FlightDecs' 1/48 Tigermeet of the Americas By Michael Benolkin

I remember a questionnaire published in one of the modeling magazines a few years back asking if we ever bought a model after finding a set of irresistible decals. I though the idea was silly and dismissed the idea - until recently. This might have happened when Daco started printing some of the special Belgian AF F-16 schemes if I didn't already have a pile of Vipers on the shelf. But what the Belgians do for the F-16, the Canadians do for the Hornet. Every year there is one or two special schemes that roll out of the paint shop, but my favorite has to be the 2003 Tiger Meet of the Americas scheme.

The full-color profiles provide an FS595 equivalent for each of the three shades of orange as well as the basic airframe colors. Once the basic colors are painted on your Hornet (CF-188A), FlightDecs has provided two sheets for the black upper tiger stripes, one sheet with the underside gray stripes, and the colorful sheet with the vertical stab artwork and white trim stripes. The results should be magnificent.

My sincere thanks to FlightDecs for this review sample! My Hasegawa CF-188A just arrived from Hannants yesterday...