Top Gun

Scene of the movie Top Gun (F-14 + Mig 28).

One of the coolest aviation movies ever made. If you don’t recognize this scene, I’ve put the YouTube link to it in the comments…

I had to build from scratch a “camera” to put in Goose’s hands. Out of decency and good manners, I’ve put Maverick giving a thumbs up. Not THE OTHER hand gesture…

Just a bit of history: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of the most beloved fighter airplanes ever. Famous for this movie (Top Gun), its variable-sweep wings, for still being used by the Iranian Air Force, for being the heaviest carrier based fighter ever and a number of other reasons.

The MiG 28, on the other side, doesn’t exist as such: It’s the Hollywood created version of the light fighter Northrop F-5.

The pilot figurines wouldn’t fit in the cockpit, so I had to chop off their legs… 🥴🥴🥴. Tom Cruise is famous for being a shorty and I made him 16 inches even shorter 😁😁😁 #DarkHumor

“Because I was inverted”