Two American F/A-18A aircraft of January 1991 on a sheet in 1:72. One Marine Corps machine and one carrier machine credited with shooting down an Iraqi fighter.
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The F/A-18 type came about from a US Navy requirement to have a single machine for fighter as well as attack work. The A version was the first production form and at the time of the Gulf War made up the backbone of the carrier as well as the land-based squadrons. A pair of engines, a fairly short fuselage and canted vertical tails made it one of the most easily recognized aircraft of its generation, even from a great distance.
Both subjects come from the first days of the fighting of 1991. The first belonged to a Marine Corps squadron, carried a personal name on the nose and operated from a base in Bahrain. The second served with a carrier squadron and is connected with one of the few air victories of that war, because its pilot shot down an Iraqi fighter. Such a story carries over onto a model well: the markings are restrained and attention is drawn by the small victory marking under the cockpit. The two units also operated from different places at that time, so models built side by side show two faces of one campaign.
Gray markings on a gray aircraft lose contrast the moment a matte coat is drawn over them. It helps to lay a glossy layer under them and to dose the matting down carefully, in thin passes. Anyone who wants to be sure can very lightly bring selected lettering out with a dry pastel pencil once it has dried. Trim the surplus film as closely as possible, because on smooth gray every glossy edge is visible even from a meter away.
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