- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: SAM Publications (Oct 31 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0955185866
- ISBN-13: 978-0955185861
- Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 20.4 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,378,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat: A Comprehensive Guide, Sep 15 2009
By George Bracken "George" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Grumman F-14 Tomcat: A Comprehensive Guide (Paperback)
A good capsule history of the F-14 Tomcat backed up with an excelent photographic collection. Detail photos and profiles aide the modeller in addition to kit and accessory summaries. An overall execelent addition to this series.
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Slightly better than previous volumes, April 1 2012
By Jim Davis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Grumman F-14 Tomcat: A Comprehensive Guide (Paperback)
This is the 15th book in what was SAM Publications' Modeler's Datafile series but now is merely called the MDF Series. The book is an 8-1/4" x 11-3/4", 128 page, card cover with extensive color photos and artwork. There is also an 8 page equivalent foldout at the rear which has a six view line drawing of an F-14A in 1/48th scale. That the aircraft just fits gives a good impression of its size.On the down side this book still has most of the weaknesses of the previous three books on the F-4. There are numerous typos("AIM-9 Sparrow and AIM-7 Sidewinder"), errors of fact ("The three stage fan rotates on the same shaft as the six-stage low-pressure compressor and the seven-stage high-pressure compressor."), photo captions which merely repeat the text word for word (some photos have the same caption), and captions that are just plain wrong (an Su-22 kill marking misidentified as a MiG-23).
But there was more upside this time around. There was a good "walkaround" section, some nice pages on the AIM-54 Phoenix missile and the TARPS pod, and a nice chapter on flying the F-14 from the perspective of an RIO.
In short, I came away with the impression that my money was not completely wasted this time around. There are many better books on the F-14 but this one actually adds a little something to the pool of published information albeit at a high price.
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