Scale Aviation Modeller International – September 2019

Werner Wing Decals

T

he Bell UH-1 in all it single

engine variants served

for with the US Army

for over 54 years with the last

leaving service in 2016. It is well

known for most of that time the

vast majority of Huey’s were in

a boring overall green scheme.

The latest sheet from Werner

Wings cover the operation of

the UH-1 from Vietnam to the

end of its service and though

there are a few drab schemes

the main theme on this sheet is

some of the more colourful or

elaborate schemes applied to the

type during its long service.

Even the Vietnam War

had it’s colourful aircraft and

this sheet feature quite a few

from this period which have

colourful stabilizer’s and tail

bands. After Vietnam, the

most colourful examples were

used for training with areas of

Day-Glo or as VIP transports

with some custom scheme. We

also have a selection of “Dust

Of” Ambulance examples

as well as two very diferent

camoulage schemes. The irst

used by the 1st Air Cavalry has a

similar four colour camoulage

to that seen on US tanks in the

1970s while moving to 2011 we

have an example painted in

a scheme similar to that used

by Russian Mil-24 Hinds.

Though the majority of

schemes are US Army, the US

Navy and South Vietnam Air Force

also make an appearance. We also

have one civilian example from

Air America, the CIA’s private Air

Force during the Vietnam War.

1/48 SCALE

WWD48-16 UH-1D/HS IN VIETNAM

AND BEYOND

• UH-1H 69-15897 3rd Sqd, 5th Cav
  Reg 1971.


• UH-1H 15609 215th HS 62nd TW Nha-
  Trang AFB 1974.


• UH-1D XW-PFH Air America 1968.


• UH-1H 69-15527 116th AHC 1971.


• UH-1H 69-15739 3/17th Cav 1971.


• UH-1H 68-16340 174th AHC 1971.


• UH-1H 67-17679 48th AHC 1972.


• UH-1H 67-17795 195th AHC 1970.


• UH-1H VNAF 1975.


• UH-1H VNAF 1975.


• UH-1H 66-16488 187th AHC 1965.


• UH-1V 69-15271 92 AHC – Ft. Tucker

2004.

• UH-1V 71-20204 348th Med Det 1991.


• UH-1V 71-20255 Medical Co (Air
  Ambulance) 2003.


• UH-1H 73-21670 1st Air Cav 1978.


• UH-1D 65-10013 Ft. Rucker 1985.


• UH-1D 13584 HT-8 1968.


• UH-1H 66-17118 MNFO 1993.


• BH-1H 70-16315 CCAD 2007.


• UH-1H 74-22465 Hohenfels OPFOR
  2011.
  
  
  • UH-1H 74-22330 Hohenfels Falcon
    OC 2011.
  
  
  • UH-1H 73-22127 1st Sqd, 1st Cav Reg,
    1st Armoured Div Buedingen, Germany
    1994.
  
  
  
  

CONCLUSION

The instructions are clear

and concise while the decals

are beautifully printed on one

large sheet. In my view, this

decal sheet certainly ofers

exceptional value for money.

With so many options I am

sure any modellers who like

helicopters will struggle to

build just one or two of the

marking options on this sheet.

Out thanks to Werner Wings

for the review sample and in

the accessory section we will

be featuring a few new sets

from this manufacturer to

help detail your Bell UH-1.

As always this sheet and the

rest of the Werners Wings range

can be ordered from their web

site at http://www.wernerwings.com.

Shelf Oddity

W

e were introduced to

this manufacturer at

ModelBrno and they

supplied us with samples of their

decals and accessory ranges. What

makes this manufacturer unusual

is that they specialise in the

smaller scales of 1/144 for aircraft

and 1/350 and 1/700 for ships.

This month we have two

new decal sheets, the irst for

the Boeing F-15E and Republic

F-47D in French service.

As you would expect both

sheets are quite small but well

printed. To keep costs down

these decals do not come with

any instruction instead you

download them from the web

site. Which also gives you a

chance to view the schemes

supplied before you buy.

1/144 SCALE

SO314440 F-15E STRIKE EAGLE

VULGARIS PART 2

• Boeing F-15E-49-MC, 90-0241, 397st
  FS, 366th FW, Mountain Home AFB.


• Boeing F-15E-52-MC,91-0325, 422nd
  Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53Rd
  TEG, Nellis AFB


• Boeing F-15E-45-MC, 88-1684, 333th
  FS, 4th FW, Seymour Johnson AFB.

SO314433 ARMEE DE L ‘AIR F-47D

• Republic F-47D-30-RA, 44-33663,
  AF-C, GCIII/6 Roussillion, Trier,

Germany, 1946

• Republic F-47D-28-RA, 44-20048,
  10-SO, EMCE 3/10, Dijon, France, 1951.


• Republic F-47D-28-RA, 44-19679, K,
  CERAA, Rabat-Sale, Morroco 1952,


• Republic F-47D-30-RA, 4490024,
  20-QA, EC 2/20 Ouarsenis,
  Boufarik,Algeria 1960.

CONCLUSION

It is not that often that we get

to review decal sheets for 1/144

scale. Shelf Oddity should be

commended for releasing

an extensive range of decals

covering everything from

World War 2 to the Modern

day and they are not afraid

at exploring more ofbeat

subjects like post war Iranian

Thunderbolts to ever popular

subjects like the F-14 Tomcat.

To see the full range

visit http://www.shelfoddity.

com and we thank them for

supplying the samples.

66 SEPTEMBER 2019 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

DECALS