Rhinolover Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) This is my interpretation of one of the greatest Hoser "Now, this is no Sh!t" stories. For those of you all not familiar with the famous Tomcat v Eagle engagement...here it is as Hoser described it. This passage has been approved for use here by the legend himself. Now, this is no ****! Towards the end of the AIM/ACE -- EVAL, things had heated up between the Eagle and Turkey pilots. At the Nellis O’club many innuendoes and challenges had been thrown out as a result of the high profile dog fights between the Tomcat/Eagle Blue Force and the F-5Es. The Blue Force F-15 drivers were threatened with a court martial, flying rubber dog **** outta Hong Kong and having their birthday taken away if they even thought about locking horns with ACEVAL Tomcats. When the test sorties were finally over, a couple of F-15 instructors in the 415th training squadron took the bait. “Turk†Pentecost and I were a section. Turk was not nearly as cocky, arrogant and boisterous as D-Hose, but just as aggressive, smart, devious and just as good a stick. We briefed a very wide hook, an altitude split of 10k ft. and a radar sort @ 25nm by Bill “Hill Billy†Hill and “Fearless†Frank Schumacher. All pre-merge heat and radar missiles didn’t count. It was GUNS only at the merge. The wide hook enabled Turk and D-Hose to split the fight into (2)1v1’s, with one Turkey high, one low and lots of lateral separation. As Hill Billy and D-hose closed for a 250ft, guns kill on their Eagle, the comm went like this: D-hose: "Where are you Turk?" Fearless: "Right above you Hoser" D-hose: "We got two cons! Who’s out front?" Turk (mildly offended): "Who do ya think?" Both Eagles were gunned, “knock it off†was called, and the Tomcats RTB’d with a 500 knot, 6.5g, half second break at Nellis…cuz that was our salute and tribute to our fine VX-4 maintenance personnel. Knowing the gun camera film would be destroyed by the Nellis Photo lab, it was covertly sent to a secret contact at Grumman for processing. Bout a month later, December 6, the door slams open and General Knight, with 2 of his staff, doggie wobble heads entered demanding to know “who and where are Hoser and Turk?†Falcon (J.W. Taylor), OinC, stepped up asking if he could be of assistance. The General respondes with, “Your fighter jocks have no idea how their playful antics affect important political decisions!†Well, as General Knight proceeded to explain, Japan had contracted for twenty one F-15s, but an article in Aviation Week had talked about the F-14 being superior to the Eagle. With gun camera film to prove it, Japan was considering buying F-14s instead. The General told JW he wanted ALL copies of the gun camera film, the TVSU/VCR tapes, and audio recordings on his desk by 0900 the next day. He was obviously ****** when he arrived, but as a result of the humility and contrition displayed by Turk and D-hose, he was satisfied that his mission was accomplished. Of course, D-hose and Turk didn’t want to embarrass the F-15 community, and they never mentioned the incident again…UNTIL NOW! ……. A few months later at a VX-4 at JW’s , D-Hose sez “Hey Falcon, I know ya got a copy of that 16mm gun film,,,, how bout it? JW bugs for a few and returns with film I have in my hand right now. PS: The 8†x 10†single frame of the 16 mm gun film on my bulkhead in my ‘ war room’ shows a F-15 thru a F-14 HUD, radar lock, @250ft, Vc zero, piper on the pilot’s helmet, gun selected, No X over the ‘G’ = master arm on = half detent on trigger depressed, (which activates gun camera and opens the gun gass purge doors) with… Zero rounds remaining……. Good Thing!!! Here is the original image from the Tomcat gun camera... The Model... This is the Hasegawa 1/48 kit. It was built OOB with a bit of scratch styrene added. The decals are the great FT VX-4 Test Cats sheet. The base image is the original gun camera image cleaned up and enhanced. It was then dropped into the F-14A windscreen and instrument panel image. **Notes** Hoser worked with me to get the correct configuration of the Tomcat at the time of the Eagle kill. Notice the port spoilers are up about 4" and the Tomcat is in a decending turn to the left rolling down and over on the Eagle. The wings were full forward, slats deployed, and flaps full down. The airbrake had just been closed. The engines were at full idle and the cans were full open per Hoser. Also, and interesting note is the lack of red under the control surfaces. It was painted over to mask the configuration of the A/C to the adversary A/C. Red only remained under the spoilers. Signed by the legend himself... Edited October 13, 2010 by Rhinolover Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnS Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 It turned out great. Well done John! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishGreek Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Great story and awesome job on the Tom! Love the paint and the control surfaces rock! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Heck of a story and a great model to go with it! Sweet! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manuel J. Armas S. Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Amazing.... i love it... Greetings... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
g0_command0 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 excellent as always!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Looks awesome how come there is no marking apart from the pilot names on the canopy?? Cheers Neo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumman Guy Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Visible proof that the Tomcat was and is better than the Eagle. The aircraft in the Eval were painted in a special experimental scheme developed by Keith Ferris, so no other markings were applied. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 WHOA!!! Awesome presentation as with all your other builds! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 A fitting tribute! And I haven't seen a Ferris camo on a model for a loooong time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xavi84 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 That is all sorts of EFFING AWESOME! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JB2013 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Visible proof that the Tomcat was and is better than the Eagle. Even more proof to bring these hot birds BACK INTO SERVICE FOR () SAKE!!! BTW: Awesome build! I really like the Ferris camo on the Tomcat. I don't know why this never worked? Keep up the good work pal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C-130CrewChief Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 I wonder how many times over the years Eagles have gone against Tomcats? I wonder what the over all outcome average is. I'm an Eagle fan, so I can't agree that the Tomcat is better from one engagement. Awesome model though! You can really pull some stuff off! Looking forward to seeing your next masterpiece! Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Quijano Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Anytime baby! Awesome story Rhino. The Tomcat is topnotch and the display even better. Really eyecatcher. Regards. Q Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Outstanding work John. It all came together perfectly. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fan Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Outstanding job on this in flight diorama... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Outstanding Story John. STUNNING TOMCAT and the display is AWESOME... :wub: HOLMES :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Awesome Build and Display ! Visible proof that the Tomcat was and is better than the Eagle. Kill Count would say otherwise ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cvnf14p3ordy Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Rhinolover, Good on ya for posting that! You got that from Air Warriors, great stuff man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scooterbuilder Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Wow....one of the coolest looking displays I have seen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfgun33 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 That's just awsome. Love the Cat and the story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 That is a centerpiece for the display cabinet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhinolover Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Hey DJ... I lost your PM. If you see this post drop me another note and I will fill you in on the paint colors and the markings. Sorry getting back so late to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VA-115EFR Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 That is KICK ***!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Doppel Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Well done! I like it! Regards Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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