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F

or nearly 50 years, the F-15

Eagle has been the main

guardian of the United

States, and with the small buy

of F-22 Raptors, this situation

is likely to remain the same

for the foreseeable future.

The latest sheet from Bullseye

supplies markings for F-15s based

at Tyndall and Eglin Air Bases

between 2003 and 2009. All of

the aircraft are finished in the

modified F-15 greys of FS 36176 and

36251, and none of the schemes

feature large areas of colour. Some

attractive nose art and unit tail

work means that this is as good

as it get on an operational Eagle.

Stencils are supplied for

four aircraft; also included are

placards for the undercarriage

and ejector seat. The instruction

sheets, covering over seven pages,

clearly show the application of

both stencils and unit markings.

1/48 SCALE

48-006 EMERALD COAST EAGLES F-15C

EAGLE

• F-15C 82-0033 33rd FW Eglin AFB,
  Florida 2009.
  
  
  • F-15C 82-0102 33rd FW Eglin AFB, Florida
    2005.
  
  
  • F-15C 83-0030 33rd FW Eglin AFB,
    Florida 2009.
  
  
  • F-15C 79-0069 33rd FW Eglin AFB,
  
  
  
  

Florida 2007.

• F-15C 79-0020 33rd FW Eglin AFB,
  Florida 2006.


• F-15C 78-0546 33rd FW Eglin AFB, Florida
  West Coast Demo Team.
  
  
  • F-15C 79-0078 58th FS Eglin AFB, Florida
    2009.
  
  
  • F-15C 82-0013 60th FS Eglin AFB, Florida
    2006.
  
  
  • F-15C 81-0027 325th FW Tyndall AFB,
    Florida 2004.
  
  
  • F-15C 79-0021 2nd FS Tyndall AFB,
    Florida 2005.
  
  
  • F-15C 81-0048 95th FS Tyndall AFB,
    Florida 2004.
  
  
  • F-15C 79-0021 2nd FS Tyndall AFB,
    Florida 2009.
  
  
  • F-15C 83-0031 1st FS Tyndall AFB, Florida
    2003.
  
  
  • F-15C 79-0073 1st FS Tyndall AFB, Florida
    2006.
  
  
  • F-15C 82-0025 40th FTS Eglin AFB,
    Florida 2007.
  
  
  • F-15C 85-0126 85th TES Eglin AFB,
    Florida 2007.
  
  
  
  

CONCLUSION

As I have said before, If you are

interested in some interesting

schemes for the F-15, visit Sprue

Brothers (who are the exclusive

distributors of the Bullseye range),

to purchase this decal sheet.

While you are there check out the

rest of Bullseye range. https://

store.spruebrothers.com

We thank both companies for

supplying the review samples,

Model Maker Decals

W

hy do you that

German World War

One subjects are far

more popular than British?

My theory is that this is down

to the rather drab colours in

which the British painted their

aircraft, and the very little

room for personal markings

to make things interesting.

But if you do not mind going

post-war, the Polish Air Force

used a number of British aircraft,

with the Polish checkerboard

national insignia, which alone

really brightens up a model.

Now Model Maker decals

have decided to release a sheet

in all major scales,

covering the Bristol

Fighter in Polish service.

As well as the

checkerboard, two of the

four options have been

repainted in a three-colour

camouflage, which will

also add interest to your

model. In 1/72 and 1/48 scale

these schemes are supplied

totally as decals, but in 1/32

scale two sets of masks

are used for most of the

major markings, including

the national insignia.

A small decal sheet is

supplied for some of the

smaller and more complicated

images, like the propeller blade

manufacturers’ markings.

1/72 SCALE

• Bristol F.2B Fighter, 20.89, School of
  Aviation, Deblin, 24th April, 1928.


• Bristol F.2B, 20.71, 5th Intelligence
  Squadron, 3rd Aviation Regiment,
  Poznan-Lawca, September 1923.


• Bristol F.2B Fighter, 20.29, Training

Squadron 3, Poznan, 1926.

• Bristol F.2B Fighter, 20.9, High School of
  Pilots, Grodziadz, 1922-23


• Bristol Fighter F.2bB, ( RR Falcon III
  engine) Warsaw, August 1920,

1/48 SCALE

As listed above in 1/72 scale

CONCLUSION

A really inspiring sheet, although

for the less competent modeller

like me, I do wish the 1/32 scale

sheet had been supplied purely as

decals, as I fear that masking the

complicated checkerboard national

insignia is beyond me. I expect,

though, that for those with the

skills, this will probably look far

better than decals that in this scale.

An inspired choice of subjects

from this manufacturer, and I do

hope they consider producing

markings for the Wingnuts

1/32 Sopwith Dolphin, though

maybe in decal form, please.

Our thanks to Model Maker

Decals for supplying these decals

for review. You can see the full

range at http://www.ModelMaker.

com.pl, and most of the Model

Maker range is now being stocked

by Hannants in the UK.

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