Subject: Re: Hasegawa/Fightertown 1/72 F14D sunset
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jean-Charles GODDET" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:48:54 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jean-Charles GODDET 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 5:56 AM
  Subject: Hasegawa/Fightertown 1/72 F14D sunset

  Gallery Template #05

  "Hasegawa 1/72 GRUMMAN F14D Tomcat Sunset

  VF-31 TOMCATTERS BuNo163904 Sept 29 2006" 

  by "Jean-Charles GODDET"
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  For my third post for ARC I choose to show you one of my tomcats. I'm a great fan of this plane now retired and I know I'm not alone in this case. This plane is a hasegawa 1/72 F14D Tomcat from the box and I added decals FTD72003 from Fightertown to represent the last Tomcat BuNo 163904 from NAS Oceana VF-31 TOMCATTERS. This plane was one of two Tomcats had been chosen to make the ceremonial last flight for USNavy it was in low visibility camouflage, the other was in full color markings. I represented the plane shortly after Sunset ceremonies September 29 2006 when it landed for the last time at NAS North Island. Just after it was transported to its final home the Hawaiian Air Museum (It could be an intersting trip isn't it?)

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  The hasegawa kit is complete, all the F14 D model details are represented (double chin pod under the nose, General Electric F110 engines, NACA inlets near the gun, ejection seats Martin Baker SJU-17 NACES). I choose to show the plane with no external tanks and missiles/bombs as it was to the end of its carreer. The camouflage is the standard low visibilty 3 colors Upper side Grey Blue FS35237 Gunze H337, noise and vertical stabilators Grey FS36320 Gunze H307, Lower side Grey FS36375 Mr Color H308. I done a little weathering to online the panels and structure lines. Decals from Fightertown are nice, I like a lot the tomcat badge USNAVY'S LAST FIGHTER in two parts to avoid mis-printing.

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  I hope you like my model, for me I never forgot this plane it has a specific place in my mind. Perhaps because it was the star of a famous movie but also one the best interceptor never built with the couple of its radar/phoenix missiles able to track a lot of adversaries in the same time and at a maximum range. My only regret not to have the oportunity to see a real one in the sky (I have perhaps one chance in Iran, some apprently continue to fly, not easy but it is a dream).

  ANYTIME BABY.

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  Photos and text © by "Jean-Charles GODDET"