F-14 New incentive

Here at work I just met a guy who works on F-14's and is about to deploy on the U.S.S. George Washington. It's the only ship that will still have 2 F-14 Squadrons, VF-11 Red Rippers and VF-143 Pukin' Dogs. There's my incentive for a new project. I just ordered the Red Rippers decals from Two Bobs but am having trouble finding Pukin Dogs. Both are currently flying F-14B's. I want to keep costs down so instead of going my usual route of Hasegawa I was thinking Academy but would need a cheap conversion option (or an alternate manufacturer to get the B variant, not Italeri).

All will be in 1/72.

PS He says that the Super Hornets are a maintenance nightmare. Airframes already cracking.