We are delighted to announce that the F-14D Tomcat – already a popular Tamiya assembly kit in 1/48 scale (Item 61118) – is now being released in 1/72 scale. This is in fact the first Tamiya-designed Tomcat in the 1/72 War Bird Series, which of course offers the modeller a streamlined assembly experience without letting up on the detail. The Tomcat enjoyed an active career from the early 1970s until 2006; initially given a fleet defence 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.

About the Model

• This is a 1/72 scale plastic model assembly kit. Wingspan: 272mm, fuselage length: 265mm
• The sleek yet muscular F-14D form is depicted in style, with one highlight being the moving recreation of the variable sweep wing
• Different parts - interchangeable after completion - depict sealing plates and air bags with the wing in different positions
• Canopy, air intake side sections and fuselage sides are slide moulded to ensure their shapes and surfaces are accurately rendered
• Horizontal stabilisers move thanks to poly caps
• The modeller has a choice of open and closed fuel probe (on the right of the nose) and boarding ladder and step (on fuselage left)
• Parts are included to recreate laser-guided bombs, LANTIRN pod and air-to-air missiles
• The model comes with 2 seated crew figures and 5 U.S. Navy marking options
• Carton quantity is 24 and EAN is 4950344607952