Blue Angel

[Kit Basher]

I bought this kit at a flea market for $1. It's not my usual area of interest, but hey, it was only a dollar.

 

 

Then I went to see the Blues last June, and.... "Aha! Now I know what I can do with that kit!"  Since I only paid a buck for the kit, I figured I could splurge for the CAM decals. Very nice, thin and totally opaque. The yellow trim is painted with Testors Yellow, and the blue is MM Blue Angel Blue.

 

Edited October 11, 2018 by Kit Basher

[Jim B]

Nice looking Hornet.  Well done.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Jim!

[shoopdog]

Very sharp looking build.

[Scalper]

NICE work   good steal for a buck..

[unclescott58]

Very nice job. Got to love the Angels and Thunderbirds. 

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Keith!

Thanks, Andre!

[Kit Basher]

Just now, unclescott58 said:

Very nice job. Got to love the Angels and Thunderbirds. 

Thanks, Scott! I haven't seen the Birds for a while, but they were awesome in F-16s.  Until last June, the last time I saw the Blues they were flying F-4s, obviously a long time ago. The show this summer was absolutely amazing!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Beautiful.  

First time I saw the Angels was around '58, at NAS Lakehurst (NJ). Flying F11Fs back then (I think), and I can still remember the low-level passes like it was yesterday. Lakehurst was a blimp base, and they'd regularly fly right over my house on the way to or from anti-sub patrols. It was a good world to be a kid in.

Last time I saw 'em was at Dobbins/NAS Atlanta, and the RATO-equipped C-130 was part of the show. Later, the Marines did some jump-jet demos. All before the airbase neighbors got to be too uptight about airshows. Good days. Thanks for the memory trigger, too.

Edited October 11, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[cobraman]

Your model looks great.

[Snake45]

Wow, looks great! You sure got your buck's worth on this one. Well done and model on! 

[Jim N]

Great job!  I saw them this past August, which was the first time in about 20 years.  Great show.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Bill!

Thanks, Ray!

Thanks, Snake!

Thanks, Jim!

[Classicgas]

Very nice. Got a pair of these in the to do list. I beat your cost tho, mine were free lol.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Lee!  You can't get much cheaper than free!

[blackbeard]

very well done love the subject

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Henry!

[bisc63]

A very clean build; nicely done.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Rusty!

[TooOld]

Beautiful airplane !  Nice work !

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Bob!  I used to think the F-18 was kinda funny looking. But now, and certainly in this livery, I agree it is a nice looking plane.

[Brudda]

This is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Bruce!

[spike morelli]

Super cool subject matter, and a job very well executed! This jogged my memory...….didn't one of the model companies offer a four-jet set of the Blue Angels in the early sixties? I seem to remember the kit as having a clear plastic four-pointed "star"-like component to hold the four jets in formation on a stand. Anyone besides me ( I'm 64 ) remember seeing this kit, or build it? Maybe 1/72 scale, or so. 

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Spike! I don't remember the kit you refer to, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.