1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18F

Super Hornet

by Stephen Prior

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I built this kit from Hasegawa's very nice release of a couple of years ago.  Motivation came from Brian Marbrey's VF-Decals VFA-103 sheet with markings for the squadron on it's first deployment on the USS Eisenhower.  The aircraft is depicted as it would be while flying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.  I also used Darren Roberts ACS panel for the rear cockpit as the squadron's aircraft are from a later production block than that depicted by the kit.  The Paveway II GBU-12's are from the Hasegawa weapons set with ablative coating added and the GBU-38 500lb JDAM is from Shull24.com, the loadout is listed in the decal instruction sheet.  The base is made from a card base white glued onto a memo cork board and then sprayed with several coats of flat varnish. 

Stephen

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Photos and text © by Stephen Prior