Description
Scale plastic model 1/72 Aircraft F-14A TOMCAT Italeri 1414
Paints and glue are not included!
The kit includes:
sprues with parts,
frame,
decals,
model painting scheme,
step-by-step instruction.
The American supersonic twin-engine aircraft Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the symbol of US Navy fighter squadrons in the 80s and 90s. it is characterized by the use of a variable-sweep wing, a two-fin tail and a tandem two-seater cabin. TOMCAT showed impressive performance characteristics. Thanks to two General Electric Afterburning turbofan engines, it was able to reach a top speed of Mach 2.34. It was armed with a 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon and could use, in addition to the more traditional AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow, long-range radar-guided AIM-54 Phoenix missiles. The F-14 entered service in the 1970s, replacing the F-4 Phantom II for air superiority. During his operational career, he participated in many military operations, from the Gulf of Sirte crisis to the Ira