Finnish 'Aggressor' Hornet ? ...

[tsrjoe]

Finnish 'Aggressor' Hornet ?

... during a summer trip to Helsinki, whilst there doing my usual visits of museums i wandered into the military museum in Helsinki which had an interesting lil promotional/recruitment video showing Hornet flight operations, one thing that really caught my eye was one in an overall very dark (temporary black?) scheme F.18C Hornet, coded HN-444 which was seemingly being used as an 'aggressor' during acm. definately something i hadnt seen noted elsewhere and certainly a lil different from the norm.

Iv also found the same video on 'youtube' ...

Black Hornet ...

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[tsrjoe]

... the snaps make the aircraft look darker than it seems in the footage as the serial number is stil visible against the darkened surface, so i was thinking some kind of temporary 'black wash' over the normal grey scheme ?

[tsrjoe]

from the amazingly prolific hand of John Lacey (maverick) ... a profile of HN-444 as discussed ...

many thanks, cheers, Joe

[tsrjoe]

iv since found out from an Ilmavoimat pilot at Kauhava that the Hornet i surmised was in a possible 'aggressor' scheme' was in actuality 'photoshopped' to appear dark emphasising an enemy type in the footage, bummer!

ah well, no matter, i do really like the concept and decided to model it as a 'what if' anyway from the excellent Academy kit 

cheers, Joe   

[GTX_Admin]

I remember seeing that same video when I was there a few years ago.

[tsrjoe]

another one completed after a hiatus on the shelf for over a year now, oops, tut tut, piccies to follow ... admittedly the finish turned out a bit less 'patchy' and more even than planned  (i had tried to emulate a thin black covering over a standard finish)

next up are a couple of Hawks in overall black as an ACM. aggressor (one for the shelf the other as a gift for a friend who is a pilot in that role)

cheers, Joe