A few months ago, Black Box
released a great F/A-18D ATARS conversion set for the Hasegawa F/A-18.
Great resin, no decals!! Twobobs...along with Dave Roof's
help....to the rescue!! There are two aircraft represented on this
sheet that are the final piece of the puzzle.
A/C 164729 is a jet from
the Bengals of VMFA-224, MCAS Beaufort. There is a standard D
model painted in a very similar scheme that is with the same squadron.
Capt. Muratore, who is a pilot with VMFA-224, provided the Two Bobs with
great references of this jet. All the black tiger stripes that are
represented on this A/C are actual decals and they are applied over the
standard two-tone gray paint scheme.
A/C 164653 is a VMFA-242
"Bats" jet from MCAS Miramar. This aircraft has some
pretty huge squadron markings on the inside of the vertical stabs.
Other than those markings, a pretty basic paint scheme.
To build either one of
these jets you're going to need the Black Box ATARS conversion set.
Dave Roof helped master this set and being a Marine, you know he had
great access to the real thing, so you know that conversion set is going
to be accurate.
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