tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:56 pm
The one Iranian marked aircraft. Is the camouflaged Tomcat. That I'll build
Me too, Johnny! If I ever get around to building my Tamiya F-14A, it will most likely be the Iranian version; I really dig that camo!
The funny thing is that due to the Iran Iraq War, the Iranian Tomcats saw far more combat and scored more kills than they ever did in US service.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
The main problem with the A was the engines… which was rectified in the A+/B. But from what I’ve read, due to their experience with the Iranian Tomcats, the Iraqis developed a healthy respect for the ‘cat and pretty much turned tail during the 91 Gulf War whenever their radar warning receivers indicated that a Tomcat radar was searching for them.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
Yeah the engines and the way the intakes were designed caused a lot of problems. The engines would have compressor stalls constantly. But I've read articles in aircraft magazines were Tomcat pilots/RIO's would talk about how the jet was a hanger queen because of all the maintenance problems.
Mike
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But... who doesn't love a Tomcat????? They were my first all-time favorite aircraft after watching Top Gun during the 80s. Since then, I had been building a lot of modern Navy aircrafts in my teen years.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Living a stones throw from (what was then) Miramar NAS I'd see them flying all the time. We'd see them at a couple hundred feet on final approach flying over old hwy 163.
If I ever get around to building my Tamiya F-14A, it will most likely be the Iranian version; I really dig that camo! 
