F/A-18D Hornet TOPGUN Maverick 2020 Replica

Available on the Market Place - CLICK HERE TO BUY!

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F/A-18D Hornet 164726 pushing high G's below the deck at Kings Canyon National Park, California, by Asra Kron.

 
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Profile print offered with the livery.

This is a replica livery of the two seat Hornet used in the TOPGUN Maverick movie, coming out this year. The original aircraft is a Super Hornet, so there are minor adjustments to the Hornet frame but it is pretty accurate. Since it is a replica it carries CAPT Pete Mitchell's name and call sign (Maverick). The names shown on the front gear doors are usually the aircraft's ground crew and these are the exact ones displayed on the real life aircraft.

As a curious note - on the real life livery the three aircraft silhouettes representing the three Migs shot down by Pete Mitchell are actually not Mig 29's. In some reference photos Hornet silhouettes were actually used instead (see inserts above)! Go figure. I went with the more generic jet fighter silhouette that shows in some of the photos taken "on set" (some at China Lake, some at Patuxent River and other Navy stations where the movie was shot) - see large real life photo above.

Note also that this variant was never flown with wing fuel tanks so they will not show in any of the ordnance options (arm).

FRAMED AIRCRAFT PROFILE
This livery comes with a framed aircraft profile of this replica for you to display at your home or hangar.

ASRA KRON © EIGHT SHADES OF BLUE 2020

 

Project F/A-18D Stingers / Direwolves

Stingers Boeing F/A-18D Hornets. A fantasy series fighter for a fantasy Air Wing.

Torbram Satinier is an old friend and :: 8SB :: client who usually goes for RCAF inspired aircraft liveries, but this time he wanted something different. A whole fantasy wing of fighter attack aircraft made of two squadrons and a training section. In order to do this I created two fictitious squadrons: the Stingers and the Direwolves, and added a trainer aircraft.

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The result was plain to see on delivery day when all the aircraft were lined up for inspection at CinSal airport. Not your usual run of the mill job. Fourteen unique liveries for a very special client. You will see them around the skies of Second Life, and hopefully enjoy this art work that gave me so much pleasure to create. A true challenge and a great project. Mischief managed!

 

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LIVERY COST:
The cost of a Shana Aircraft F/A-18C unique custom livery is 3,000 L$ with guaranteed exclusive and support for 12 months. Auto paint delivery system included. Pilot name modification by the client is possible, though usually included in the work. Additional liveries of this design licensed by the buyer to others will involve a 600 L$ fee due by each of the chosen recipients. A pack of two liveries ordered at the same time for this livery model applied to its F/A-18D counterpart varies from  4,000 L$ to 5,000 L$, depending on the work involved in the transposition of the C model to the D model. Same warranty applicable in all cases.

AIRCRAFT PROFILE COST:
The cost of a Shana Aircraft F/A-18C unique aircraft profile using the unique livery ordered is 500 L$. Supplied with frame. Permissions: no mod, copy, no transfer.

TIME TO COMPLETION:
48 hours from start, 72 hours with profile. Start depending on lined up and ongoing work.

AIRCRAFT INFO:
!SC : F/A-18C and F/A-18D Hornet - v1.3.5
Shana Aircraft does not have a SL Market Place store. You will need to find the F/A-18C/D Hornet in a vendor at Shana Carpool's store in Meridas (SLUR here).

Note: Color schemes for this aircraft without U.S.N. Third Fleet S.L. markings but using generic Navy markings are available on demand. U.S.N. Third Fleet S.L. orders have a special discount on this type. See Third Fleet price list here!

ASRA KRON © EIGHT SHADES OF BLUE 2018

 

RCAF 401 TFS "Ram" CF-188 B Hornet - Replica Series

Available on the MP - CLICK HERE TO SEE!

   

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Also available in a TWO PACK - see MP item here!

 

ASRA KRON © EIGHT SHADES OF BLUE 2018
  

Project F/A-18C & D Hornet "Tsunami"

 
Following a growing line of liveries inspired by the one used on the HS-14 Chargers Ocean Hawk SH-60F "610" (which prompted the first commissioned livery of this line applied on an Alternate Series SH-60 (the "618"), followed by a Replica Series for Third Fleet), my old friend Viks, aka CuriousMinette, got hold of Shana Carpool's Hornet and sure enough ordered an exclusive two pack with this type of design, this time a Fantasy Series paint job, unaffiliated with the military, but based on U.S. Navy Hornet designs.

Like the "Chargers" Ocean Hawk, this livery is inspired by the most famous work of 19th century Japanese artist Hokusai, "The Great Wave" (Kanagawa-oki nami ura, "Under a wave off Kanagawa") following this livery line tradition, which came to be named the "Tsunami" line. Both a C and a D model were executed and it gives me great pleasure to know they will fly the skies of Second Life in the hands of a great aviation enthusiast and long time friend.
 

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Both models, C and D, were supplied with a "clean" version with no pods and under wing tanks, and a payload VICE version compatible with all payload options.

LIVERY COST:
The cost of a Shana Aircraft F/A-18C unique custom livery is 3,000 L$ with guaranteed exclusive and support for 12 months. Auto paint delivery system included. Pilot name modification by the client is possible, though usually included in the work. Additional liveries of this design licensed by the buyer to others will involve a 600 L$ fee due by each of the chosen recipients. A pack of two liveries ordered at the same time for this livery model applied to its F/A-18D counterpart varies from  4,000 L$ to 5,000 L$, depending on the work involved in the transposition of the C model to the D model. Same warranty applicable in all cases.

AIRCRAFT PROFILE COST:
The cost of a Shana Aircraft F/A-18C unique aircraft profile using the unique livery ordered is 500 L$. Supplied with frame. Permissions: no mod, copy, no transfer.

TIME TO COMPLETION:
48 hours from start, 72 hours with profile. Start depending on lined up and ongoing work.

AIRCRAFT INFO:
!SC : F/A-18C and F/A-18D Hornet - v1.3.5
Shana Aircraft does not have a SL Market Place store. You will need to find the F/A-18C Hornet in a vendor at Shana Carpool's store in Meridas (SLUR here).

Note: Color schemes for this aircraft without U.S.N. Third Fleet S.L. markings but using generic Navy markings are available on demand. U.S.N. Third Fleet S.L. orders have a special discount on this type. See Third Fleet price list here!

ASRA KRON © EIGHT SHADES OF BLUE 2018

Disclaimer:
All references in this entry refer only to the item illustrated. 

News from the Fleet! Navy paint jobs now available to all!

The "Jolly Rogers" F/A-18D AG/200 POW MIA marks the release of :: 8SB :: U.S.N. paint jobs to the public.

FROM N.A.S. MIRAMAR WEBLOG:

The "authorities" have decided to give the general public access to United States Navy liveries through our official supplier, Eight Shades of Blue ( :: 8SB :: ) that up to the release of Shana Carpool's new Hornet only supplied Second Life naval officers, in particular those serving in Third Fleet. This decision was already in the making as the Hornet was released with a VFA-25 set of liveries, hinting what was to come. However, the gift paint kit you get by purchasing Shana Carpool's Hornet, included in the aircraft box, remains special as it contains a REPLICA livery (see here). This was a one of a kind occasion - and this set is still available for 0 L$ in :: 8SB :: market place store and vendors across the grid.
The opening salvo of this new release policy belongs to ALTERNATE SERIES VFA-103 "Jolly Rogers" C and D Hornets in a POW MIA color scheme, but other U.S. naval aircraft paint jobs will be available in the future, depending on :: 8SB :: listings and work load.

SEE THE FIRST RELEASES FOLLOWING THE LINKS BELOW!

U.S. Navy VFA-103 "Jolly Rogers" POW MIA F/A-18D Hornet (in the main picture above)

U.S. Navy VFA-103 "Jolly Rogers" POW MIA F/A-18C Hornet (in the picture below)

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Eight Shades of Blue will now create :: 8SB :: ALTERNATE SERIES United States Navy liveries for the market, available to all. The ALTERNATE SERIES are paint jobs inspired by real life aircraft that have served or still serve in air forces and navies across the globe. They are not replicas.

U.S. Navy paint jobs related to Third Fleet squadrons, ALTERNATE or REPLICA, are never available to naval officers serving in other fleets than those mentioned below or to the public in general.lic in general.
U.S. Navy aircraft replicas, in the :: 8SB :: REPLICA SERIES, are only available to naval officers serving in the Second Fleet, Third Fleet and Seventh Fleet in Second Life's United States Navy, with the caveat that Third Fleet, as the main procurer, has special prices. SL naval officers serving in the fleets mentioned also have access to SL active duty ALTERNATE liveries, Third Fleet ones remaining exclusive to the squadrons in the fleet. These are not accessible to all.

We hope in this manner to further spread the image of the United States Navy throughout Second Life with quality liveries now available to all aviation enthusiasts - naval aviation in particular.

GO NAVY! HOOYAH!!

CAPT. Asra "Cougar" Kron
NASMCO / TFCOM / :: 8SB ::