Tom's Cat
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Excellent work here Nizmo.
same boat man, It was on hold short for about 5 min waiting for the rain to clear at Hanscom before the shutdown. Rain never let up, taxi’d right past us.
Maybe it’ll be like how the P-51’s fly with the raptor and other a/c, then I think I may see the 14 fly….
I got to see a fair few of them when working with a couple of US carriers prior to going into the Middle East. Even got to sit 500 yards off the port side for a couple of days just watching take-offs and landings. Had a couple come flying at us from astern and then go vertical when level with us. Just disappeared from view. Awesome. Got up close on one of the flight decks so they are just as impressive up close.
Nothing and I mean nothing is more beautiful than an F-14 in flight. This is guaranteed to raise objections / comments and this is entirely my opinion and I’m entitled to have one….:D
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Nothing and I mean nothing is more beautiful than an F-14 in flight. This is guaranteed to raise objections / comments and this is entirely my opinion and I’m entitled to have one….:D
This is what we all have, we all have “our” aircrafts!
I love Rafale and Mitsubishi F-2 much more than everything else, and I really don’t like F-14… Others hate the Rafale and the F-2…
You see, what is important there is to have something we have passion for!
As long as people have passion for something, they do their best, so, I am happy with it!
Cheers,
Radium
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[sorry for the duplicate, didn’t see the replies up there…]
The so-called combiner glass has always been the same, the reason you don’t recall seeing it on early versions is that the early ones had the AN/AVG-12 HUD use the inside of the windscreen as the projection surface and therefore didn’t have a mechanically separate “HUD” at all.
Hello,
Just my little 100 yens…
I never saw a F-14A/B with a twin glasses reflector for the HUD…
I believed, only F-14D had…
Any document about it?
I would really appreciate it.
Cheers,
Radium
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[sorry for the duplicate, didn’t see the replies up there…]
The so-called combiner glass has always been the same, the reason you don’t recall seeing it on early versions is that the early ones had the AN/AVG-12 HUD use the inside of the windscreen as the projection surface and therefore didn’t have a mechanically separate “HUD” at all.
Dear Stingray,
Thank you so much for this answer.
I am not a specialist about the Tomcat at all.
I simply figured out that combined glass system was only integrated in the F-14D.
So, this is the reason why I mentioned this, while I knew both F-14A and B had windshield projected HUDs, I didn’t found any pictured source of the combined glass HUD on a F-14B.
Thank you for your information,
Kindly yours,
Radium
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@ToS:
Well, not quite https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?17143-F-14B-Model-Pit&p=247875&viewfull=1#post247875
A late F14B with the new HUD would require some more work on the front panels
Yes, this updated hud system incorporates a new pilot armament panel. Yes I will model this.
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Yes, this updated hud system incorporates a new pilot armament panel. Yes I will model this.
Perfect
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Excellent work with the skins mate.
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Amazeballs! :woohoo:
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Amazing - Thanks man!
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gorgeous!!
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Nice Images Nizmo. Looks like it is coming along nicely.
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Can´t wait to see that Beauty flying! Great work Nizmo! :bowd:
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BMS! Tomcatters! Artisans! Two days ago I witnessed this magnificent 747-8 touch down in my nation’s capital:
Onboard (next to a very cool Lufthansa guy with a German flag, hanging out of the cockpit even before the jet had fully touched down) was our national soccer team with a lump of solid gold.
The jet performed a low fly in at about 1,000 ft with wings waving above the ‘Straße des 17. Juni’ - pretty impressive sight. After takeoff it took a few more low level fly overs over Berlin before heading out for the home port in Frankfurt.
After 10 years in the making we are the Soccer World Champion. Watching the cup without losing my job made it impossible to do anything else though. Before that I took a nice little timeout in my other home - sunny Minnesota. So now that all that is done I can get back to the important things in life…such as this project.
Expect an update, Baby
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This is… impressive!!!
WOOOOOOOOW!!!
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the pit looks so good, it could pass for the real thing. Great work Nizmo, it looks like you are closing on completion:D
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Just would need a Koweit / Iraq scenario and the loop would be complete…
Really nice work here !
Cheers
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If I can share an external link- read this page by a former RIO about his tomcat experiences and opinions. Good perspective comparing the F-15 and Super Hornet as well. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/an-elite-f-14-airman-explains-why-the-tomcat-was-so-imp-1610043625/1610224281/+travis
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If I can share an external link- read this page by a former RIO about his tomcat experiences and opinions. Good perspective comparing the F-15 and Super Hornet as well. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/an-elite-f-14-airman-explains-why-the-tomcat-was-so-imp-1610043625/1610224281/+travis
I really liked the muscle-car to mini-van comparison!
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Argh, Nizmo, how long will you make us suffer?..:D
The cockpit WIP images look very advanced. Super job.