Scale Aviation Modeller International – September 2019

Euro Decals

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t is very unusual for two sheets to be released for the same kit 32 years after its release. But Tamiya’s F-15C has been a near permanent addition to the catalogue since it’s release in 1996 and it certainly builds into an impressive kit But the type has never been that colourful even when nose art has been added during operations. Well that changed in 2016 when the Oregon Air National Guard celebrated it’s 75th anniversary by painting a Strike eagle in a very colourful scheme. It is hard to say which is more impressive the large Eagles Head on the nose or the wings on the wing and tail surfaces. But it is actually the tail art, which really impressed me most with its large Fir tree and sword, which has been beautifully realised by Fantasy Printshop. The decal sheet has been printed on three A4 sheets

and smaller A6 sheet and is supported by full colour instruction sheet which clearly shows where all the decals go.

1/32 SCALE ED-32122 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS F-15C OREGON ANG SPECIAL 2016

McDonnell Douglas F-15C 79-041
of 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon
National Guard, United States Air
Force, based at Kingsley Field in
Klamath Falls, Oregon, 2016.

CONCLUSION A very attractive scheme that reminds me a lot of the “Chippy Ho” scheme applied to an F/A-18 Hornet though the tail art is far more striking than the Nav y scheme. A seriously impressive decal sheet and I do hope that Euro Decals consider scaling this sheet down to it the 1/48 scale Revell Kit. Our thanks to euro Decals for the review sample which can be purchased directly from http://www.fansayprintshiop.co.uk.

Two Bobs Decals

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y irst feature for this magazine was a Tamiya F-15E Strike Eagle way back in 1996 Since then the type has seen a lot of operational service and the latest sheet from Two Bob ‘s decals supplies some very attractive markings for the 14 aircraft deployed for operations from an undisclosed location. During their six month deployment from RAF Lakenheath, which ended in October 2018 the aircraft lew over 2,100 missions and deployed 500 precision guided munitions.

1/32 SCALE 32-070 F-15E MAXIMUM EFFORT EAGLES

F-15E Strike Eagle “Jenny” S/N 00-
3001 494th Expeditionary Fighter
Squadron. Undisclosed location.
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Devils Darlin” S/N
00-3002 494th Expeditionary Fighter
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Deadpool” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Megalodon” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Firebird” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “2-Oh-40-oz” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Texas Ranger” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Chief” S/N 91-1314
494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron.
Undisclosed location. October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “White Walrus” S/N

October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Ravage” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Gears of War” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Bullseye” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Valkyrie” S/N
October 2018.

F-15E Strike Eagle “Lady Liberty” S/N
October 2018.

1/48 SCALE 48 265 F-15E MAXIMUM EFFORT EAGLES As listed above in 1/32 scale

CONCLUSION How I wish this sheet had been available when I built my Tamiya Strike Eagle, although sadly though Tamiya released a kit with some modern air to ground munitions they never carried out a full update which would need the sniper pod and various lumps and bumps that have been added to the airframe over the last twenty years. In the smaller scale it was a similar story until Revell and Great Wall released their Beagles (Bomb + Eagle = Beagle). Our thanks to Two Bobs for the review sample that in the UK can be purchased from Hannants or direct from http://www.twobobs.net.

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Scale Aviation Modeller International – September 2019

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