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1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18 Hornet Aggressor 'Desert Bogey'


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Hi all and here's the latest finish from me, Hasegawa's 1/72 F/A-18 Hornet in a Navy Aggressor scheme (VFA-127) pretending to be an Iraqi Mig-29.

I built her for a 'Call of Nature' GB (any kit with an animal for a name). The full build thread is here but in summary.

 

Kit: Hasegawa F/A-18A Hornet Box 00438
Scale: 1/72
Paints: Halfords Primer from a can.

Revell Acrylics, Klear, Flory Models Wash, W&N Flat Coat all by hairy stick
Decals: US Navy VFA-127 'Desert Bogeys' Aggressors by Hi-Decal
Extras: Eduard 'Zoom' photoetch for the cockpit.

 

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Thanks for looking!

 

Cheers,

Dermot

 

 

 


 

 

 

Edited by Dermo245
photo issues first time around
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Very nicely done! I really like the sandbox schemes on Hornets, it suits them well -especially with the 'Look, I'm a Fulcrum!' accents. But I HATE the Hasegawa kit in this scale! What's with that join along the front fuselage??! Anyway, you made it all disappear completely which can't have been easy.

 

One teensy thing: as this is an 'A' model, should it not have the three L-shaped stiffeners at the inside base of each vertical tail? An easy fix if so.

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