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F/A-18A/B Aussie Hornets Part 1

Afterburner Decals has turned out some impressive decal releases covering contemporary US subjects and once in a while, they break out of that genre. In this set, Afterburner Decals tackles the F/A-18 Hornets of the Royal Australian Air Force.

This set features the distinctive markings of three commanders' aircraft, one anniversary aircraft, one combat veteran, and severl line aircraft. This release is Part 1 and covers aircraft out of 3 Sqn out of Williamtown, 75 Sqn out of Tindal, and 77 Sqn also out of Williamtown. The eight aircraft featured in this set are:

• F/A-18A, A21-13, 3 Sqn, 90th Anniversary Colors, 2006
• F/A-18A, A21-55, 3 Sqn
• F/A-18B, A21-103, 3 Sqn, 2006
• F/A-18A, A21-29, 75 Sqn, Commander's aircraft, 2007
• F/A-18A, A21-38, 75 Sqn
• F/A-18A, A21-48, 77 Sqn, Commander's aircraft, 2007
• F/A-18A, A21-7, 77 Sqn, 2006
• F/A-18A, A21-20, 77 Sqn, Operation Falconer, 2003

Afterburner Decals provides its usual high-quality instruction sheets to depict the colors, marking placement, and all of those door number markings. What's more, these decals are printed by Cartograf, so you won't be seeing any decals here that you'll have to stack one atop another to replicate artwork. If you wonder just how good the Cartograph printing is, look at this image to the right showing the clarity of that fine-print stenciling.

Definitely recommended!

For more information about this set and the other releases from Afterburner Decals, visit their website at http://www.afterburnerdecals.com.

My sincere thanks to Afterburner Decals for this review sample!