Juan Benitez
Lafayette, Indiana
After dressing up the cockpit of Meng’s 1/48 scale EA-18G Growler, Juan applied custom mixes of Tamiya acrylics to mark it as the CAG aircraft from VAQ-132 when it was involved in Operation Odyssey Dawn over Libya in 2011. Pre-shading added variety to the light and dark ghost gray camouflage, and he weathered it with AK Interactive and Tamiya enamel washes and pastels to depict a heavily used aircraft.