Hobby Boss 1/48 Hobby Boss F/A-18E Super Hornet VFC-12 Plastic Model KitThe F A 18E F Super Hornet is a larger and more advanced variant of the F A 18C D Hornet. An early version was marketed by McDonnell Douglas as Hornet 2000 in the 1980s. The Hornet 2000 concept was an advanced version of the F A 18 with a larger wing, longer fuselage to carry more fuel and more powerful engines. The F A 18E F fuselage was stretched by 860 mm to make room for fuel and future avionics upgrades and increased the wing area by 25%.