Scale aviation modeller international

Decales Global

A

fter 50 years in

production, and nearly

10,000 examples built,

the Boeing 737 is the world’s

most numerous airliner. With

five examples being delivered

every month it is hard to see

this changing in my lifetime.

This month from Decales

Global we have a selection of

737 decals, covering a number

of operators, from national

carriers to airlines with only

a few examples in service.

I always mention that Decales

Global decals have an overall

carrier film, and you need to trim

the decals from the carrier sheet

close to the printed image before

applying them to your model.

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DG14118 Boeing 737-800,

Westjet C-GJWS

DG14461 Boeing 737-200,

Aero Costa Rica N170PL

DG14750 Boeing 737-200,

Thai Airways, HS-TBD

DG14780 Boeing 737-200,

Batavia Air, PK-YTT

DG14685 Boeing 737-200,

Indian Airlines, VT-EAJ

DG14886

CONCLUSION

Due to its long life,

you can spend the

rest of your modelling

life building just

1/144 scale Boeing 737s, and still

never produce one example from

every operator of the type.

Especially as production is likely

to continue well into the middle of

the 21st century, If you like things

colourful, airline schemes are the

way to go. As most are produced in

1/144 scale, you can produce quite

a large collection without taking up

loads of room, and Decals Global

supplies markings for airlines

that no one else has ever covered

before, from all five continents.

To order these decals

visit http://www.joydecals.com

We thank Greg Joy for

supplying the review samples.

Foxbot Decals

O

ne of Foxbot’s recent decal

releases covers two Sukhoi

Su-24M Fencers of the

Ukrainian Air Force (FD48-029).

The aircraft have been painted

in the currently trendy digital

camouflage, and while the sheets

supply all the markings, they left

it to the modeller to figure out how

to paint this complicated scheme.

Now Foxbot have released two

sets of masks to make painting this

scheme a far simpler proposition.

Two sheets have been produced

for White 20 and White 41. Both

are finished in a similar, but

not identical scheme, and the

accompanying instructions clearly

describe the process of applying

this complicated paint scheme.

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FM48-005 Masks Digital Su-24M

“White 20” Ukranian Air Force

FM48-006 Masks Digital Su-24M

“White 41” Ukranian Air Force

CONCLUSION

These masks will make

painting this scheme easier

but not simple; time and

patience will be the key to

reproducing it. But once you

have, you will have a model

that will be the centrepiece

of any collection – a display

with a Ukrainian Flanker,

Frogfoot, and Fencer,

all in a digital scheme,

would very impressive.

Our thanks to Foxbot for the

samples, which in the UK are

available from Hannants.

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