[STARMAN 352ND]

Thought i drop a line to let you F-14 collectors out there know that the
Century Wings 587571 F-14D Tomcat Diecast Model U.S.Navy VF-101 Grim Reapers, AD164, NAS Oceana, VA, 2004
With a Limited Edition of 2000 pieces worldwide.Are now in-stock at the The Flying Mule.
All i need now is the Sundowner F-14 that will be out next month.
JP

[Old Crow]

FYI, this bird is also in stock at Burbank's House of Hobbies and I saw it in person yesterday. I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment on rivet-counter detail but it looks pretty impressive to me. The panel line detail and other features appear to me to be even better than prior efforts.

[ZS-VAN]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

Thought i drop a line to let you F-14 collectors out there know that the
Century Wings 587571 F-14D Tomcat Diecast Model U.S.Navy VF-101 Grim Reapers, AD164, NAS Oceana, VA, 2004
With a Limited Edition of 2000 pieces worldwide.Are now in-stock at the The Flying Mule.
All i need now is the Sundowner F-14 that will be out next month.
JP

Very good of you Starman! Appreciate the sentiment.

[V4lkyri3]

Yeah. I had a surprise e-mail from Flying Mule saying that my VF-101 has been shipped

[David Hingtgen]

Doesn't anyone have theirs yet? We need pics!

[Dobber]

Mine should be here on monday!!! I can't wait to get Century's latest masterpeice!

Chris

P.S. David you must be stoked over the VF-111 release! Now we just need a VF-1 early A model with either the full beaver tail or the modified but NON production beaver tail.

[David Hingtgen]

All depends on how much research Yoshi does. There were a few VF-1 first-scheme F-14's out there with the full production beaver tail---that's a whole lot easier to model. Now I think both you and I would prefer the earlier beavertail since it's both different, and "iconic" of the early VF-1/VF-2 planes, but since that'd require an entirely new fuselage mold I don't know if they'd make it just for the few schemes they could do. Having a production-style one is better than no early VF-1 model at all. Need a nose-probe-less radome either way, though. Kind of ironic, that's the one scheme Dragon hasn't done with their probeless mold!

Also need earliest-style gun vents I think, maybe some were late enough to get mid-production gun vents.

[Dobber]

Yup, I know exactly what you mean. It would round out the Century Tomcat line quite nicely, though, to have all the variants, but like you said unlikely. Personally, not counting the full production type tail(which looks best IMO) I like the Full beaver tail over the moded version, which looked "basically" like an over-sized full production version. Not sure, how long VF-1 or VF-2 flew with the full tail before they started hacking them, though. Which would you prefer?

Chris

[David Hingtgen]

I prefer "full" over "sides hacked off". From what I've read, they had all been "hacked" prior to leaving for Vietnam. Don't know about VF-124 though, which had some which were so early they even had the half-length gun muzzles. (And when they're that old, they probably have the early-style glove stiffeners too)

[V4lkyri3]

Got mine today. It's pretty, but the landing gear system on mine was super tight, especially the right side. I have to trim the landing gear and apply some silicon oil in order to loosen them. My CW's jolly roger was looser in comparison.

The panel lines are subtle and it's a big contrast to the glossy/shiny jolly roger, which makes me wonder if the jolly roger's panel lines are suposed to be that pronounced, especially on the underside.