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This was an F-18A that was flown by the Naval Air Test Centre out of Patuxent River NAS in Maryland USA.

 

 

I have depicted it as it appeared in May of 1986 during the 75th Anniversary of US Naval Aviation hence the two small commerative badges on the tail fins.

 

 

I found information for this aircraft hard to come by and relied on a handfull of moderately clear photos and some decal manufacturers instructions but I believe it is as accurate as possible.

 

 

I like test and evaluation aircraft as they invariably have unusual paint schemes. I thought the asymmetrical black and white scheme would be relatively simple...I was wrong.

 

 

As a result of trying to paint and line up every part I now have a far deeper understanding of the template layout!!

 

 

The "D'Skunk" name was built using an existing font that I rebuilt to the correct shape.

 

 

 

It has been uploaded to User Files so should be available soon:

 

 

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Edited by BoNidle
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Looking awesome.

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