Two Bobs Aviation Graphics

1/48 F/A-18C VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet decal sheet

Product #48-059  (Also available in 1/32!!!)

Review by Steve Bamford on Nov 6 2003

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VFA-25 deployed on the USS Abraham Lincoln for Operation Iraqi Freedom and two of their aircraft are represented on this sheet.

The first is CAG bird 164633 and this jet features the all black vertical stab that VFA-25 is known for. 

This squadron has some pretty stylized mission markings and A/C 400 is adorned with 8 JDAM and 1 JSOW marking.  Yellow drop shadowing is applied to all the major markings on this jet.

The second jet is A/C 164645.  A/C 411 had the biggest scoreboard of any jet from VFA-25.  Six JSOW's, twenty-eight JDAM, and two HARM markings made this one busy jet!  Something that isn't noticeable unless you walk right up to the jet is the gray drop shadowing that is on this aircraft's markings.

Full stencil data is included for two complete jets.

The decals themselves are on 2 sheets.  One main sheet and a second tiny sheet containing a few national insignias and some triangle decals for the side of the fuselage above and below the laeding edge of the rear horizontal flying surfaces.  

 

The decals are beautifully printed with perfect registration between the different colour layers.  The printing is so crisp.....Microscale did a wonderful job printing this one.  The Twobobs really deserve credit for the attention to detail on this one.  The number of stencil decals is quite astounding....this is one very full and busy decal sheet.  

One the back side of the Instruction sheet is a write up detailing the deployment of "The Fist of the Fleet" to the Persian Gulf.....you really are modeling current unfolding history when you use this decal sheet.  Both jets look worth building but my favorite has to be the more colorful example.  This sheet also has plenty of mission markings....which is to be expected considering the level of activity experienced by VFA-25.

Sheet is available in both 48th and 32nd scale so you guys that want to do an Academy OIF Hornet, well here you go!!! 

A fine decal sheet and highly recommended.

This sheet is available through http://www.twobobs.net/ and select US Hobby Shops.  Overseas customers can purchase these from Twobobs site or through Twobobs network of overseas distributors.  Remember, shipping is always FREE to US Customers at Twobobs!! 

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford