CAM Pro Series 1/32
F/A-18A Hornet

You can see from the variety of releases in their Pro Series, the new CAM has been keeping a steady pace in producing quality markings for scale modelers. This one is definitely another nice release!

This release covers two distinctive aircraft, one from VFA-27 'Royal Maces' and the other from VFA-137 'Kestrels'. The aircraft in question is:

• F/A-18A, BuNo 162860, VFA-27, NL/401, USS Kitty Hawk, 1993
• F/A-18A. BuNo 162841, VFA-137, AK/400, CAG, USS Coral Sea, 1990

The Carrier Air Wing 13 CAG aircraft has two different designs, one visible on each side of the aircraft on the vertical stabs. As you can see in the decal layout, this set provides sufficient markings for one complete aircraft.

While Academy has not yet released their maginificent 1/32 F/A-18 Hornet kit as an A-model (yet), Black Box => Combat Series => Avionix produced a backdate set to render an A-model as I recall. This is far easier conversion than to take the early Hasegawa 1/32 Hornet and convert it into production configuration, IF you can even find that conversion any longer. It would definitely get a few judges' attention to see a 1/32 A-model bug on the contest table!

This set is definitely recommended!

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

My sincere thanks to CAM Decals for this review sample!