1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
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Stikpusher
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Sounds good Mike. I can’t wait to see the markings go on.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Nice. I'm glad the Navy went back to making the CAG jets with some colorMedicman71 wrote:
John, one will be a CAG jet for VFA-151 Vigilantes. The other I'm not 100% sure yet but probably just a Low-Viz line jet.
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Yeah those look pretty. But the model companies and after market decals folks tend to concentrate on the CAG markings and ignore the line aircraft that are the ones going down range, getting shot at, and killing bad guys. I like and prefer the low viz stuff.tempestjohnny wrote:Nice. I'm glad the Navy went back to making the CAG jets with some colorMedicman71 wrote:
John, one will be a CAG jet for VFA-151 Vigilantes. The other I'm not 100% sure yet but probably just a Low-Viz line jet.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Sometimes. Lately they've had a little color to none. When VFA-151 transitioned to the Super Hornet they had the Hi-Viz paint scheme and then suddenly it was gone. Even the Jolly Rogers have a subdued CAG jet.tempestjohnny wrote:Nice. I'm glad the Navy went back to making the CAG jets with some colorMedicman71 wrote:
John, one will be a CAG jet for VFA-151 Vigilantes. The other I'm not 100% sure yet but probably just a Low-Viz line jet.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Yeah.... the 80s were colorful but now heading into the new era, most schemes are subdued.
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Actually by 1980 most squadrons had at least gone to overall gull gray, some with full color markings, some subdued. By the mid 80s everything was low viz. There was that time the big bad Red Bear out there to be dealt with after all.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Well they started back with the all Low-Viz again recently.
Back to the builds. Under the nose, Revell made small indentations where the gun gas vents are. These are not recessed and are flush with the rest of the fuselage. I scribed the areas and I'll sand the areas flush. Oh and the bigger ones are for pitot tubes and antenna.
Back to the builds. Under the nose, Revell made small indentations where the gun gas vents are. These are not recessed and are flush with the rest of the fuselage. I scribed the areas and I'll sand the areas flush. Oh and the bigger ones are for pitot tubes and antenna.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Looks like it is moving right along. All of them are. You do good work!
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Thanks Lyle! It's not moving as fast as it seems. I haven't started on the nose of the other Super Hornet yet. It's slow but steady at least.
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Re: 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet
Slow is okay. Bet you didn't just snap a wing of a Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter in half. 
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