This is like my second chance of building a F-14 Tomcat, after wrecking my last one. I tried to get the exact model kit, but the closest I could come up with is this 1/2 F-14B Tomcat Jolly Rogers by Hasegawa. This is a much more detailed kit, and of course it costs much more too.
For starters, the kits features fully recessed panel lines, unlike my previous Hasegawa F-14 Tomcat. As you can guess from the picture, it also contains a lot more parts, that’s why I’m saving this model till I improve on my modelling skills. I don’t want to wreck the same plane twice 
The kit also contains some photo-etched metal parts, which I have never had to deal with before. Quite frankly this is going to be a challenge for me, and I’m already learning a lot of valuable lessons building simpler model kits.
I have this “thing” for the F-14 Tomcat. Perhaps it was due to watching Topgun years ago.
Still, the F-14 is one of the slickest, most well-designed aircrafts used by the US Navy. It looks macho, mean and dangerous too. I particularly like the Jolly Rogers markings on the plane.
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nice kit. good luck for your new F-14 Tomcat. i’ll be watching this