RCMP Pursuit and Intercept F-18 Eggplane

Gallery Article by Carl Reinisch on July 25 2012

 

 

I would imagine that occasionally, the RCMP would experience a "need for speed" that their patrol car just couldn't deliver. Wouldn't it be nice to have access to an F-18?
 
Can't you just imagine appearing off in the distance, in the rear view mirror of some speeder and one second later, the nose (and attendant cannon) of your F-18 filling up the entire view of his back window and the mighty roar of not one but two! jet engines causing both the errant driver and his vehicle to begin losing fluids in a most embarrassing manner?!

 

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The model kit is the Hasegawa F/A-18 Hornet from their eggplane series built basically out of the box (missiles removed). The decals were adapted from a decal sheet (#25001 - RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police Chevrolet police cars) that was released by WaterMark Decals 'way back in 1994.

I've got another F/A-18 eggplane kit I plan on building - just gotta come up with a suitable scheme......

Carl Reinisch

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Photos and text © by Carl Reinisch