Hobby Boss 1 48 F 14
The f 14 was to incorporate the pratt and whitney f401 pw 400 then under development but the p w tf30 engines originally designed for the f 111 program were used instead.
Hobby boss 1 48 f 14. Hobbyboss model kit in scale 1 48 80366 is a new tool released in 2010 contents previews reviews history marketplace grumman f 14 tomcat ean. By matthew walker august 5 2011. The kit is large. Hobbyboss model kit in scale 1 48 81771 is a rebox released in 2019 contents previews reviews history marketplace grumman f 14 tomcat ean.
The kit is molded in light gray styrene and presented on 23 parts trees plus the separately packaged upper and lower fuselage halves intake tunnels and radome. Product stock. Hobby boss continues its f 14 series with a modern f 14d. So when hobby boss announced that they were releasing the f 14 tomcat in 1 48 scale i had to take a look.
Hobbyboss 1 48 scale f 14a tomcat there s a lot of detail in this model kit including good gear bays a radar dish in the nose an exposed cannon and a full array of air to air weapons including big phoenix missiles. These engines had some pretty bad shortcomings causing approximately 28 of overall losses throughout the f 14 s service life. There are 27 sprues of well defined gray plastic along with vinyl tires a photoetch fret one sprue of clear parts and three decal sheets.