Pics of the 1/32 Famemaster 4D Vision F-14

Black Lion VF-213 · Post by **Black Lion VF-213** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:48 am

I signed up with photobucket and hope I can use them to post pics well.

http://s846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... mview=grid

Adding some more description. There's alot of different things to play with on this Cat. The radar can be positioned anywhere on the vertical axis for scanning (visible when raising the nose cone). The linkages on the main landing gears can be disassembled for closer inspection and easily re-installed. The struts themselves are made of a very dense hard plastic that makes this thing very sturdy on the gears. I was surprised. Not like BBI's F-18 and F-16's rubbery plastic. The fan blades and compressor pieces and plumbing on the engine can all come apart and easily re-installed. Most of plumbing and wiring is visible when you take off the panels for viewing. Main wings swing very smooth. The glove vanes work perfectly. Very flush when they are pivoted back into their slots. If you wanted to customize anything, every single piece and section can be taken apart to make it easy to paint something without masking. That's a nice feature. Also surprising is how flush the panels fit when you put them back. I was thinking that when you took it apart it would have gaps when you got it back together again. Wrong. Well engineered and worth every penny.

I have had a few email discussions with the R&D Director at Famemaster, Mr. Eastman Ting, and they are considering a F-16 like this and another repaint of the Tomcat. I strongly suggested to them that they should complete the rest of the teen series fighters with the F-15 and Hornet series. For that they said they would discuss too. I sent them the link to our forum for discussion. Hopefully they'll become members here!!

cornbreadfred · Post by **cornbreadfred** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:19 am

That looks great! Where can I get one of those?

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:49 am

CORBREADFRED:

Militartytoyshop.com has the 1/32 F-14 at about $149.95.

cornbreadfred · Post by **cornbreadfred** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:52 am

Thanks for the info Dragon, looks like a cool kit.

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:10 am

why is it 4D? Does it travel through time or something?

Black Lion VF-213 · Post by **Black Lion VF-213** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:18 am

Good question.

Fox Tare-28 · Post by **Fox Tare-28** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:01 pm

aferguson wrote:why is it 4D? Does it travel through time or something?

No, but I expect when people are buying this beauty they're going to have dogfight sessions with their 21C A6M2 Zero.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:39 pm

3D + Detail...4D

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vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:44 pm

Black Lion VF-213 wrote:I signed up with photobucket and hope I can use them to post pics well.

http://s846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... mview=grid

Adding some more description. There's alot of different things to play with on this Cat. The radar can be positioned anywhere on the vertical axis for scanning (visible when raising the nose cone). The linkages on the main landing gears can be disassembled for closer inspection and easily re-installed. The struts themselves are made of a very dense hard plastic that makes this thing very sturdy on the gears. I was surprised. Not like BBI's F-18 and F-16's rubbery plastic. The fan blades and compressor pieces and plumbing on the engine can all come apart and easily re-installed. Most of plumbing and wiring is visible when you take off the panels for viewing. Main wings swing very smooth. The glove vanes work perfectly. Very flush when they are pivoted back into their slots. If you wanted to customize anything, every single piece and section can be taken apart to make it easy to paint something without masking. That's a nice feature. Also surprising is how flush the panels fit when you put them back. I was thinking that when you took it apart it would have gaps when you got it back together again. Wrong. Well engineered and worth every penny.

I have had a few email discussions with the R&D Director at Famemaster, Mr. Eastman Ting, and they are considering a F-16 like this and another repaint of the Tomcat. I strongly suggested to them that they should complete the rest of the teen series fighters with the F-15 and Hornet series. For that they said they would discuss too. I sent them the link to our forum for discussion. Hopefully they'll become members here!!

Thanks for the info! The pics of the Tom with the Phantom look awesome! Neat that you talked with Mr. Ting, hopefully if he does check out the forum he isn't ran off as well...

Thanks again for the review, definitely getting one of these!

snake · Post by **snake** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:38 am

I just got mine last week,and it is awesome

Very detailed.

Rare and unique model.

Highly recommended.

Black Lion VF-213 · Post by **Black Lion VF-213** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:25 am

Thanks for comments. Glad y'all like seeing them. I tell you it isn't like putting together one of our 32x or XD out of the box in a matter of minutes. Because of so many pieces and the incredibly detailed instructions, it will take on the average 2 hours to assemble. Took me 2 hrs 15 minutes.

Here's some tips on assembling.

You will have to completely disassemble the forward fuselage, canopy and all to get the cockpit tub, radar, landing gear bay, and nose cone in place. Then re-assemble it back. It's not hard. Just do it that way and nothing will break.

Do follow the build sequence of the instructions except for:

1. Do not put on the vertical tails as early as the instructions say to do. Put them on as the very last item. In order to get the landing gears on you will need to lay the plane on its back on a stack of cushioning...a big pillow is perfect. The tall tails will hinder your progress. But don't worry the vertical tails are the easiest thing to put on.
2. Same for the missiles and their racks/pylons. Put them on while she's on her back. You'll see why

Other than it's very fun to assemble and challenging in some places and soooo cool to see it coming together until it's finished. Considering the way every piece comes apart. This plane would make the perfect specimen for doing a maintenance diorama at let's say...NAS Oceana!!

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:20 am

This is one bird I Wish I could get along with a bbi-f-4

Bryce · Post by **Bryce** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:39 am

Does it require glue?

Black Lion VF-213 · Post by **Black Lion VF-213** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:15 pm

Not at all

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:10 pm

Not for me but nice.

la817291 · Post by **la817291** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:48 am

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:03 pm

whats the price you guys have paid???

pcoughran · Post by **pcoughran** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:49 pm

I got mine from Military Toy Store for $149 without shipping but there was another etailer in another post/thread on this 1/32 forum that had them for $119 before shipping - look for the other thread for the link to the etailer.

Volksdeutsch · Post by **Volksdeutsch** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:49 am

i saw these on line for 139.99 i will need to track down the site and post it.
it may have been on ebay can we post those??

pcoughran · Post by **pcoughran** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:36 pm

Found the site:

http://www.militaryissue.com/product_info.po?ID=16846

Good luck!

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:54 am

i called military issue (Historic sales) they are sold out and have been for a couple weeks. we need another source!

Volksdeutsch · Post by **Volksdeutsch** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:35 pm

i received an email stating that thier order at historic has sold out before they even received them.

snake · Post by **snake** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:38 pm

As far as I can tell,MilitaryToyshop still has then in stock.

http://www.militarytoyshop.com/prodtype ... istory=cat

$150.Cheaper than I got from the Japanese dealer that I got my first one from.

If you are interested in aquiring this unique model,I wouldn't wait too long on this one.
You might miss out.

Shin Densetsu · Post by **Shin Densetsu** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:59 am

Are the landing gears actually retractable? Also how durable/sturdy is this? It looks awesome. Do the parts stay on pretty well, as in, if you fly it across the room dogfighting other 1/32 aircraft, will all the removable parts stay on?

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