Jump to content

Early F/A18-A decals for Midway and Coral Sea? 1/48


Recommended Posts

Hello all

 

Are there any 1/48 aftermarket decal sheets around for ealy F/A18s that were deployed on the USS Coaral Sea and USS Midway? I am toying with the idea of starting such a project once my Tamiya Tomact is done...

 

thanks a lot

Uwe

 

PS: The new Kenetic F/A18-A...would that contain all parts for such an early bird?

Link to post
Share on other sites

I'm sure Superscale did decals for the Coral Sea squadrons, with CVW-13 AK tailcodes, they certainly did in 1/72 and I'm sure they were released in 1/48 too, and I'm pretty certain they also did the the Midway squadrons too.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Just did a quick eBay search for Superscale and sheet 48-333 has markings for VFA-136 & 137, sheet 48-346 has lo-vis VFA-132, sheet 48-360 has CAG  a/c for VFA-137 and sheet 48-377 has the CAG a/c for VFA-132 all with AK tailcodes, not sure if they are all from same cruise though. Looks like VFA-131 is not covered in the Coral Sea era. 

 

Maybe someone else can add to this.

Edited by Ant Phillips
Link to post
Share on other sites

Wow...thanks a lot! That's what I was looking for...will start a little shopping tour. Let's just hope the decals can still be used...I guess they are from the time when those birds were active...

 

thanks a lot

Uwe

Link to post
Share on other sites

Don't worry about it being an error when you see early VFA-131 and -132 jets with "F-18A" above the BuNo on your decal sheets.

 

by VFA-136 and -137's addition to the Wing, I think the designation had changed over to "F/A-18A",,,,but, I would have to dig deep into unused F-18 notes to verify those dates.

Link to post
Share on other sites

 

 

I always think of VF-151 vigilantes when thinking of the Midway. Those are the markings in hi tech kit. Aeromaster 48-561 has the vigilantes markings for when They were on the constellation. I plan on cobbling those two sheets together to do a Midway bird. 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Microscale 48-313 has Navy and Marine Hornets from Coral Sea, as operated against Libya.  There were 1/72 sheets for the same subjects (72-540) as well as A's from Midway in the same era, but I can't confirm if the Midway birds were done in 48th (it was Microscale's usual practice but not absolute).

Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...