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Mil Mi-24D Hind-E US Coast Guard
scheme
By: Syhart
Item no: 72-102
Price: €6
Web: http://www.syhartdecal.frNo, your eyes aren’t deceiving you...
this is indeed a Hind in US Coast
Guard livery!
Syhart’s decals
allow modellers
to portray said
helicopter as it
appeared in the
1991 Russian
movie Charged
with Death; a
post-glasnost tail
of the Russian
Navy joining
forces with the
USCG, to combatdrug traffickers. This is a fun option
and perfect for anyone who favours
building cinema/TV subjects. Much
of the colouring is rendered via
painting, hence the decal sheet is
small, but it is well printed. It offers
USCG badges, stars and bars, force
legends and two sections of black
and white trim.1/72
Hellenic Air Force F-16C Block 50
341 Mira Anniversary
By: ModelMaker Decals
Item no: D48060
Price: €7.50
Web: http://www.modelmaker.com.plModelMaker is forging a fine
reputation for special schemes, andthis example is
a winner for jet
modellers. One
can replicate
a ‘ghost’-
camouflaged
F-16 from the
Hellenic Air
Force’s 341
Mira ‘Velos’
(Arrows), but
the unit’s usual
black and red
checkerboard
tail stripe is
eschewed
in favour of
attractive
artwork to
mark the
squadron’s 60th
anniversary
in 2014. The
design has the
unit’s badge, an
arrow piercing
ace playing
cards, sitting on a red/black
pattern on the port tail, while the
starboard tail is painted in red
and black quarters, with F-86 and
F-16 planforms, and 341 Mira 60th
anniversary motif in gold. It’s a
smart scheme for a Greek Block
50 ‘Viper’, which the company also
offers in 1/72 scale (D72060).A CHANGE OF UNIFORM
1/72
Curtiss Hawk 75A in Finnish
Service
By: SBS Model
Item no: D72-018
Price: €8
Web: http://www.sbsmodel.comNordic and Scandinavian
camouflage arguably offers extra
appeal when it adorns export
aircraft, and so it is with the
Curtiss Hawk 75A, here in Finnish
Air Force colours. SBS Model’s
sheet provides markings for
four different airframes, two in
standard Olive Green and blackover RLM 65, and another pair
in RLM 71 over ’65. All wear the
associated yellow theatre bands/
panels, but one of the aircraft has
a black starboard wing underside.
Pleasingly, enough national
insignia is supplied to build all
four subjects:- CU-502/2, LLv 32,
Lappeenranta, summer 1941 - CH-551/1, LeLv 32, Nurmoila,
summer 1943 - CU-574/4, LeLv 32, Nurmoila,
spring 1944 - CU-571/1, LLv 32, Suulajärvi,
spring 1942
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French AF EC 1/12
Mirage 2000C Tiger Meet
2009
By: Double Xcellent Model
Item no: 71-4230
Price: US $25
Web: http://www.dxmdecal.comThe French Air Force
has never been shy and
retiring in terms of special
schemes, particularly
when it comes to the NATO
Tiger Meet. This two-
sheet offering allows one
to replicate the stunning
2009 NTM livery appliedto the EC 1/12 Mirage
2000C 103-YR. The
theme of this décor
is that of a tiger,
skin peeled away
partially to reveal
‘robotic’ undersides.
It’s all rendered
beautifully but note
that the standard
Mirage 2000 air-
defence camouflage
must be applied
first, and then the
decals are positioned
in a set order.
DXM recommends
Kinetic’s 2000C kit.‘ARROWS’ 60TH CELEBRATION
Hellenic Air Force F-16C Block 50
341 Mira Anniversarythis example is
a winner for jet
modellers. One
can replicate
a ‘ghost’-
camouflaged
F-16 from the
Hellenic Air
Force’s 341
Mira ‘Velos’
(Arrows), but
the unit’s usual
black and red
checkerboard
tail stripe is
eschewed
in favour of
attractive
artwork to
mark the
squadron’s 60th
anniversary
in 2014. The
design has the
unit’s badge, an
arrow piercing
ace playing
cards, sitting on a red/black
pattern on the port tail, while thepost-glasnost tailUSCG, to combatMil Mi-24D Hind-E US Coast Guard
scheme
By:
Item no:
Price:
Web:A CHANGE OF UNIFORM
French AF EC 1/12
Mirage 2000C Tiger Meetto the EC 1/12 Mirage
2000C 103-YR. TheA CHANGE OF UNIFORM 1/72
when it comes to the NATOKinetic’s 2000C kit.CYBORG WITH STRIPES