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Afterburner Decals |
1/48 Pax River F/A-18 Bug Testers |
Sheet Number: AD48-025 |
Reviewed by Steven Brooks, IPMS# 45582 |
MSRP: $20.00 www.afterburnerdecals.com Naval Air Station Patuxent River also known as Pax River, located on the Chesapeake Bay, near the mouth of the Patuxent River in Maryland. It is home to the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School and the center for Naval Aviation testing and evaluation. Now Afterburner Decals has released a large decal set covering 6 F/A-18 aircraft of every variant from the Pax River test facility, from 1986 to 2005 this includes the following Aircraft.
The first thing that grabbed my attention when I opened the package of decals is the incredible amount of reference material provided by Afterburner Decals, it would be very easy to complete any of the six aircraft without obtaining any other reference material. There are 5 sheets of material with three and four views of each F/A-18 along with stencil guides for each. The most important part is the two sheets of decals, which are beautiful. They are very clearly printed and well registered. The smallest details can be clearly made out and the colors are bright and clear. I have started with the "D'Skunk" and plan to build two of the other test bugs. I would like to thank Afterburner Decals and IPMS for providing me with this review sample. |
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