Sheet:

Superscale 32-072: F-18A Hornet

Units: VFA 15, VFA-87, VFA-106

Price

$ Long out of production

Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

Another large scale sheet from the early days of Superscale. How do you tell the early days? Well the drawings will be minimal and they may well not fill the paper, having been copied from older Microscale instructions after the split of the two companies. This one has markings for three F-18A Hornets in FS 36320 over FS 36375. No recommended kit is given though at the time only Revell and Hasegawa had them. If you are willing to backdate the very nice Academy kit, these markings should fit as you are only given unique markings and no special trim.

First up is an aircraft from VFA-15. The black and light grey tail stripe will have to be painted on.

Next is a VFA-87 CAG bird, though there is no multiple colors as is the norm.

Finally, an aircraft from the east coast training outfit, VFA-106. This aircraft does have a multi-colored fin badge.

The instruction sheet shows all the data, but none of that is included in the sheet so you'll have to get it from the kit decals.

November 2006

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