Two Bobs Aviation Graphics

1/48 F/A-18C "Blue By You" Hornets decal sheet
Product #48091

Product Article by Steve Bamford on May 4 2005

This sheet features two F/A-18C's from VFA-83 and VFA-113.

Markings for the CAG jets from VFA-83 and VFA-113.  The VFA-83 bird has mission markings and huge nose art on both sides of the tails of the Ram and additional artwork relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom on both sides of the fuselage in front of the canopy.  The VFA-113 jet has artwork on the outsides of both tails.

Recommended Kits to use when building this model would be the following:

  • 1/48th Scale
  • Hasegawa F-18C
  • Monogram F-18C
  • Airwaves Cockpit
  • Black Box Cockpit
  • Cutting Edge Masks
  • Cutting Edge Flaps and Slats
  • Eduard Detail Set
  • EZ Mask Set

The 2 pages of instructions include 4 view colour drawings of each aircraft's paint scheme and decal placement.  Colours are listed in FS#'s, Testors, Gunze Sangyo, Xtracolor and Xtraacrylics.  

 

Special thanks goes out to Lt. Mark Luley, Lt. Brian Hartman, AO1 Ryan O'Rear, Bryan Ramsey, Brian Marbrey, and Dave Brown for helping Bob out with photos and reference material for this decal sheet.

A very nice decal sheet of the usual high quality Twobobs is well known for that will interest anyone looking to do an F/A-18C is somehting other than the usual lo-viz grey scheme.  

I'd like to thank Twobobs for the review sample.

This sheet is available through http://www.twobobs.net/ and select US Hobby Shops.  Overseas customers can purchase these from Twobobs site or through Twobobs network of overseas distributors.  Remember, shipping is always FREE to US Customers at Twobobs!! 

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford