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Super Hornet What If

Started by Eddie M., March 10, 2007, 05:58:52 AM

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Eddie M.

March 10, 2007, 05:58:52 AM
I just got done recently with a Tomcat and Blue Angel Hornet and needed a little what if fix. I'm doing this S.H. in Wolfpack colors in protest of the USN decommissionong VF-1. It'll be loaded with what I call the "Last Resort" package. Lots of fuel, modified ECM pod and one special weapon.It will be all gray with black highlights to match the decals. :)
   Eddie








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John Howling Mouse

#1
March 10, 2007, 06:30:55 AM
I still say this HAS to be your finest cockpit, ever!!!

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cthulhu77

#2
March 10, 2007, 06:52:22 AM
I'd have to agree...nice job !  What exactly is the special weapon?  Anti-Brass Missile ?

Eddie M.

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March 10, 2007, 08:02:15 AM Last Edit: March 10, 2007, 08:13:37 AM by Eddie M.
QuoteI'd have to agree...nice job !  What exactly is the special weapon?  Anti-Brass Missile ?
One instant sunshine, self lit parking lot type (nuke). I should have called it the "F@#% with the bull, get the horns" package.
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/B61.html

Thanks for the kind words on the cockpit. I almost went blind trying to do that little detail! ;)  :lol:
  Eddie
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Maverick

#4
March 10, 2007, 12:58:13 PM
Sierra Hotel Super Bug, Eddie.  Not a surprise that they're decommissioning 'Wolfpack', they've already nailed 'Jolly Rogers' and gave their name to VF-103.  All in the way of 'downsizing' I'm sure by some pen-pusher who's decided the Navy is too big... again!

SebastianP

#5
March 10, 2007, 01:46:47 PM
Umm... hasn't it been nearly fifteen years since VF-1 got the axe? It's definitely not news, at any rate...

Nice bug, though. I imagine the loadout is the last resort of the squadron CO in convincing Congress not to disband them? Or maybe it's a disgruntled former VF-1 pilot who's out to "avenge" the squadron. ;)

One question - which kit is this? I can't tell from the images...

SP

wolfik

#6
March 10, 2007, 05:02:47 PM
oh yes....wolfik likes wolfpack :)

retro_seventies

#7
March 10, 2007, 06:10:57 PM
decom for wolfpack?  makes you wonder where the sense of heritage went really, doesn't it?  

great looking pit, Eddie - really like the way that the it looks.

nice kit by the looks of things - was the fit as good as it seems to be in the pics?  what kit IS it?


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Eddie M.

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March 10, 2007, 06:59:12 PM Last Edit: March 10, 2007, 07:00:57 PM by Eddie M.
Quotedecom for wolfpack?  makes you wonder where the sense of heritage went really, doesn't it? 

great looking pit, Eddie - really like the way that the it looks.

nice kit by the looks of things - was the fit as good as it seems to be in the pics?  what kit IS it?


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It's the Revell F/A-18F. Considering I've built the Echo model, it's been pretty easy and the fit is not too bad either. Much better than the A or C from RoG.

Yea, no sense of history! The Wolfpack was decommed a long time ago, but I still remember them. ;)  B)
   Eddie  
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BlackOps

#9
March 10, 2007, 07:56:46 PM
Looks like it's coming along nicely Eddie, and that bomb is...well, Da Bomb!  :lol:

I hope you pilots are using lots of sunscreen!
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Jeffry Fontaine

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March 10, 2007, 09:39:59 PM Last Edit: March 10, 2007, 09:59:10 PM by jeffryfontaine
It appears that you have found a use for that B43 nuclear bomb shape that I sent to you along with the other bits and pieces.
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PanzerWulff

#11
March 10, 2007, 10:10:46 PM
She gonna be equipped with a lead bathtub and shower curtains??? ;)  
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Matt Wiser

#12
March 10, 2007, 10:26:32 PM
Lots of famous squadrons have gone away-many in the F-14 and A-6 communities never got to transition: VF-33 (Starfighters), VF-142 (Ghostriders), VA-35 (Black Panthers)-the oldest attack squadron in the Navy, going back to VB-3 before WW II, VA-196 (Main Battery)-seen in Flight of the Intruder with Danny Glover, VA-165 (Boomers), VA-85 (Black Falcons), etc. Only one A-6 squadron made the transition from the A-6 to the Super Bug, and that was -115. Had VF-191 and VF-194 been reactivated (they were briefly active from '86 to '88 with the F-14A) as F-14D squadrons as planned in the early '90s, it's possible they would still be around as VFA with the E or F version of the Super Bug. -191 was the Red Lightnings, while -194 was the Red Diamonds ( I did my Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A as Lightning 107 from -191).  
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Radish

#13
March 11, 2007, 01:04:42 AM
Nice.
Don't talk about downsizing....the RAF/RN know all about that.

Sopwith Camels are our next issue!!
How about Sopwith Camels in the grey contemporary scheme?
I've one to do Aussie anyway :lol: Found the decals too on the Hawk 100.
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#14
March 11, 2007, 06:15:00 AM
Wow that's one awesome looking Superbug, there Mr Miller! I love the impressive load-out. Hey, we could all use more "sunshine" right?

Brian da Bahser
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