Here's a review of a new
release from
Twobobs. This sheet features two
sets of options with enough markings for one complete jet make up this
colorful sheet for the Rampagers from VFA-83. The most colorful
markings represent the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of VFA-83.
Recommended Kits:
- 1/48th Scale
- Hasegawa F/A-18C
- Monogram F/A-18C
- Airwaves Resin
Cockpit
- Black Box Resin
Cockpit
- Cutting Edge Wheel
and Canopy Masks
- Cutting Edge Flaps
and Slats
- Eduard Detail Set
- EZ Masks
The first
aircraft is a F/A-18C BuNo 164214 with VFA-83 flown by CDR "Joe
Bags" Evans CO in June 2005 aboard the USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower. The paint scheme FS36375 Light Ghost Gray on the topside this aircraft
and FS36320 Dark Ghost Gray on
the underside with black tails. Artwork includes yellow anniversary
markings celebrating 60 years of service with the text
"1945 60 Years from Hellcats to Hornets
2005" on both sides of the fuselage behind the canopy. The
black tails have white and yellow squadron artwork of a rams head with
horns with the number 301 in black at the top of the tails.
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images below to see larger images
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The second aircraft is
a F/A-18C BuNo 164214 with VFA-83 flown by CDR "Joe Bags"
Evans CO in Sept 2005 aboard the USS John F. Kennedy. The paint scheme
FS36375 Light Ghost Gray on the topside this aircraft
and FS36320 Dark Ghost Gray on
the underside with black tails. The black tails have yellow squadron
artwork of a rams head with horns and yellow fin flashes at the top of the
tails with the number 301 in black.
The
2 pages of instructions include 4 views of these 2 aircraft as
well as 10 color photos of the real aircraft. Paint
codes in FS#'s and Testors, Humbrol, Gunze Sangyo and Xtracrylics
is also included on the instruction sheet. Special thanks for help on this sheet goes out to
Bruce Trombecky.
The perfectly printed decals
are contained on 1 decal sheet. Some decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect
registration . You also get 1 complete set of stencils including
formation lights.
The F/A-18C on this sheet in
Anniversa ry markings represents a important milestone in USN history and
remembers the gallant history of the WW2 hellcat pilots and their spirit
that lives in the current USN pilots.
I would like to thank
Twobobs
for this review sample.
This sheet is available through
the Twobobs
website and select US Hobby Shops. Overseas customers can purchase these from
Twobobs site or through Twobobs network of overseas distributors.
Steve Bamford
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