1/48 Hasegawa A+ and C Hornets

CVW-8, VFA-87

by Shawn "Phantom" Weiler

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As normal for the last couple years, another group build build. This time for the McDonald Douglas group build. The choice for me this time is VFA-87 of CVW-8. The catalyst for this decision was the wonderful new decal sheet by Afterburner decals. I wanted to do a low vis to go along with the high vis one I did a couple years ago. Only problem was the Afterburner sheet came with so MANY great options. I decided the CAG bird with the CVW-8 shield HAD to be done. So the old CAG bird I did several years ago was repainted.

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Besides the great Afterburner decal sheet items used for the low vis build include some spare parts from a Black Box cockpit set and wing folds from JF models. I have no idea where to get these from as I got the wing folds in a trade from Tony Hayes. The model itself came from a trade with Dong. Perhaps it was the other way around? Seems a great chunk of my builds of late have come from these guys stashes.

And that's about it.

Shawn

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Photos and text © by Shawn "Phantom" Weiler