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
I painted the model with Testors and weathered with pastels and oils.
Greetings from South Africa
Mark Kannemeyer
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