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"1/48th Revell F-14=20 Tomcat"

by "Ben=20 Snyder"
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Steve Bamford=20 will insert full=20 sized version of photo 01.jpg = here

This model is = Revell's F-14D=20 Tomcat, that has been backdated to resemble the F-14A that was flown = by VF-31=20 from the deck of the USS Forrestal in 1989. The model wears 178 decals = from 3=20 separate sheets to complete the look, one for the general markings, = one for=20 the VF-31 markings, and one for the ship's and pilot's names. It also = has=20 Verlinden's Remove Before Flight tags attached at various points. The = ejection=20 seat rip-cords are scratchbuilt and hand painted to return them to = F-14A=20 specs, and finally the model was weathered with dark pastels. The = model took=20 about 3 months to complete, and was given as a Christmas gift to a = friend, who=20 served in the Navy on the USS Forrestal in 1989, and worked with these = planes=20 everyday.

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Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg=20 <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/03t.jpg"=20 border=3D0>	Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg=20 <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/04t.jpg"=20 border=3D0>	Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg=20 <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/05t.jpg"=20 border=3D0>

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Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here =

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Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 06.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg=20 <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/06t.jpg"=20 border=3D0>	Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 07.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg=20 <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/07t.jpg"=20 border=3D0>	Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 08.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 08.jpg=20 <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/08t.jpg"=20 border=3D0> =

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Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able=20 smaller version of photo 09.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 09.jpg <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/09t.jpg"=20 border=3D0>	Steve Bamford will insert a click-able = smaller version=20 of photo 10.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will = bring up=20 the full sized version of photo 10.jpg=20 <= IMG=20 = src=3D"http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Article-Templates/10t.jpg"=20 = border=3D0>

Photos = and text =A9 2003=20 by "Todd M. = Ryan"