1/32 Academy F/A 18D Hornet

Gallery Article by Mark Kannemeyer on Apr 24 2012

 

 

This is my recently completed (after a 3 year break) 1/32 Academy F/A 18 D Hornet ‘ Bengals’ operating out of Al Asad airbase Iraq. The photographs that I have of this plane show it in pristine condition soon after the arrival of VMFA(AW) 224. I however took some modelling licence and weathered the jet as I thought it may look like after a few weeks (months?) of operations in theatre.

 

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I used the following after-market parts on the kit

  • Cutting Edge seamless intakes

  • Avionex cockpit

  • Eduard photo etch for the cockpit

  • Aires wheel well bays

  • Metal undercarriage

I painted the model with Testors and weathered with pastels and oils.

Greetings from South Africa

Mark Kannemeyer

      

Photos and text © by Mark Kannemeyer