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Man, you ppl need to settle down. I think the scale is 1/100. Now if yamato would get on the ball on VF-19 FP.

Anybody confirm that is it now Sept is the release date for the MPC Alpha?

You can count me out on this junk. Why isnt Yamato sticking to 1/48 scale? It is working for them... is it?

I always skip that kind of stupid crap. Something told me that this was crap from the beginning.

yup! SHE kit Damn! I was hoping for a vf-4 toy. ARRRGH!

Hey I see that VF-4. Is that a garage kit?

Definitely a nice job!

Well all are good but I made customs of VF-1S Max DYRL and VF-1A DYRL Kakizaki. I would like to see the VF-1A CF. I think a limited edition would be the VF-1J CF. I woud like to have a TV Max as well but VT-1 Ostrich would be good to have as well. I am not getting tired of the VF-1 series but I would like to see more variety like VF-4, VF-19 FP, and YF-21. Now the VB-6 Koenig Monster is a definite variety.

That is because they are easier to afford.

Jennifer garner get naked? Not likely. Besides, she is a little flat chested.

Well, I will wait ans see how the 1st Alpha turn out before I buy the other 2. As for the Shadow, I dont think they will make too many part different. Cost would be too high.

Hoping for the 2 seater VF 1/48 as well.

I dont ever remember seeing the fanliner or the hovercycle came out.

All in good fun.

Actually I thought the Southern Cross/ Robotech masters, the Earth fleet couldnt't do jack crap... and Jack left town. (In Southern Cross it was a different planet not Earth.) That fleet and the supreme commander were useless. Send a fleet up only to get owned. They keep sending fleets up only to be get continually owned. Only a Squadron of Hovertanks lead by a winey blonde were able to beat the enemy ... Sheesh.

Damn straight!

I really think the F/A-18 is a great strike fighter but it will be nothing like the F-14. I will miss them. I talked to some Tomcat pilots a couple of years ago when they were here for SeaFair and they said it was premature to retire the Tomcat. It makes me real sad to see them go.

Although keeping the F-14 out of Soviet hands was important, the U.S. was more concerned about the brand-new, top-secret Pheonix missile attached to the F-14 when it went over. I recently read DARK WATERS, a book about the history of the NR-1, the Navy's little nuclear reasearch submarine (research= legitimate science as well as black ops). What happened is that there are a bunch of reporters on the Kennedy for Press Day during NATO exercises... and the Pheonix is brand new. As the pilot was taxiing (sp?) off the F-14 suddenly accelerated off of the aircraft carrier (later determined to be a stuck throttle). While the pilot and RIO were able to safely eject, the plane, and the U.S.'s new super-secret missile were lost in thousands of feet of water. Not only did the press report this, but Soviet spy ships (trawlers outfitted with a whole assortment of electronics gear) were in the area and knew this happened. So the NR-1 was called over to Scotland to begin searching for the Navy's new plane and missile before the Soviets try to grap it with one of their trawler nets. The NR-1 searched the area and found nothing. Technicians pointed out that, because the wings were swept forward, their was a strong possibility that the plane "flew" to the bottom instead of sank straight down, which extended the serach area a couple hundred square miles more. Also, they pointed out that recovery should be easy since the plane probably touched down on it's landing gears and was probably just sitting normal down there waiting for someone to find it. Needless to say, the NR-1 found a long furrow in the mud and followed it to the F-14, flipped upside down and entangled in a bunch of, presumably, Soviet nets. And the Pheonix missile was missing. After several aborted attempts to raise the plane, the NR-1 finally took pictures of the cockpit in hopes that the techs could analyze the controls and see what went wrong, and went off in search of the missing missile. They eventually found the missile as well, although need-to-know meant that no one had told the crew of the NR-1 that they were looking for a very large missile, so they kept dinking around looking for a sidewinder. Just a little tidbit. Actually they did salvage the Tomcat later. I saw pictures of it. I have to find it. I read that it was an expensive operation as well. Funny they spent that much money to prevent it from falling into USSR hands only to have the only country that the f-14 was exported to go revolutionary and be friendly with comunist states.

Well I know I will get this Alpha and do a wait and see attitude. The veritech MPCs really pissd me off. Of course I bought 2 of each before I discovered the 1/48 line.

I dont get cosplay either. If the girls are cute in them, great. Then are some who shouldnt be wear those costumes.

I collect 1 for non-macross stuff like the reissues of Transformers. Macross stuff like the 1/48s... well I have 39 of them now.I like to keep some MIB.

F-14s were used in the very very late stages of the Vietnam "Police Action". 2 squadrons were deployed on the USS Enterprise. Only two air-to-air engagements that the F-14s were involved in.

More trivia on my Fav fighter jet: 1. First flight on 21 December 1970 2. In 1974, the two squadrons, the VF-1 Wolfpack and the VF-2 Bounty Hunters, were deployed and assigned to the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). 3. F-14A: (2) TF30-414A Afterburning Turbofans with over 40,000 lb Total Thrust F-14B/D: (2) F110-GE400 Afterburning Turbofans with over 54,000 lb Total Thrust. 3. In 19 August 1981 2 Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighters attacked 2 F-14s of the VF-41 Black Aces stationed on the USS Nimitz CVN-68. Both Su-22s were destroyed by AIM-9 Sidewinders. 4. January 4, 1989, 2 Libyan MiG-23s went after 2 A-6 Intruders. 2 VF-32 F-14s were on CAP. Guess who lost? Engagement lasted over 6 mins. 5. F-14 Tomcat was based on the USAF FB-111 Ardvark. 6. In late 1995 the F-14 Tomcat took on a new combat mission as part of Operation Deliberate Force in Bosnia. Nicknammed "Bombcat's", they delivered laser-guided bombs while other aircraft painted the targets with lasers. With the addition of the precision strike mission for F-14 aircrews, there was a shift in the emphasis of training; flight hours now have to be devoted to air-to-ground training as well as for air-to-air training. 7. The person responsible for the F-14 project was Admiral Tom Conolly, Deputy Chief, Naval Operations for Air. The aircraft was dubbed "Tom's Cat" long before the official name of "Tomcat" was ever adopted. 8. The F-14 "D" model houses the APG-71 digital radar. F-14A had the AWG-9 pulse-Doppler radar . 9. F-14 is by far the heaviest plane operated on a carrier. Last heavy jet was the A-5 Vigilante. 10. US Navy took great lengths to salvage/recover a F-14 Tomcat that rolled off a carrier with 2 Phoenix missiles attached so that USSR could not salvage it. It didnt matter since the fall of the Shah in Iran, the new regime had good relations with USSR and Iran was the only country that US export the F-14s to.

Folks, They say 2 year IF AND ONLY IF they make the decision to go with the beta/tread. They said it is huge and from what it sound like it may not fit on the standard packaging.

Good luck to you. I hope to see it. Now I am confused how the SDF-2 looks different from the Macross Perfect Memory. The SDF-2 Megaroad looks the SDF-1 but have the ARMDs as the arms and is longer than the SDF-1.