Scale Aviation Modeller International — February 2018

Syhart Decals

A

nother sheet passed

to us by Syhart Decals

at Telford supplies

markings for a Mil-24D Hind-E

assigned to the US Coast Guard

in the classic Orange and White

scheme carried since the mid-

1960s and no it is not a “What If

scheme” it actually happened

as the colour photographs on

the instruction sheet shows.

In 1991 a film was made called

“Charged with Death” or Laded

with Death” depending on your

translation. In the film, a US

Coast Guard helicopter teamed

up with a Russian warship to

stop a boat loaded with drugs. Of

course, the US Coast Guard were

not going to loan the Russian

film company a helicopter so

the Russian air Force stepped

in by painting one of their

attack helicopters in the current

USCG scheme. Photographs

show that the no self defence

equipment was fitted though the

mounting for the disco lantern

behind the exhausts is present.

Though in most scenes no load

is carried on any of the pylons

in some shots from the film

the inner pylons are mounted

with UB-32 rocket pods.

The decal sheet is quite

basic but supplies all you

need to complete this unusual

scheme while the instructions

are to this company’s normal

comprehensive standard.

1/48 SCALE

48-102 MIL MI-24D HIND-E “U.S

COAST GUARD” 1991

CONCLUSION

If you have a Monogram kit in

the stash and are looking for

something unusual this decal

sheet is unlikely to be beaten

and certainly my example has

moved right up to near the top

of my to do list for 2018.

Syhart sheets can be ordered

direct from the manufacturer

at http://www.syhartdecal.fr and

if you like colourful sheets

you should definitely visit

their website and we thank

Sylvain Hautier for supplying

us with the review sample.

Vingtor Decals

T

he latest from Norwegian

Air Force specialist Vingtor

covers the marking

applied to the F-16Ams of 331

squadrons to celebrate the 60th

and 75th anniversary markings

in 2001 and 2016 in 1/72 scale.

The 60th anniversary scheme

just adds some commemorative

graphics including a Hawk

on one side of the tail and

cross swords on the other.

The 75th is a bit more interesting

as it has a tail fin painted in WW2

Grey Green camouflage with a

Viking longboat on one side of the fin

and the squadron badge on the other.

Enough stencils and national

insignia are supplied to make both

options on the decal sheets. The

instructions supply all you need to

know and they recommend the new

tool Revell kit, though the older

Hasegawa kit can also be used.

1/72 SCALE

72-133 LOCKHEED MARTIN F-16AM

FIGHTING FALCON NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE

• Lockheed Martin F-16AM, 660, 60th
  Anniversary Scheme
  
  
  • Lockheed Martin F-16AM, 627, 75th
    Anniversary Scheme
  
  
  
  

CONCLUSION

Though not the most

outstanding artwork applied

for a commemorative event the

modifications applied to Norwegian

F-16s and certainly with their

overall grey scheme a Norwegian

F-16 will not be hard to paint.

Our thanks to Vingtor for the

review sample which in the UK can

be purchased from Hannants.

Series Espanolas Decals

T

he latest

Hornet from

Series

Espanolas covers the

markings applied to

an EF-18 to celebrate

the 50th anniversary

of its home base. The

tail is marked with

a Desert camouflage

with a beautiful

Eagle’s head on

the tail on the outer fin. The

inner fin is decorated with

silhouettes of all the aircraft

used at the base as well as

a red or blue checkers.

All the text is in Spanish

but using Google translate it

is quite easy to understand

what they say. Colour

notations use FS colours

EF-18A HORNET 50TH ANNIVERSARY

BASE AEREA DE GANDO

• EF-18A Hornet, 46-16, ALA-46,
  Ejercito Del Aire

CONCLUSION

Another stunning aircraft from

this Spanish manufacturer the

only problem is how many

1/32 scale Hornets can

I house on my shelf!

Our thanks to Series

Espanolas for supplying

the review sample which

is also available in both

1/48 and 1/72 scale and can

be obtained from http://www.

series-espanolas.com/en/.

Begemot

T

his month from Begemot

we have one of their

comprehensive sheets

supplying all the stencilling for

new Trumpeter 1/32 scale Mig-29

Fulcrum family. This sheet has been

compiled using the manufacturer’s

maintenance manuals, so can

be considered 100% accurate.

This means that you will have

over 500 decals to apply and

to give you a rough idea how

comprehensive this stencil sheet

is the instructions cover no less

than four double sided A4 sheets!

1/32 SCALE

32-006 MIKOYAN MIG-39 FAMILY FULL

STENCIL

CONCLUSION

If you are thinking of buying a large

scale Mig-29 that this sheet is a

recommended addition to your

purchase and as well as supplying all

the stencils you could want you also

get an added bonus as most of the

most common under wing weaponry

also receives full stencilling.

In the UK, the range is

available from Hannants and I

thank Begemot for supplying

us with the review sample.

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