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annie shikinami (annie.shikinami)
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F/A-18D VFA-204 River Rattlers

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17 7 July 2023, 01:46
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
7 July 2023, 03:22
Alexander
Agreed, looks very good with the contrast between the dark and light grey 👍
14 July 2023, 11:24
Curatorm
That's an exquisite model 🙂
14 July 2023, 11:36

Album info

F/A-18D Hornet
VFA-204 River Rattlers
NAS JRB New Orleans 2019
Bu.no. 164053

1/48 scale kit by Hasegawa
Decals by Kinetic, FurballAero, Interdecal and Bedlam Creations
Ordnance from AMK
Rear cockpit instrument panel, control sticks & glare shield from a Hasegawa F/A-18F

I've been wanting to build a VF-204 plane for a while when I came across a picture of D-model in this livery I knew it was the one! the decals come from a Kinetic kit, but are made for a C model. this meant I had to do some decal hunting! it was a lot harder than I thought to track down simple number decals. who knew!

no oil weathering this time - just a wash. i got a little discouraged when the dark gray FS36081 paint didn't match my reference photos and just kinda wanted it done with. still looks great tho! i don't think these planes got carrier-dirty anyways.

loadout is not what you'd typically see on one of these adversary planes, but i felt like the ACMI pods and inert missiles they carry were not as interesting. i did find photos of them doing live fire exercises with AIM-7's so it's not totally inaccurate!

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1:48 F/A-18D Hornet `Night Attack´ (Hasegawa 07203)1:48 US Ordnance Set 1 (AvantGarde Model Kits 88E01)1:48 F/A-18E/F/G Stencils and Data (Furball Aero-Design 48-080)

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