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F/A-18D question: loadout for a model project
I'm just about finished with a 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18D and have a question loadout. I
want to depict a bird from OIF-1, and have this load in mind; two GBU-12s on TERs each wing, and two GBU-31 JDAMs each wing, with a centerline bag, FLIR and laser pods, and two AIM-9Ms on the wingtips. Any help or advice would be appreciated. TIA. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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F/A-18D question: loadout for a model project
That's great you care about the weapon configuration details!
Four GBU and four JDAMs is definitely too heavy and draggy load for a typical flight. The real aircraft with that would lose too much range and manoeuvrability, and of course use not TER, but VERs. Many combinations including JDAM, GBU-12/-16, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-65E Maverick or Zuni launcher (mostly single piece of each type) would look quite realistic. You can just look for images of F/A-18Ds over the internet, and you can find some answers. Another thing, F/A-18C/D Hornet usually tend to carry 2 or 3 fuel tanks rather than only one. Also, if that is a Marine F/A-18D I would consider replacing FLIR and laser pods with a LITENING pod on the centerline, but I do not know if it is included in the model kit, and if it's suits the era you are referring to (it's quite a new thing on the real Hornets). Just a few ideas of mine... Take what you like and leave the rest. Good luck! Jacek On 12 Gru, 07:20, "Matt Wiser" wrote: I'm just about finished with a 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18D and have a question loadout. I want to depict a bird from OIF-1, and have this load in mind; two GBU-12s on TERs each wing, and two GBU-31 JDAMs each wing, with a centerline bag, FLIR and laser pods, and two AIM-9Ms on the wingtips. Any help or advice would be appreciated. TIA. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==----http://www.newsfeeds.comThe #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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F/A-18D question: loadout for a model project
"Matt Wiser" wrote:
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, Hasegawa has not seen fit to include a Litening Pod in the 1/72 Marine D (which is the kit in question). And I haven't found any aftermarket accessory kits featuring the pod, either. They do have the HER, now that I've checked the kit. I have seen pics of Marine Ds with LGBs and JDAMs carried together in OIF-1 in a couple of books and several magazines. The load now would be the two pair of GBU-12s on HER, two GBU-31s, and a centerline bag. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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