tker76

HOBBY MASTER HA5211 1:72 F-14A Tomcat 160382/AJ 202, VF-84 "Jolly Rogers", USS Nimitz, 1977

Announced by Jumblies

tomcatter

lol... do you even have to say that it's "announced by jumblies", mate? they have their name all over the artwork

IflyHA

Another Jolly Rogers. Good for fleet building, bad for variety.

tker76

Ha ha, I had noticed that too..

Still, credit where credit's due.

Jumblies were just the first to announce this time round, so I'm giving them credit..

At this point I would like to point out I personally have never even bought any models from them (given they are in the UK and P&P is a killer); they just got the news out first, as Fortunate Son alerted us all to.

Dominic

JR 202....correct me if I am wrong but CW is also releasing this exact bird.

Skunk Works

Hi, newbie here.

I don't know whether to wait for the Hobby Master or Century Wings of this as I think Dominic is right- they both have the same release here.

tomcatter

depends on whether u prefer flaps down and magnetic gears (and possibly skewed skull/mirror misprint) vs possible high gloss and slightly inaccurate (side steps) detailing?

Dominic

CW JR F14 AJ200 is the one with the flaps down & the one with the messed up skull & bones on the right tail.

CW JR F14 AJ202 is the normal version.

Lets hope CW corrects the error on this releases. Lets hope also HM get it right!

I am particularly interested in this JR AJ202. I believe this EXACT bird is sitting at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Since I am going to be there & seeing it "in the flesh", this is a must have model for me either from CW or HM, whichever is more appealing / right.

tomcatter

oh yeah... my bad. it does however mean that 586437 is not truly limited, and there's an extended 600 production run in the form of CW001621?

quangvietvn

yeah !!! I love F-14 tomcat. I hope have it in my collections soon

tomcatter

well you're in luck, mate. almost every manufacturer is churning one out... jc military, hobbymaster and century wings. calibre wings should be around the corner also...

Skunk Works

Yessss! Good time to have started in this hobby... spoilt for choice!

777-300ER

Actually bad time to start, you could've bought them for half the price a couple of years ago.
The good times when HMs Phantoms were less than 30€ and CWs F-14s cost less than 70.

tomcatter

good time for being spoilt for choice but...

... yeah, the prices have skyrocketed.

Skunk Works

Well, I'm planning to be fairly minimal and sparing in what I buy. I don't need more than one F-14... and really, price inflation applies to everything these days.

tomcatter

if one is all you need, then there's really nothing to worry. a big IF, though

tker76

Yep. That's exactly how we all started..

tomcatter

you started with only wanting one vn spook?

tker76

Not quite, but I started out buying just the one model (A Franklin Mint 1/48 Huey)..

I did start wanting just one Tomcat; in that regard I have come full circle as I currently am planning to sell most, if not all, of my CW F-14s and just keep the VF-1 Wolfpack first cruise releases.

Aaand maybe one or two others

chubbeyfinger

Mine was a FM P-47 Fearless ****, first plane I ever bought, over 2000 now

tomcatter

no interest for the hobbymaster/calibre wings wolfpacks?

Feynman

Haha I was going to say the same!

tomcatter

mother of zinc alloys!!! 2000???

has there even been that many models ever made? dupes?