Airfix Model World – September 2019

ON THE SHELF

DECAL SHEETS

120 Airfi x Model World

RAF Night Hurricanes Mk.I
By: Shelf Oddity
Item no: SO314430 Price: £4.70
Web: http://www.coastalcraftmodelsuk.com

Here’s a smart set of aftermarket
decals intended for Sweet’s 1/144
Hurricane Mk.I double-kit offering,
with enough markings supplied for
both models.
No instructions are provided with the
single sheet, but they are available
via: http://www.shelfoddity.com. The decals
are silk-screen printed onto glossy

carrier film,

which will

reduce silvering

markedly, and

all required

serials, national

insignia and

fin flashes

are supplied,

along with nose

and fuselage

artwork. These

are far superior to the kit markings,

and exhibit excellent register and

opacity, which is vital for such small

items on a black aircraft. There are

four options:

• P3118/VY-X, Sqn Ldr F D J Wheeler,
  85 Sqn, RAF Debden, March 1941


• V6931/DZ-D, Flt Lt I S Blackie
  Smith, 151 Sqn, RAF Wittering, May
  1941


• W9291/M, 213 Sqn, RAF Idku, Egypt,
  August 1941


• Z4202/H, B Flt, 30 Sqn, RAF Idku,
  Egypt, late 1941

EARLY RAF NIGHT FIGHTERS

31st Fighter Wing

Return with Honor

By: Bullseye Model

Aviation Decals

Item no: 48-007

Price: US$24.99

Web: http://www.

spruebrothers.com

This sumptuous

collection of F-16s

is designed to fit

Tamiya’s 1/48 kits

and portrays 31st

Fighter Wing airframes,

based at Aviano in

Italy between 1994

and 2012. In addition

to standard ‘line’

jets, it covers those

involved in Operations

Allied/Deliberate

Force (Balkans), Iraqi Freedom,

Odyssey Dawn (Libya) and

Inherent Freedom (Iraq/Syria).

Early- and late-camouflage

types are featured and there are

guides for stencil placement and

weapons configurations. The

Cartograf-printed decals feature

perfect register and sharp colour

demarcations and capture the

changes to the unit insignia and

artwork faithfully; sufficient

stencils are supplied for two

models. The 14 options include:

• F-16CG, 89-2001, 555th FS, 1994


• F-16CG, 88-0532, 555th FS, 1997


• F-16CG, 89-2016, 16th AF, 555th
  FS, Allied Force, 1999


• F-16CG, 87-0351, 31st OSS, 555th
  FS, 2001


• F-16CG, 89-2137, 31st OG, 510th
  FS, 2007


• F-16CG, 89-2016, 16th AF, 555th
  FS, 2006


• F-16CM, 89-2009, 510th FS, 2012

AVIANO VIPERS

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CAF Boeing CC-137 (707-347C)

By: 26Decals

Item no: STS7211 Price: £15

Web: http://www.26decals.com

This is a different scheme for a

Heller Boeing 707 or back-dated

Heller/Italeri KC-135A, as it provides

markings for any one of Canada’s

five CC-137 Husky VIP transport

aircraft (serials 17701-5), depicted

at three periods in their 24-year

service life. There are six sheets, and

all fuselage trim is supplied in decal

form, notably the red/white cheat

line, along with a choice of solid/clear

windscreen and passenger windows,

plus cargo/passenger hatch outlines

and wing walkway areas. While the

overall white and grey/natural metal

scheme remained unchanged, the

fuselage legend changed from

‘Canadian Armed Forces/Forces

Armées Canadiennes’ to ‘Canada’

(both in red) and eventually the

comparatively low-vis black ‘Canada’

with smaller ‘Canadian Armed

Forces/Forces Armées Canadiennes’

and national flag beneath it. Note

at any one time up to two Husky

airframes were fitted with wing-

mounted air-refuelling pods, so

these may need to be scratch-built

for an accurate model.

VIP HUSKY 1/72

1/144

Hawker Hunter Overseas Users

By: Xtradecal

Item no: X48203 Price: £ 7. 9 9

Web: http://www.hannants.co.uk

Xtradecal’s latest ‘cranked-wing’

Hunter offering concerns export

airframes, and these will add a

splash of colour to any model,

whether in terms of the desert

camouflage, national insignia,

brightly coloured sections or a

combination of all three. There

are six schemes, representing

aircraft from five nations (India,

Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and

Rhodesia), with single examples

for all but the Southern African

country. Modelling notes are

provided where relevant and

colours are denoted

with Xtracolor

equivalents:

• F.56, BA360A, 20
  Sqn/Target Towing
  Flight, Indian AF,
  Kalaikunda, West
  Bengal, India, 1972


• F.6, 660, 4 Sqn,
  Iraqi AF, H-3, 1967


• FGA.70, L175,
  Lebanese AF, Iraq,
  1967


• F.6, 60-602, 5
  Sqn, Royal Saudi
  AF, 1969


• FGA.9, RRAF121,
  1 Sqn, Royal
  Rhodesian
  AF, Thornhill,
  Rhodesia, 1967


• FGA.9, R1821,
  1 Sqn, Royal
  Rhodesian
  AF, Thornhill,
  Rhodesia, 1972

CAMM’S EXPORT SUCCESSES

1/72

RAF Night Hurricanes Mk.I

carrier film,

which will

reduce silvering

markedly, and

all required

serials, national

insignia and

fin flashes

are supplied,

along with nose

and fuselage

artwork. These

are far superior to the kit markings,

Fighter Wing airframes,

Force (Balkans), Iraqi Freedom,

stencils are supplied for two

models. The 14 options include:

AVIANO VIPERS

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whether in terms of the desert provided where relevant and

colours are denoted

with Xtracolor

equivalents:

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