Airfix Model World – July 2018

ON THE SHELF

DECAL SHEETS

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Bf 109G-6s
By: EagleCals
Item no: EC#171-48
Price: US $18.50
Web: http://www.eagle-editions.com

Printed to complement the

recent Eduard and Zvezda Bf

109G-6 kits (but useful for other

manufacturers’ toolings, such as

Tamiya), this four-strong

Gustav selection should

please most fans of the

type. Three options wear

day fighter camouflage,

but the anomaly is

the white-washed

Eastern Front example.

As always, EagleCals

provides notes on

structural nuances, as

well as the markings,

and the decals are also

available in 1/72 and 1/32

scales. The options are:

• Yellow 6, 12./JG 51,
  Eastern Front, 1944


• Red/Black 11, 2./
  JG 302, Jüterbog,
  February, 1944


• Blue 14 + –, 12./JG 2,
  Beaumont le Roger,
  France, 1943


• Black 1 + I, 8./JG 54,
  Lüneburg, spring 1944

GLORIOUS GUSTAV LIVERIES

Royal Air Force McDonnell

Douglas Phantom

FG.1 25th Anniversary

Scheme

By: Xtradecal

Item no: X72296

Price: £ 7. 9 9

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

Until now, the only way to

replicate the most dazzling

British Phantom, XT597,

was via Modeldecal’s

old sheet. Here, though,

Xtradecal takes the plunge

with the eye-popping

red/white/blue Phantom

of the Aeroplane and

Armament Experimental

Establishment, which

received a special livery

(applied by the great

Wilf Hardy) to mark 25

years of the F-4 when it

attended 1983’s International Air

Tattoo, at Greenham Common. All

necessary stencilling is provided,

as are white backings for the

roundels, but the instructions

make no mention of the specially

shaped doppler radome fitted to

this airframe. Luckily, Freightdog

Models has produced the unit in

resin (see p.112, June issue).

RASPBERRY RIPPLE SPECIAL

1/72

Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B Gulf

War Part One

By: Kits World

Item no: 148140

Price: £10.20

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

Sadly, we will not see a re-release

of Airfix’s 1/48 Buccaneer due to a

damaged mould. For anyone with

the kit still in their

stash, though, this

decal set is worth

considering. It offers

schemes for six RAF

Buccaneers as seen in

1991’s Operation Granby,

the British effort in the

First Gulf War. All jets

carried names and nose

art reflecting different

brands of Scotch whisky,

and there are also the

inevitable scantily clad

pin-up-style ladies...

and a shark mouth. The

‘Sky Pirates’ Jolly Roger

flag is also present

on each ARTF Desert

Pink aircraft. Stencils

and national insignia

are included, but if this

scale is too large, Kits

World also offers these

markings in 1/72 (172135):

• XV352/U ‘Tamdhu’


• XV863/S ‘Sea Witch/Debbie/
  Tamnavoulin’


• XW530/E ‘Glenmorangie’


• XX885/L ‘Hello Sailor/Caroline/
  Famous Grouse'


• XX895/G ‘Jaws/Lynn/Glenfiddich’


• XX901/N ‘The Flying Mermaid/
  Kathryn/Glen Elgin’

DESERT PINK 'BRICKS' 1 /4 8

1 /4 8

Royal Air Force McDonnell

Douglas Phantom FGR.2 Pt 3

By: Xtradecal

Item no: X72292 Price: £ 7. 9 9

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

Here we have liveries for five

RAF Phantoms in the older Dark

Green/Dark Sea Grey/Light

Aircraft Grey camouflage, as part

of Hannants’ own-brand series

printed with Airfix’s new British

F-4 in mind. National insignia is

supplied for all aircraft, but one

must get stencils via Xtradecal’s

separate sheets X72288/289.

A mix of standard

and later ‘boxed’

RWR tails is

represented, along

with two Silver

Jubilee machines,

and the printing is

excellent:

• XV470/C, 56 Sqn,
  Coningsby, 1976


• XV413/Z, 92
  Sqn, Wildenrath,
  Germany, July
  1977


• XV439/A, 19 Sqn,
  Wildenrath, July
  1977


• XV434/J, 23 Sqn,
  Wattisham, 1976


• XV498/498, 17
  Sqn, Brüggen,
  Germany, June
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OLD-SCHOOL BRITISH 'TOOMS

1/72

Web: http://www.eagle-editions.com manufacturers’ toolings, such as
Tamiya), this four-strong
Gustav selection should
please most fans of the
type. Three options wear
day fighter camouflage,
but the anomaly is
the white-washed
Eastern Front example.
As always, EagleCals
provides notes on
structural nuances, as
well as the markings,
and the decals are also
available in 1/72 and 1/32
scales. The options are:

•

•

damaged mould. For anyone with

1991’s Operation Granby,

carried names and nose

brands of Scotch whisky,

and a shark mouth. The

‘Sky Pirates’ Jolly Roger

Kathryn/Glen Elgin’

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RAF Phantoms in the older Dark separate sheets X72288/289.

A mix of standard

and later ‘boxed’

RWR tails is

represented, along

with two Silver

Jubilee machines,

excellent:

•

•

•

Royal Air Force McDonnell

replicate the most dazzling

Xtradecal takes the plunge

attended 1983’s International Air make no mention of the specially

RASPBERRY RIPPLE SPECIAL