Today is the National Day of Spain, and to commemorate this I would like to show you my last model. It is a 1/48 D model of the Hornet from Hasegawa. Spanish Air Force bought in 1978, 72 F/A-18 Hornet in the program FACA. The Hornet in the Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA) is called the C.15 for single seaters and CE.15 for double seaters. This model represents the CE.15-01 which was the first Hornet to land in Spain (July, 10th, 1986). As you can see from the decals in it's tail, this Hornet celebrates the 75000 hours of flight in Spain.

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Since this kit corresponds to the "D" version, I had to create a "B" Spanish model, mainly with modifications in the tails and forward landing gear. The decals are from an Spanish manufacturer. The paint job was done using Humbrol enamels, finished with Vallejo Matt Varnish and weathered with chalk pastels

To finish.....it is a very good model in which I have tried to apply several techniques learned from ARC web pages. As pending tasks, I would like to add FOD covers in the intakes, some weapons, and RBF tags. Next model will be a Harrier II Plus (1/48) from the Spanish Navy.

Juan

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