Scale Aviation Modeller International – April 2019

Series Espanolas Decals

I

f you have the Revell A400M

Atlas and you want some

markings for a rarely covered

European Air Force. Series

Espanolas have the answer with

markings for ALA31s Spanish Atlas.

All the text is in Spanish but

using Google translate it is quite

easy to understand what they

say. And the Colour notations

use FS colours

though mainly the

basic aircraft is

in overall grey.

EJERCITO DEL AIRE

AIRBUS A400M ATLAS,

ALA31

• Airbus A400M, T.23-01,
  ALA31, Zargoza AFB.,
  Ejercito Del Aire.


• Airbus A400M, T.23-03,
  ALA31, Zargoza AFB.,
  Ejercito Del Aire

CONCLUSION

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 w w w.

series-espanolas.com/en/.

Fundekals

T

he T-38/F-5 family

has to my eye always

been one of the most

attractive jet aircraft. And one

of my irst Mode kits was back

in 1974 when Matchbox released

the F-5A in blue and white

plastic and since then I have

built most kits of the type.

Now I am going to have to

build a few more as FunDekals

has produced an amazing sheet

that supplies marking for a

number of T-38 Talons operated

by NASA from 1962 to 2007.

This means a wide selection

of schemes from the early white

and day-glo marking from the

early sixties to the blue/gold

pinstripe and blue /light blue

pinstripe And of course, we

have a wide variation of NASA

markings over the forty ive

years covered by this sheet.

As always Fundekals

website supplies downloadable

instructions that provides all

you need to complete your model

and much more as the amount

of research in producing this

sheet is obvious. I particularly

like the comprehensive

selection of i photographs of the

astronauts who lew the T-38

as well as the photographs of

the real aircraft which really

show of its stunning lines.

1/48 SCALE

• NorthropT-38A Talon, 920, Ellginton
  Field , Texas, 1968.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, 901, Ellginton
  Field , Texas, 1960-70.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, 922, Ellginton
  Field , Texas, 1960-70.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, 960, Elllginton
  Field , Texas, 1960-70.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, 511, Langley
  Research Centre, Mid 1970s


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N901NA,
  Ellginton Field, Texas, early 1970s.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N821NA, Dryden
  Flight Research Centre, 1973-77


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N923NA Space
  Shuttle Training aircraft, Elllginton
  Field , Texas, 19677


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N910NA,
  Ellginton Field, Texas,1980s-1990s.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N921NS,
  Ellginton Field, Texas,.1980s-1990s.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N955NA,
  Ellginton Field, Texas, 1980s-1990s.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N955NA,
  Ellginton Field, Texas, 1980s-1990s.


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N910NA,
  Ellginton Field, Texas, 2000


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N910NA,
  Ellginton Field, Texas, 2000


• Northrop T-38A Talon, N864NA,
  Ellginton Field, Texas, 2007
  
  
  • Northrop T-38A Talon, 60-0551,
    Northrop Company Demonstrator,
    Edwards AFB, 1961.
  
  
  • Northrop T-38A Talon, 60-0551, Cape
    Canaveral, 1962.
  
  
  • Northrop T-38A Talon, 63-8204, Air
    Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California.
  
  
  • Northrop T-38A Talon, 65-10363, Air
    Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California
  
  
  
  

CONCLUSION

The really attentive might

notice the small bonus as

the last two option though

carrying NASA pinstripe

trim are actually operated

by the Air force in support

of the SR-71 Blackbird

program as chase aircraft.

You can visit the

manufacturer’s website at

w w w.fundekals.com to see the

whole range and the associated

instruction manuals. And

thanks to the lack of printed

instructions the actual decal

sheet are far cheaper than

the traditional sheet. As an

example at the time of writing

this sheet costs an amazing

$12, which is just over £9.

I would like to thank

Jonathan Strickland of

Fundekals for supplying us

with the review samples.

BarracudaCals

T

his month we have the

second sheet of stencils

that Barracudacals have

produced for the 1/32 Mosquito.

The irst sheet supplied all

the stencil and placards for

inside the cockpit while this

second sheet supplies all the

external stencils applied to all

marks of Mosquito, so is suitable

for any 1/32 scale Mosquito kit.

1/32 SCALE

BC32269 MOSQUITO EXTERNAL

STENCILS

Suitable for all marks.

CONCLUSION

A small and simple sheet,

that provides an easy

upgrade for the Mosquito of

your choice, with even the

smallest stencil readable

under magniication.

As always I thank

Roy Sutherland and

BarracudaCals for supplying

the review samples. They can

be purchased from a number

of stockists around the world

as well as their own website at

http://www.barracudadecals.com.

70 APRIL 2019 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

DECALS