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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: No.1 on January 13, 2013, 11:19:41 AM

Title: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 13, 2013, 11:19:41 AM

New relaxed start. This work is just in case... who knows, maybe one day I will have orders :))

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 13, 2013, 02:48:12 PM

This will be great!!! :-clap

Will you do some plane with markings or you will stop on the layout?
Maybe Iranian F-14? :)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 13, 2013, 06:06:16 PM

I guess that I will make 30 to 40 color profiles and include all operators so there will be Iran too. Just to have a time...

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 13, 2013, 06:10:58 PM

Wooooooohooooooooooooooooo!! :-tri :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Nico Braas on January 13, 2013, 06:14:24 PM

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 13, 2013, 06:20:28 PM

You pic Nico i great, but i love Iranian Tomcat in this camouflage much more then in desert comouflage.

(http://www.aereo.jor.br/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/F-14-Iran.jpg)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 13, 2013, 06:27:48 PM

This Tomcat is great but colors are too much blend ;) But reason to try to make profile one day

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 14, 2013, 11:11:30 AM

More progress this morning, panels and cockpit :)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 14, 2013, 12:37:52 PM

 :-clap :-ok

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 14, 2013, 04:34:41 PM

Shadows and exhaust ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 14, 2013, 07:07:16 PM

Now it look like Tomcat!! :)) :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 14, 2013, 07:15:01 PM

Especially with living species inside :))

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 14, 2013, 11:13:11 PM

 :-clap :-ok

I enjoy in this progress!! :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Second Air Force on January 15, 2013, 01:03:41 AM

It's hard to believe the F-14 is no longer active here in the U.S. Does anyone know a rough number of those still in service with the Iranian forces?

Sall and Nico, those are great photos, and profile is great also, No.1!

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Nico Braas on January 15, 2013, 12:32:16 PM

Iran received in total some 60 Tomcats including spare parts and including Phoenix missiles.
After the revolution all support was stopped but Iranian F-14's have been updated with Russian systems.
Currently some 20 must still be airworthy.
Here is another small image opdate!

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 15, 2013, 01:29:39 PM

Thank you friends :) There is remain to do some overlaping panels and stencils on airplane.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 15, 2013, 03:20:49 PM

Good site:

http://www.f-14association.com/gallery.htm

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 15, 2013, 06:04:27 PM

Development completed (for this variation) and after rest I will make first color profile tonight.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 15, 2013, 06:58:07 PM

Good job mate!! :-clap :-clap

Can't wait profiles! :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 15, 2013, 08:20:30 PM

And color profile is here, machine engaged in Gulf of Sidra accident in 1981 when it score one air kill.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 15, 2013, 09:27:07 PM

Very nice!! :-clap Profile with story, i like this!! :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 15, 2013, 09:39:28 PM

Nobody knows right number of Iranian Tomcat that can fly and fight, because Iran is hiding that information like snake her legs!! ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Second Air Force on January 15, 2013, 11:00:24 PM

I have also heard that Iran was still flying some twenty Tomcats, Nico. Pretty impressive work to keep such an old, complicated, design flying with limited support.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: 0viking0 on January 31, 2013, 09:42:56 PM

Finally some jets :) Very nice work.

And guys... Do you really think that Iranian F-14 would be airworthy for all that years without support from USA? Don't be so naive.
AMARC is full of F-14 spare parts that are worth zillions to Iranian.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on January 31, 2013, 10:47:55 PM

Time will say all about that... in the event of war I am not sure that they will really count on F-14. Rules will brake for sure. New war will not be local... I guess.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on January 31, 2013, 11:33:52 PM

Anyway, i like to see Iranian F-14 in the air and with rockets!! :-flo They have very nice camouflages!
I love IRIAF! A loooooot of beautiful planes!! Just say fighters:F-14, F-4, MiG-29, F-5, HESA Saeqeh, Su-24, F-7!! A loooooot of different planes!! :-tri I would like to be on some 'open day' in some Iranian Air Force base and see all this planes!! :-tri
Maybe one day, or in some Iranian Air Museum one day, will see... :-flo

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 11, 2013, 07:51:55 PM

Black Bunny :))

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: 0viking0 on March 11, 2013, 08:14:24 PM

Very nice bunny

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 11, 2013, 09:03:35 PM

Thank you ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Second Air Force on March 11, 2013, 10:32:43 PM

I've seen the Bunny fly, both as a Phantom and then this Tomcat version. VX-4 had some neat looking airplanes!!!

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 11, 2013, 10:37:33 PM

And all black :))

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 12, 2013, 09:55:26 PM

Playboy! :)) :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 12, 2013, 11:14:07 PM

And one for test :)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 13, 2013, 12:01:21 AM

 :-clap :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 13, 2013, 03:38:12 PM

One from Nellis ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 13, 2013, 07:03:12 PM

 :-clap :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 13, 2013, 08:12:34 PM

:))

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 13, 2013, 10:23:53 PM

Another one ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 14, 2013, 02:17:29 AM

Beauty!! :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 10:10:32 AM

نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 10:56:43 AM

Another one ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 11:48:46 AM

Interesting place:

http://www.3wiredesign.com/Tail-Flashes.html

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: 0viking0 on March 16, 2013, 01:56:56 PM

Quote from: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 10:56:43 AM

Another one ;)

Good one, but You made the same 2 mistakes as I did. Wrong vertical fin, and antennas behind cockpit are too big.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 02:50:22 PM

No good close ups to regret :(

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 03:00:14 PM

This is source image:

(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/3/1/1677136.jpg)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: 0viking0 on March 16, 2013, 03:25:28 PM

Yes, if You zoom in this photo, You can see  old style hexagonal stiffners at the top of the tail.
All Iranian Tomcats have those.

This is correct tail for Iranian F-14

http://www.andysmodels.me.uk/models/images/Misc/ARC/F14A_Tails_old.jpg


This is new tail with different stiffners plate and new bottom root of the tail

http://www.andysmodels.me.uk/models/images/Misc/ARC/F14A_Tails_new.jpg

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 03:33:43 PM

With deep respect to draftsman... any image of original subject related to the tail? And I agree, antenna just behind cockpit is shorter height. Is this Iranian feature only?

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: 0viking0 on March 16, 2013, 04:30:37 PM

This is the best what I have, but You can see the point.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2166/11111ht.jpg

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 04:55:37 PM

This is fine, thank you :) :-ok

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 16, 2013, 06:40:35 PM

I like your profiles mate! :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 16, 2013, 09:27:44 PM

Thanks :)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 18, 2013, 04:03:47 PM

One more machine ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 18, 2013, 04:53:47 PM

 :-clap :-clap
Very nice! :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 20, 2013, 07:00:55 PM

Thank you :)) Next one...

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 20, 2013, 07:58:12 PM

 :-clap :-ok

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 25, 2013, 09:07:43 AM

One more Tomcat :))

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 25, 2013, 01:09:51 PM

Look very nice! :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 25, 2013, 02:03:18 PM

New one :))

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 25, 2013, 03:45:46 PM

New...

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 25, 2013, 04:20:34 PM

You are very fast!! :-clap :-clap
And profiles are great!! :-clap :-ok

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 25, 2013, 04:28:54 PM

One more Tomcat and I will take a break ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 25, 2013, 06:25:12 PM

Last machine in this turn

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Sall on March 26, 2013, 07:46:07 PM

I like this one! :-ok :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on March 26, 2013, 08:19:09 PM

Thank you :)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on July 16, 2014, 09:40:28 PM

One more ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Nico Braas on July 17, 2014, 12:50:11 AM

Question: did the Iranians use the Phoenix AAM??

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on July 17, 2014, 07:25:07 AM

I talk few years ago with friend who was involved in process of delivery of Tomcat in Iran and he say that they did not received Phoenix. Some data say they get few and that one sample was exchanged with Soviets for some technical assistance in fleet maintenance (also mentioned one Tomcat exchanged but as for missile, no proof). Color profile is based on image where it have missiles shown and my guess it is made during the test in USA.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Jicehem on July 20, 2014, 12:30:00 PM

Hi mate,

Very nice profiles. Bravo ! I like Tomcat very much.
I have some pretty pictures of Tomcats aboard some US aircraft carriers in Marseilles...

Jicehem :-wave

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on July 20, 2014, 12:41:52 PM

Their fleet was all around and I am sure there is great images.

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: Jicehem on July 20, 2014, 03:52:11 PM

Yes, maybe... like the following ones ?
In June 1986 aboard USS America :
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/10/07/63/16/grumma21.jpg)

(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/10/07/63/16/grumma22.jpg)

Aboard USS Forrestal, on 27 December 1989 :
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/10/07/63/16/grumma23.jpg)

Jicehem :-wave

Title: Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Post by: No.1 on July 20, 2014, 04:11:50 PM

Beautiful, with still hight visibility markings present ;)