F/A-18 Super Hornet ECS Exhausts-Bard Stacks

RES-IM, 1/72 scale

Reviewed by Mark Davies

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If, like me, you are not a Rhino buff, then you will have either ignored this review, or clicked and opened it because you wondered what are exhaust-bard stacks?

Well I can tell you using this extract from RES-IM’s website:

“ECS – Environmental Control System exhaust for late version – starting Lot 26 (BuNo 166420) and later. Many of Early Lot 26 were retrofitted with the new exhaust - Bard Stacks. SuperHornets prior to Lot 26 remain with the heat blankets, with the exception of a few with the test squadrons at China Lake and Patuxent River (source: The Modern Super Hornet Guide, Jake Melampy, Reid Air Publications).”

Images of the real thing may be viewed by clicking here and here...

Detail sets do not come much simpler than this one. The ten identical single parts come mounted on one pour stub in a zip-lock plastic bag with card header.

The parts are nicely cast and will be easy to remove from their casting block.

So there you have it. If you are building a Lot 26 or later F/A-18 Super Hornet it seems that you will need this detail set to help with your quest for accuracy.

Thanks to Resin Improvement for the review samples.

Review Text & Images Copyright © 2013 by Mark Davies
Page Created 8 August, 2013
Last updated 8 August, 2013

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