The iconic Blue Angels have flown F/A-18 varieties since 1986, and this year not only marks 4 years of some form of Hornet or Super Hornet as their mount, but 80 years since the team formed, and this set is here as a sort of first and present set.

Revell’s brand new 2026 Blue Angel’s 80th Anniversary set is an exciting proposition to an aerobatic team fanatic like myself. There’s more than meets the eye here though – as this set contains a tooling from beyond Revell – Eduard!

This set features the F6-F which was the first mount of the display team in 1946. In contrast it features the F/A-18 Super Hornet which became the team’s aircraft in 2020 and remains there today. The difference between the planes goes beyond their vintage; they are different shades of blue, gold, and yellow too!

Revell have done a good job of showing this with the kit, with Lufthansa Blue and Night Blue for the newer lighter shades and older darker shades. The decals are also in yellow (newer) and gold (older). It’s lush to see such attention to detail – including all markings for all aircraft too!

The most unusual part of this Revell boxing is that the F6F is Eduard as previously stated. Weirdly I couldn’t find a lot of information online about this which was a bit odd, but it was said on Hannats site. It’s not a secret though – it’s clearly and proudly marked on the sprue!

This tooling dates back to 2011 but as an Eduard set it’s a lovely tooling regardless. It feels almost more complex than the Revell tooling – the Super Hornet. As both kits are post 2010 you do not need to worry about trenches for panel lines nor raised lines either. They’re not the most ultra detailed insane kits in the world, but they’re brilliant for their scale.

The F6F on it’s own goes for about £16 or anywhere from €12 to €15.00. The newest release of the F/A-18 Super Hornet it would set you back about £21.00 or €22.00. The pricing of this set in Europe is €49.99 from Revell, but I’ve seen it as low as €40.00. In the UK I purchased mine from eModels where, as of writting, it is £41.39. This includes decals, paints, a paintbrush, and glue too, alongside honestly great instructions meaning this is real bang for your buck. means for both kits individually without Blue Angels decals you’d pay about £40.00 – rounded to be a sort of middle ground from where I’ve seen prices. This is about €45.00 but I’ve no doubt it’s cheaper on the continent. In America it seems to cost about $25.00 for the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the same for the F6-F meaning you’d pay $50.00. The only places I saw the bundle kit were for $60.00 so it does seem pricer in the US – but considering what you get I still think it’ sa bargain.

I cannot tell you catagorically if I think you should buy this kit from a building perspective as I am yet to do that, but from a value perspective it seems pretty good and it features markings for all the aircraft which is something Revell do well!

I also am glad to see Revell are bringing some colour with display teams – as they’ve done the Red Arrows before. One hopes this means we’ll get a Thunderbirds set in 2028 and perhaps other more unique sets like Patroulle de France, Black Knights, Midnight Hawks, or Saudi Falcons because they are deseperately missing from the market…I’m very expectant of a 75th Anniversary Thunderbirds set in two years time!