Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Dear fellow modellers, the rumours that Germany is buying 45 FA-18s (including some Growlers) are becoming more and more frequent. German Defence Secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK) has just confirmed such considerations. If this deal is approved I hope to see those FA-18s in an interesting camo scheme. Well, one can hope, now can we? Cheers Rainer RNoAF, reconspit, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Now that would be a great model! I can see it now....An EA 18 G with tulip nose! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, chrish said: Now that would be a great model! I can see it now....An EA 18 G with tulip nose! A, well, I don't think the JG-71 "Richthofen" will get any Growlers. They just converted from the Phantom to the Eurofighter ... Cheers Rainer Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, Rainer Hoffmann said: A, well, I don't think the JG-71 "Richthofen" will get any Growlers. They just converted from the Phantom to the Eurofighter ... Cheers Rainer Im sorry, that was meant as humour LSP_K2, Martinnfb and Rainer Hoffmann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Why a carrier aircraft? Are the Germans rebuilding the Graf Zeppelin? Rainer Hoffmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Rainer Hoffmann said: Dear fellow modellers, If this deal is approved I hope to see those FA-18s in an interesting camo scheme. Well, one can hope, now can we? Cheers Rainer Rainer, it would be great to see german F18's, but on the camo scheme i "fear" it might be as plain and simple as the Eurofighter's, but ofcourse any other scheme would be very interesting. Grüße, Jack Rainer Hoffmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Neither does Canada...but rough roads (airstrips) would break normal landing gear...we should buy Russian stuff? Royboy and Daniel Leduc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Cheetah11 said: Why a carrier aircraft? Are the Germans rebuilding the Graf Zeppelin? It's not about naval aviation, but ECM/EWF (Growler, check) and nuclear capability for NATO obligations (doable by Boing, check). Not to forget to fill the A2G role (check) and to support the Eurofighter in Air policing (and to act as backup in case the Eurofighter fleet is grounded due to flight safety related problems). ... It has been written on the wall: Why do you thing did Revell release an own F-18E model for the German market? Regards - dutik chrish and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 12 hours ago, chrish said: Im sorry, that was meant as humour Well, I did understand that. It was also meant as humour when I said that the JG-71 had just converted from the F-4F to the Eurofighter. That was 7 (seven) years ago. And now the Luftwaffe wants to replace a 40 year old fighter with a 38 year old fighter ;-) Cheers Rainer chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 9 hours ago, Jack said: Rainer, it would be great to see german F18's, but on the camo scheme i "fear" it might be as plain and simple as the Eurofighter's, but ofcourse any other scheme would be very interesting. Grüße, Jack Imagine a Growler in Norm 72 camo ... Just saying. Cheers Rainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 9 hours ago, dutik said: It has been written on the wall: Why do you thing did Revell release an own F-18E model for the German market? Regards - dutik I thought exactly the same thing when I read such news more than two weeks ago! chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Rainer Hoffmann said: Well, I did understand that. It was also meant as humour when I said that the JG-71 had just converted from the F-4F to the Eurofighter. That was 7 (seven) years ago. And now the Luftwaffe wants to replace a 40 year old fighter with a 38 year old fighter ;-) Cheers Rainer Maybe because the F/A-18s are not as troublesome as the Eurofighter? I do hope this becomes reality, but I have my doubts. Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Lothar said: Maybe because the F/A-18s are not as troublesome as the Eurofighter? I do hope this becomes reality, but I have my doubts. Lothar Well, but they are meant to replace the Tornados. It seems they want to order another 45 Eurofighters as well. Rainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I hope so. I would love to see the F/A-18 in the old german Marine colors! Lothar and Tony T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, RNoAF said: I hope so. I would love to see the F/A-18 in the old german Marine colors! Yes, indeed. That would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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