neillydone Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I'm looking to recreate a 1/72 VFA-122 F/A-18F based on the Revell Super Hornet (its a gift for my brother who was lucky enough to have a ride in one at Farnbrough Airshow in 2012), however since I cannot find any decals for this squadron (except the sold-out CoNA digital camo scheme) can anyone either recommend an alternative (e.g. suitable USN letters and numbers) or is home printing the only solution...? Many thanks in advance, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 MIcroscale/Superscale used to have sheets of USN letters and numbers in various greys but these may not be enough to sort all the markings. Home printing may be a solution, as on standard camo VFA-122 aircrafts all markings seem to be in dark grey. Better check how well the dark grey covers though, some printers get this kind of colour better than others when used on clear decal film. An alternative is to print the markings in black and then when applied overspray with a very thin grey coat, if done properly can give a good effect. Masks can also be considered, although I'm not sure if they can give good results on such small markings. Interestingly, Revell in the US issued a VFA-122 Super Hornet but was in 1/48 and was an E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 One of Hasegawa's boxings comes with a VFA-122 option: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/132411-hasegawa-00710-f-a-18f-super-hornet-vfa-41-black-aces HTH, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillydone Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Thank you both for the responses. As I cannot find the hasegawa VFA 122 edition anyway (Hannants say it was not released in the UK) it looks like I'll be acquiring some decal paper and firing up the printer! Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 9 hours ago, neillydone said: As I cannot find the hasegawa VFA 122 edition anyway (Hannants say it was not released in the UK) it looks like I'll be acquiring some decal paper and firing up the printer! If you have any 1/72nd F/A-18F decals as an alternative, I could be persuaded to part with my Hase 00710 VFA-122 option. Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 If anyone else has a set of these VF-122 decals that they aren't using, I am also interested. But only after Neil has gotten what he needs. Cheers, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillydone Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 On 2/12/2016 at 5:01 PM, Hook said: If you have any 1/72nd F/A-18F decals as an alternative, I could be persuaded to part with my Hase 00710 VFA-122 option. Cheers, Andre Andre: I've sent you a pm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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