I am currently building Tamiya’s 14A Tomcat. I have a set of decals from Eduard.
The specific aircraft that I’m trying to build is VF – 111 sundowners USS Carl Vinson, Miss Molly.
My first question is underneath the nose and what is it and is there an aftermarket for this kit?
The second question is under the fuselage with the tiger shark keys and is there an aftermarket part for the kit?
Under nose is telephoto camera pod (AN / AXX-1 TCS)
Sharkmouth item is a fuel tank. If you google these you might find 3d resin etc.
Thank you keavdog!!!
I haven’t seen the Edward decals for this aircraft, but hopefully they included the nose art for both sides. Most decals for this plane initially only included the nose art for the left side, but it was painted on both.
I’ve got a 1/72 Hasegawa version in the stash that only has it on the left. I’ll probably still build it as Molly, no one else who will see it will know. 
It’s funny, I have the Tamiya A and never did an in depth look.
You’d think such fuel tanks would be provided as their F-16 line comes with fuel tanks.
I also have a couple of Hasegawa’s F-14As and I’m wondering how far off of a fit they are so they could be used on the Tamiya kit?
I am sure some tweaking of sorts will need to be done.
Happy Modeling,
Mike
