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ON THE SHELF

DECAL SHEETS

ON THE SHELF
DECAL SHEETS

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Airfix Model World

http://www.airfixmodelworld.com

SENIOR SERVICE JETS

The Hawker Hunter has always

been a great subject for colour

schemes, and Royal Navy versions

are arguably some of the most

desirable. The fact has not been

lost on Fantasy Printshop, which

has produced this stunning

collection of markings for single-

and twin-seaters. A staggering

32 options are provided and the

liveries vary from RAF-style Dark

Green and Dark Sea Grey over

Light Aircraft Grey, and Extra Dark

Sea Grey over white, to High Speed

Silver and Dayglo. The interesting

unit heraldry only adds to the

mix, so dig out those Matchbox/

Xtrakit two-seaters or Airfix/Revell

‘singlies’. Black serials come on a

separate sheet, and some of the

options include:

• GA.11, XF291/BY, Rough Diamonds

aero team, Brawdy, 1969

• GA.11, WW654/833/VL, FRADU,
  Yeovilton, 1985


• GA.11, XF300/694/LM, 764 NAS,
  Lossiemouth, late 1960s


• T.8, XL582, 700Y NAS,
  Lossiemouth, 1958


• T.8, XE664/708/LM,
  Lossiemouth, 1962


• T.8C, XF289/738/VL, Heron
  Station Flight, Yeovilton, 1972

Fans of this long-serving and

successful fighter now have a

great array of markings for recent

examples in worldwide air arms.

Six choices depict single-seat

‘Charlie’ airframes, but extra codes

are provided with which to portray

F-16Ds. The users and camouflage

are all very different; even Iraqi

AF machines are represented, but

with speculative serials. Copious

stencilling also features, along with

all the necessary national insignia,

and the decals are designed to fit

Hasegawa and Tamiya kits. The

main aircraft are:

• F-16C Block 50, 91-0391, 148th FW,
  Minnesota ANG, 2014
  
  
  • F-16C Block 52, 03-0060/4060,
    Polish AF, NATO Tiger Meet, 2011
  
  
  • F-16C Block 52, 08-0816, Royal
    Moroccan AF, 2012 (4,500th F-16
    delivery scheme)
  
  
  • F-16C Block 40, 98-2012, Royal
    Bahraini AF, 2012
  
  
  • F-16C Block 50, 02-2116/811, Royal
    Air Force of Oman, 2010
  
  
  • F-16C Block 52, 1607, Iraqi AF, 2014
  
  
  
  

SHINY TWELVE JETS AND PROPS

One couldn’t wish for a more

eclectic mix of schemes when

considering the decoration of

Airfix’s great new kits. Various

camouflage colours offer real

variety, as do the user air

arms; there’s the Dark Earth

and Middle Stone of the South

African AF in Libya, overall

Trainer Yellow on a Canadian

Bolingbroke and then there

are the more exotic markings/

insignia on Free French,

Luftwaffe, Greek, Italian and

Portuguese examples. Ten

liveries in all are featured, with

some being:

• Blenheim IVf, Z7513/R, 15 Sqn,
  Cyrenaica, 1943


• Blenheim IV, V5458/RT-O, 114
  Sqn RAF, West Raynham, 1942


• Bolingbroke IV, 9030/BK-V, 115
  Sqn RCAF, Alaska, 1942


• Blenheim IV, 5+5, Luftwaffe,
  1040-41


• Blenheim IV, 267/ZE-G,
  Esquadrilha ZE, Portuguese AF,
  1944

ALLIED TWINS

Kits World takes a pleasing

approach here, by offering a

Lancaster and Tornado from the

same RAF unit...great if modelling

on a theme. The featured Lanc’ in

question wears impressive knight-

with-lance nose art; the aircraft

went missing on a raid to Acheres,

France, in June 1944. Fast-forward

70 years to the ‘Tonka’ and this

jet sports a glorious black, white

and green commemorative tail,

decorated last year. National

insignia and stencilling for both

aircraft are provided. They are:

• Tornado GR.4A, ZA395
  ‘Leads the Field 1915-2014’,
  Lossiemouth, 2014


• Lancaster B.III, LM321/PH-H,
  Wickenby, 1943

PRODUCT SPEC

Royal Navy Hawker Hunters

By: Fantasy Printshop/

AIRfile

Item no: FPAF-003

Scale: 1/72

Price: £12.95

Available from:

Fantasy Printshop,

http://www.fantasyprintshop.co.uk

PRODUCT SPEC

RAF 12 Squadron Tornado/

Lancaster

By: Kits World

Item no: KW172121

Scale: 1/72

Price: £10.20

Available from:

Kits World,

http://www.kits-world.com

GLOBAL SIXTEENS

PRODUCT SPEC

Bristol Blenheim &

Bolingbroke IV & IVf RAF &

Foreign Operators

By: Xtradecal

Item no: X72215

Scale: 1/72

Price: £7.99

Available from:

Hannants,

http://www.hannants.co.uk

PRODUCT SPEC

F-16C/D Vipers – The Next

Generation

By: Caracal Models

Item no: CD72019

Scale: 1/72

Price: US $13.99

Available from:

Caracal Models,

http://www.caracalmodels.com

F-16C Block 50, 91-0391, 148th FW,

• F-16C Block 52, 03-0060/4060,

SENIOR SERVICE JETS

Sea Grey over white, to High Speed

Xtrakit two-seaters or Airfix/Revell

GA.11, XF291/BY, Rough Diamonds

aero team, Brawdy, 1969

Bolingbroke IV & IVf RAF & • Blenheim IVf, Z7513/R, 15 Sqn,

SHINY TWELVE JETS AND PROPS

Kits World takes a pleasing on a theme. The featured Lanc’ in

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