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Need some help for a F/A-18 loadout desert storm

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  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
Need some help for a F/A-18 loadout desert storm
Posted by seasick on Monday, April 10, 2017 6:24 PM

I have a client who wants a USMC F/A-18A/C from desert storm time with a close support loadout. I'm guessing that would be a pair of AIM-9L, a 330 gallon tank on center and 8 500 pound Mk82 bombs on 4 twin ejectors. Would that be good enough?

Chasing the ultimate build.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, April 10, 2017 6:33 PM

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    March 2009
  • From: Yorkville, IL
Posted by wolfhammer1 on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 11:08 AM

Sounds good to me.  Any stores on the fuselage flank stations, like some AIM-7s?  or would you use the pods? 

Also, propose a couple of options to your client, and see which one he likes best. 

Please share pictures when done.

John

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
Posted by seasick on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 9:18 PM

Thanks everyone.

I'm not sure about Sparrows for this mission. They weigh a lot and with a near full load of bombs it will eat into range.  

I printed out the charts that Stik has provided and am waiting for a reply. I bought a Academy F/A-18A kit off of a friend and have alread started building it. I'll drill out all the holes for hard points and fill the ones I don't use before I paint it. I built a CF adams 1/700 last year as my first comission. I was nervous about it but my client loves it. 

Chasing the ultimate build.

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
Posted by seasick on Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:04 PM

The client likes the Mk82 bomb loadout. Building away.

Chasing the ultimate build.

  • Member since
    March 2003
Posted by jmcquate on Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:42 PM

 

 

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