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SuperScale F-18A
"VFA-132, VFA-303, VFA-305"
32-078

Manufacturer: SuperScale

Insignia for: 2 gray and 2 white, possible complete only for VFA-132 jet.

Sheet No: 32-078

Stenciling for: None

Scale: 1/32nd

Decal options: 3

Decal option 1: F/A-18A, BuNo 161722. 505, VFA-305. US Navy.

Decal option 2: F/A-18A, BuNo 161702, 201, VFA-132, US Navy, USS Coral Sea 1989.

Decal option 3: F/A-18A, BuNo 161743, 03, VFA-303. US Navy.

Remarks: This is one of many 1/32 decal sheets from superscale for the F/A-18A Hornet. But the problem is, there is no 1/32 F/A-18A Hornet kit available, you either have to backdate the excellent Academy F/A-18C to a A version, or you have to update the older Hasegawa kit to a real A, since that the Hasegawa kit (and the Revell kit too) are prototypes. In Detail and Scale 6 F-18 Hornet Part 1, is explained how to convert the Prototype kits to a production version.
The sheet contains decal options for 3 aircraft, of which are two reserve squadron birds and a third option for VFA-132, Privateers from the short lived CVW 13. CVW-13 was disestablished on January 1st 1991 together with sheet 32073 and 72083 it's possible to make a few of the hornet's of CVW-13.

Niels Dol, lelystad 2008.