Blue Angels F18

Description

The Blue Angels, formally named the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, following the Patrouille de France which formed in 1931. The team has six Navy and one Marine Corps demonstration pilots. They primarily fly the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, an American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hornet is in service with the armed forces of the United States, Australia, and Kuwait.

Overall Design Features

Featuring:

• accurate styling, livery and proportions to that of the real fighter
• removable front and rear landing gear to display in flight on the stand or landed
• folding wing tips for naval storage and maintenance
• fully-modeled engine exhausts with removable afterburner piece
• internal cockpit with flight controls for both pilots
• adjustable flaps/ailerons on the wings
• adjustable rear horizontal stabilizers
• fully brick-built engines with removable covers
• adjustable rear vertical stabilizers
• nearly-studless design
• elegant display stand
• built to LEGO design standards using standard connections and parts placement to ensure a strong model perfect for display
• utilizes only currently-available color pieces

Focus was given to accuracy, strength and playability, and with quick-to-market and available colors. The product includes a full-color encrypted PDF of the digital model and importable XML parts list (in txt format). Instructions only; no physical bricks are included, but can be acquired from LEGO directly or other sources such as bricklink.com or similar. No stickers are included; any renders that contain decals or other non-printed brick pieces are simply for design modeling purposes and are not included with the design files.