There has never been a shortage of fancy schemes for the CF-18 Hornet. It seems that every year the Canadian Air Force manages to produce an even more fanciful scheme than the year before.  To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Hornet operations, 410 Sq

definitely outdid itself and produced the wildest scheme I've yet to see on an F-18. Thankfully, Leading Edge has managed to put all of this onto what is by any regard a rather large decal sheet

A very nice addition to the sheet are some color rectangles to help the modeler match the colors as some of these will have to be painted on. To further assist, there are full size masks in the accompanying four instruction sheets so that the proper colors can be applied where they are needed. Full data and stencil placement guides are also given.

This is by far the most comprehensive sheet I've seen for a 1/72 Hornet since the previous Leading Edge sheets. This one only adds to the outstanding reputation that Leading Edge has earned for doing high quality decal sheets. Kits for this are easily available from Hasegawa and others. Probably the only thing you'll need to be watchful for is that many of the early releases were either prototype planes or don't have all the up-to-date modifications such as the small spoilers on the upper wing/fuselage interface.

Regardless of which kit is used, this will make your next Hornet a real show-stopper.

Review sheet courtesy Leading Edge Decals. Thanks for your support

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