Tamiya 60795 Grumman F-14D Tomcat 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kit

Tamiya ventured into the modeling business in 1948, with a scale wooden ship model kit. Since then, Tamiya has been striving to offer merchandise that can truly be called 'First in Quality Around the World.' Now Tamiya is offering more than 300 different products, both in the fields of precision static models and high performance radio control vehicles. These products are not only sold in Japan but also exported in vast quantities to the United States, Europe, South East Asia, and to many other parts of the world. The standard of excellence achieved by Tamiya is regarded as among the very finest in the world of model hobbies. This finely detailed plastic model kit requires assembly and painting. Item is brand new and in its original factory packaging. Listing images are stock pictures provided by the manufacturer or the distributor. The Tomcat enjoyed an active career from the early 1970s until 2006; initially given a fleet defense role, in the 1990s the Tomcat’s superb range saw that role expanded to include strike missions, and then later that decade the addition of the LANTIRN targeting pod meant it could undertake long-range bombing runs using laser-guided ordnance. The F-14D was the final variant, which inherited its F-14B predecessor’s General Electric F110-GE-400 engines and was given major upgrades to avionics. It reached units from 1992, serving in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan. It finally retired from U.S. Navy service in 2006. This 1/72 scale plastic model assembly kit features a wingspan of 272 mm and a fuselage length of 265 mm with variable sweep wings accurately depicted. Interchangeable parts allow the sealing plates and air bags to be shown with the wings in various positions even after completion, while the canopy, air intake side sections, and fuselage sides are slide molded to ensure precise shapes and surface detail. The horizontal stabilizers are movable thanks to poly caps, and the modeler can choose between open or closed configurations for the fuel probe on the right side of the nose as well as the boarding ladder and step on the left side of the fuselage. Parts are included to recreate laser guided bombs, a LANTIRN pod, and air to air missiles, and the kit includes two seated crew figures along with five U.S. Navy marking options.