Subject: Re: Hasegawa 1/48 F-14B Tomcat
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Chief Sal" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:31:57 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  From: Chief Sal 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 8:57 PM
  Subject: Hasegawa 1/48 F-14B Tomcat

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  "Hasegawa 1/48 F-14B Tomcat" 
  by "Sal"
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  Tomcats were conceived and designed to be air superiority fighters but eventually evolved into strike fighters at the later half of their 30+ year service career. It is ironic that these beautiful birds killed more targets on the ground with their laser guided bombs & JDAMs than their air-to-air missiles ever did in the air. I believe US Navy Tomcats tallied less than 10 kills through the years. Early Iranian Tomcats claimed 159 air-to-air victories during the Iran-Iraq War (unconfirmed).

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  This Tomcat depicts one of the aircraft that participated in the early stages of Operation Enduring Freedom, operating out of the USS Theodore Roosevelt Oct'01-Mar'02. Fightertown decals were used and GBU-24 bombs and associated launcher were cannibalized from a defunct Academy kit project.
         
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  I applied only light weathering and kept this bird fairly clean compared to how they often looked after months at sea. I didn't want the heavy weathering to detract from the natural design beauty of these aircraft. Enjoy!
  "Sal"
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