Fleet boxing)
with CAM decals. |
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VF-2
"Bounty Hunters" 1972 - 2003
Fujimi 1/72 F-14D (Bounty Hunters boxing)
with mix of kit and homemade decals. |
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VX-4
"Evaluators" 1972 - 2004
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A (Black Bunny Boxing)
with kit decals. |
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VF-14 "Tophatters"
1973 - 2001
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A (Atlantic Fleet boxing)
with Hasegawa decals. |
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VF-32
"Swordsmen" 1973 - 2005
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14B (VF-143 Boxing) with
TwoBobs Decals. |
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VF-142 "Ghostriders"
1974 - 1995
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A (Atlantic Fleet boxing)
with Superscale decals.
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VF-143 "Pukin'
Dogs" 1974 - 2005
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14B (VF-143 Boxing) with
kit decals. |
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VF-24
"Renegades" 1975 - 1996
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A (VF-33 Tarsiers Boxing)
with kit decals. |
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VF-101
"Grim Reapers" 1975 - 2005
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14D (VF-101 Boxing) With VF
Decals. |
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VF-211 "
Checkmates" 1975 - 2004
Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A (Atlantic Fleet boxing)
with Hasegawa decals.
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Andy
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