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- EDK11143: Supermarine Spifire Mk.I THE SPITFIRE STORY Limited edition kit of British WWII aircraft Supermarine Spifire Mk.I in 1/48 scale. Focused on machines from introduction into service to the end of Battle of the Britain. - plastic parts: Eduard - marking options: 10 - decals: Eduard - PE parts: yes, pre-painted Marking options: A) K9795, No. 19 Squadron, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, October 1938 No. 19 Squadron was the first RAF unit to reinforce its arsenal with Spitfires. Two reasons influenced this decision: the airfield dimensions in Duxford and the personality of S/Ldr Henry Cozens, who was a qualified aircraft engineer, fully competent to collaborate with Supermarine engineers on the improvements of the Spitfire design. Cozens himself flew the Spitfire K9789 for the first time on August 11th, 1938. The represented camouflage and markings were used by No. 19 Squadron on October 31st, 1938, when new unit´s Spitfires were officially photographed from a Blenheim Mk.I. Note the Cozens K9794 was already equipped with the bulged canopy, which was officially introduced a few months later in January 1939. The squadron suffered its first loss on November 3rd, 1938, when P/O Sinclair, who was later a CO of A-flight of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) squadron, destroyed his Spitfire Mk.I K9792 during landing. Pay attention to the interesting feature on the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer, which prevented the parachutes strings to entangle in case of an emergency bail out. B) No. 41 Squadron, RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire, Spring 1939 The No. 41 Squadron acquired their first two Spitfires Mk.I K9831 and K9832 on December 30th, 1938 as third Fighter Command unit. This Spitfire Mk.I PN-M has a colorway from the spring of 1939, with red-blue national insignia on the upper surfaces, former white and yellow rings are oversprayed with camouflage color. Technically the aircraft displays first clean serial finish, with Merlin II engine, Weybridge two-blade wooden propeller, flat canopy, and the original old style Pitot tube. The plane doesn’t have the machine gun heating and was flown without any armor. This aircraft had an external camera gun on the upper side of the right wing. Until September 3rd, 1939, the day when UK declared war to Germany, in total 306 Spitfires Mk.I were brought into RAF, 187 of them served in eleven Fighter Command squadrons. Of these units, only seven were battle-ready two days after the war began, and four others were in the process of reinforcement and upgrades. 36 Spitfires were lost before the war during various accidents. After the war broke out, all the Spitfire equipped squadron remained based in British islands as part of Air Defense of Great Britain. C) K9906, flown by F/O Robert Stanford Tuck, No. 65 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex, Summer 1939 This Spitfire Mk.I already has the bulged canopy, three-blade propeller De Havilland and machine-gun heating. Still remains without any armor, having the old type of Pitot tube and a mechanical gunsight. F/O Tuck is the most accomplished fighter ace in our lineup with 29+2 kills. In May 1940 he was reassigned to No. 92 Squadron, his first three kills came at in May 1940 over Dunkirk. He was promoted S/Ldr of No. 257 Squadron flying Hurricane Mk.Is on September 11th. It is rumored one of his victims was the future fighter ace of Luftwaffe, Hans-Joachim Marseille (September 23rd, 1940). He was shot down near Boulogne sur Mer and captured on January 28th, 1942. He participated in the organization of the Big escape In Stalag Luft III POW camp in Sagan, but just before the escape he was transferred to Belaria camp. On the February 1st, 1945, he managed to escape during camp evacuation and joined the Russians, when his knowledge of the Russian language was an essential advantage. He retired from the RAF in Fifties and took up farming. During the shooting of Battle of Britain movie he befriended Adolf Galland, he was his son´s godfather. He died on May 5th, 1987 at the age of 70. D) K9955, flown by F/O Archibald Ashmore McKellar, No. 602 Squadron, RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland, March 1940 This plane already has a bulletproof windscreen and the new pitot tube, GM 2 gunsight, but still has older type of the antenna mast. The pilot seat is still without any armor. Note the anti-spin slat on the side of the fuselage fuel tank. No. 602 Squadron had their Merlin II engines altered for 100 octane fuel already in February 1940. No. 602 Squadron, part of the Auxiliary Air Force, acquired Spitfires before the war. On the 16th of October 1939 it took part in the shooting down of the first German aircraft over British territory during the KG 30´s air raid on Scapa Flow, and on October 28th shooting down the first German aircraft over the British soil, He 111 over Firth of Forth. Some sources claim McKellar had a part in these takedowns. In the June 1940 he joined No. 605 Squadron equipped with Hurricanes to become Squadron Leader on September 11th. He accomplished 15 kills during the BoB. On October 3rd, 1940 he got 5 wins during a single day, (all above Bf 109E) and became one of 28 Allied Aces in the day. S/Ldr A.A.McKellar died a day after the Battle of Britain officially ended, on November 1st, 1940. It is assumed Hptm. Wolfgang Lippert, CO of II./JG 27, shot him down. E) N3180, flown by P/O Alan Christopher Deere (RNZAF), No. 54 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex, May 1940 No. 54 Squadron was the only RAF unit equipped solely with Spitfires Mk.I with Rotol RMS 7 constant speed propeller. The New Zealander Deere, who took first flight in Spitfire on March 6th, 1940, participated in the first operation of the No. 54 Squadron, providing air support for the retreating forces in Belgium on the May 16th. On the May 23rd, during the escort of F/Lt. J.Leather, flying in Miles Magister for the No. 74 squadron commander, S/Ldr L.White, shot down near Calais, Deere downed his first two Bf 109s. On the 26th of May, the operation Dynamo began in the evening, the evacuation of Dunkirk. On the 28th of May, Deere had to make an emergency landing on a Belgian beach but managed to get back to Hornchurch after a 19hour trek. After the evacuation of Dunkirk ended, the No. 54 squadron joined the BoB, in which Deere got 7 confirmed kills. During World War Two Deere went through a lot of leadership posts. His total score is at 22 confirmed kills (some sources claim 17 only). He retired as Air Commodore in 1967. A.C.Deere, OBE, one of the most famous New Zealand and British pilots, died on 22nd of September 1995 in the age of 77. F) P9443, flown by F/Lt Douglas Bader, No. 222 Squadron, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, early June 1940 Legendary Douglas Bader lost both his legs after an aerobatics accident with Bristol Bulldog Mk.II on the December 14th, 1931. He returned to RAF in January 1940, while served with No. 19 Squadron and then from May 1940 with No. 222 Squadron. He claimed his first Bf 109 during operation Dynamo. He was named the Squadron Leader of No. 242 Squadron, equipped with Hurricane Mk.Is on June 28th, 1940. He was a supporter of Big Wing tactics. Bader accomplished 11 confirmed kills during the BoB. On the March 18th, 1941 he became CO of Tangmere Wing, flying the offensive sweeps over France. He was shot down in Spitfire Mk.Va (signed DB, code name Dogsbody) near Saint Omer and captured on September 9th, 1941. He lost his prosthetic leg due the bail out, the delivery of a replacement by RAF Blenheim was managed by A.Galland. Bader was, despite his escape attempts, until April 1945 imprisoned in Oflag IV-C in the Colditz castle. After retiring from RAF in 1946, he worked for Shell company. As a Member of Parliament, he was infamous for his controversial opinions. He died after fatal heart attack on September 5th, 1982, after a dinner to honor of A/M A.Harris. G) K9953, flown by F/Lt. Adolph Gysbert Malan, No. 74 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex, June/July 1940 No. 74 Squadron reinforced their Spitfires in February 1939. A South African Adolf “Sailor” Malan, whose original job was truly a sailor, entered the war on September 6th, 1940, through infamous Battle of Barking Creek incident, where his A Flight accidentally shot down two Hurricanes of No. 56 Squadron. During operation Dynamo accumulated 5 confirmed kills and in the night from 19th to 20th of June managed to destroy two He 111. Malan was opposed of line-astern formation proposing more flexible finger-four formation. Legend says that he damaged the plane of Werner Molders and even injured him on July 28th. On August 8th, he became S/Ldr of No. 75 Squadron, which achieved 38 kills during four sorties led by Malan on August 11th, 1940. That event is known as “Malan´s 11th of August”. Malan had 16 confirmed kills in the BoB. Until the end of his career in 1941 he accumulated 27 confirmed kills and 7 shared kills. He was an amazing tactician, and famous with his Ten rules of air combat. After his retirement in 1946 he became a farmer in South Africa. He was politically active as an opponent of apartheid. He died on September 17th, 1963 at the age of 53. H) N3162, flown by P/O Eric Stanley Lock, No. 41 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex, United Kingdom, August/September 1940 Eric Lock entered No. 41 Squadron as a rookie in June 1940 and on August 15th got the first of his 21 kills in the Battle of Britain, which made him the most successful Allied fighter ace of the Battle. On November 17th, 1940, he was seriously injured on his right arm and both legs by the Bf 109E fire. During following three months he underwent 15 difficult surgeries and spent next three months in a rehabilitation center in Royal Masonic Hospital, in care of famous pioneer of the plastic surgery Archibald McIndoe who helped him to recover. He came back to No. 41 Squadron in June 1941 and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in July became the leader of B Flight of No. 611 Squadron. On August 3rd, 1941, after returning from a Rhubarb type action, he attacked a German column near Pas de Calais as has been MIA ever since. He was probably shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the sea. Neither him nor his Spitfire was ever found. At the time of his disappearance he was credited with 26 confirmed kills achieved during 25 weeks of his combat duty throughout one year and with 6 months spent in hospitals. I) X4425, flown by F/Sgt. George Cecil Unwin, No. 19 Squadron, RAF Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, August/September 1940 This aircraft is depicted in the final fashion of Spitfires in the Battle of Britain times, including the back mirror and full armor. The pilot, George Unwin, nicknamed Grumpy, was one of the most experienced flyers of the No. 19 Squadron. He was one of the first Spitfire pilots he took to the skies in the new K9792 already on August 16th, 1938, more than a year before the war. During the early tests in fall of 1938 he tested 15 new Spitfires. He crashed a K9797 after an engine failure and landed outside of Acton village in Suffolk to prevent potential life loses in the agglomeration. During the operation Dynamo he was credited with 3 confirmed kills, Hs 126, Bf 110 and He 111. During the Battle of Britain he added another 11 kills to his tally. At the end of the 1940 he left the operational service and served as an instructor in various training units until October 1943. He got back to fighting in April 1944, when he flew Mosquitos with No. 613 Squadron as a part of 2nd TAF and at the end of 1944 went back to the job as an instructor. Between the years 1948-52 he flew with Bristol Brigand to participate in the fights against the communist insurgents in Malaysia 1952. He retired from the RAF in rank of Wing Commander in 1961. He died on June 28th, 2006 at the age of 93. J) X4382, flown by P/O Osgood Philip Villiers Hanbury, No. 602 Squadron, RAF Westhampnett, West Sussex, September 1940. Osgood Hanbury, nicknamed Pedro, an Eton College alum, began his combat career in June 1940 as a Lysander pilot. He volunteered to fighters and was reassigned to No. 602 Squadron on September 3rd, 1940. His X4382 is a typical representative of a late fashion of Spitfire Mk.I, probably with De Havilland propeller already converted to be a constant speed propeller, fully armored cockpit and fuel tank, radio TR.1133 without a wire antenna and IFF R.3002 with wire antenna between the fuselage and horizontal stabilizer tips. Hanbury achieved 4 confirmed kills until end of the year. He received DFC for defense of Tobruk in May 1942. On June 23rd, 1942 he was appointed a squadron leader role of No. 260 Squadron. He got married to Patricia Cecil Harman on the 22nd of May 1943. He died eleven days after when he was returning to Africa as a passenger onboard a Lockheed Hudson of No. 117 Squadron, flown by S/Ldr Robert Yaxley. Their aircraft was shot down by Junkers Ju 88C flown by Hans Olbrecht over the Bay of Biscay.
- SW72130: Grumman TBM-3S Avenger AS.4 (2 markings FAA, RCN)
- SW72132: Grumman TBM-3R Avenger (3 markings 2 x USN, 1 x Japan)
- SW72131: Grumman TBM-3S2 Avenger (5 markings RCN, France, Holland, Japan, USN)
- SH72304: Short Sunderland Mk.III WWII This is a model of one of the most famous flying boats in the history of aviation. The Mk.III variety was built and saw service during the war times, being introduced to operational use in the turn of 1941-42. Compared with the earlier versions, it featured an improved hull step and was equipped with power-operated gun turrets. Because of its long range capabilities and heavy armament, the type proved a very dangerous opponent to Kriegsmarine’s u-boats which was also able to defend itself against long range fighters of the Luftwaffe. These abilities are very well illustrated by the chosen airframes in the kit, two of which can boast with a sunk submarine and the crew of the other managed to defend themselves against eight attacking Ju 88s, shooting down three of them in the end. model of a British flying boat in the anti-submarine version decals for three British (1x Canadian, 2x Australian sqdns) and one French airframe extremely detailed interior panel lines to scale
- QB72642: Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C antennas (designed to be used with Airfix kits)
- CMK4399: Lockheed F-5A Recon Lightning Conversion Set (designed to be used with Tamiya kits) [P-38F/G] F-5A Recon Lightning Conversion Set 1/48 - conversion set for the reconnaissance version of the P-38F/G Lightning / Tamiya No. 61120 - contains resin parts, clear resin camera windows and a sheet of decals - marking options: 1x USAAF a 1x FAFL
- EDK11142: VERY LONG RANGE: Tales of Iwo Jima Limited edition kit of US WWII fighter P-51D in 1/48 scale. Focused on machines from 15th FG, 506th FG, 21st FG used for very long range missions - plastic parts: Eduard - marking options: 11 - decals: Eduard - PE parts: yes, Marking options: A) P-51D-25, 44-73382, flown by Lt.Col. John W. Mitchell, CO of 15th FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, Summer 1945 Lt.Col. John W. Mitchell assumed command of the 15th FG few days after when previous CO, Lt.Col. Jack Thomas was killed during attack of the Kagamigahara airfield on July 19th, 1944. John Mitchell achieved 8 kills while flying P-39 Airacobra and P-38 Lightning on Guadalcanal. As the CO of the 339th FS, John W. Mitchell led the ride of the P-38F Lightnings of the 339th FS to kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18th, 1943. He is credited by 3 kills during the VLR sorties. Annie Lee was a 78th FS aircraft, wore very simple marking with glossy black propeller spinner and black wing tips and tail tips. Note the non-standard two-digit fuselage number. B) P-51D-20 s/n 44-63483, flown by Maj. Gilmer L. Snipes, CO of 45th FS, 15th FG, 7th AF, Saipan, February 1945 Gilmer L. Snipes got the first kill of the 45th FS on October 23rd, 1943, shooting down H8K Emily flying boat while flying P-40N on Gilbert Islands. He became the unit´s CO on April 4th, 1944. 45th FS arrived to Iwojima on March 7th, 1945, providing the ground attack support and also flying the ground attack sorties against Chichijima and Hahajima. Snipes is credited by Ki-44 Tojo from the first VLR Mission on April 7th, 1945. He left unit on April 16th, 1945, returning to the US. Tom-Cat shows the early unit marking with black bordered slanted green stripes on the wing and tail and green/black/green stripped spinner. Note the squadron badge, the Indian rides a P-51, not P-40, as it is often shown. Note the single antenna mast. C) P-51D-20, 44-63483, flown by Maj. Robert W. Moore, CO of 45th FS, 15th FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, August 1945 Major Robert W. Moore is the top scoring fighter ace of the VII Fighter Command with 12 confirmed kills. However, his first kill, a Mitsubishi Zero, was achieved already on Gilbert Island on January 26th, 1944, and most of his kills were credited while he has flown with 78th FS. He led the 45th FS since July 19th, 1944, and then he overtook also the Mustang s/n 44-63483, named then Stinger VII. Stinger VII wore the simplified late unit marking with green wing and tail tips and sole green propeller spinner. Note the green painted undercarriage door. D) P-51D-20, 44-63420, flown by Capt. Eurich L. Bright, 47th FS, 15th FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, Summer 1945 As part of Hawaiian Air Force were 47th Pursuit Squadron´s pilots credited by 7 kills during Japanese ambush of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Three and half years later, on March 6th, 1945, 47th FS was the first unit of VII FC arrived to Iwojima. Eurich L. Bright achieved his three kills during the first VRL mission over Japan on April 7th, 1945, shooting down Ki-61, Ki-45 and A6M5 Zero. Later on May 25th, 1945, he shared a Zero together with George Petrouleas. Note the dark parts of the unit marking were most probably very dark blue, not black how is often suggested. E) P-51D-20, 44-63984, flown by Maj. James B. Tapp, CO of 78th FS, 15th FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, May 1945 During attacks on Tokyo vicinity airfields on May 25th, 1945, 7th AF Mustang pilots fired unguided HVAR rockets for the first time. A quartet of thusly armed Mustangs was part of a force that included initially some 128 fighters, but only a mere 67 aircraft found their mark. The flight of HVAR armed Mustangs was led by Maj. James Buckley Tapp, who hit a hangar with his rockets at Matsudo Air Base, and then shot down a Ki-44 Tojo in combat. This would be his 7th kill, while his first four came about during the first escort mission of Superfortresses over Japan on April 7th, 1945. Margaret IV shows the early unit marking, with yellow/black spinner, six-inch black band around the nose, yellow/black strips on the horizontal and vertical tails, and black outlined yellow wing tips, with “The Bushmasters” unit badge on both sides of the forward fuselage. F) P-51D-25, 44-73407, flown by Maj. James B. Tapp, CO of 78th FS, 15th FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, Summer 1945 Maj. Tapp became the first USAAF ace to gain all his kills during VLR flights, the fifth, a Ki-61, on April 12th, 1945. Unfortunately, he also damaged Mustang of his wingman, Lt. Fred W. Whitte, who bailed out but his parachute didn´t open and he died. With a total of eight confirmed kills and two damaged, Maj. Tapp is the second ranked Mustang pilot of the VII FC. The next Tapp´s aircraft, Margaret V which replaced Margaret IV, wore the late squadron marking with sole yellow wing and tail tips and yellow propeller spinner. Unit badge is not painted. Curiously part of the black vertical tail band remained painted on the vertical stabilizer. G) P-51D-20, 44-63451, flown by Lt. Robert J. Louwers / Lt. John E. Montgomery III, 46th FS, 21th FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, July 1945 As this aircraft was shared by two pilots, it is also double-named, Mary Alice on starboard, My Miss Moe on portside. Mary Alice was Robert Louwers wife´s name, the girl was painted upon an Esquire magazine picture. Such painting is quite rare among the 46th FS aircraft, most of them were quite simply marked with black outlined blue vertical tail strip, black outlined wing and horizontal tail tips and blue spinner with black outlined nose of aircraft, which was the same style like with the other 21st FG squadrons where the other squadron colour were white for 531st FS and yellow for 72nd FS. One interesting detail is that Louwers served also as photography officer for 46th FS except he flew nine VLR missions to Japan and one over Chichijima. H) P-51D-20, 44-63733, flown by Maj. Paul W. Imig, CO of 72nd FS, 21st FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, March 1945 Major Imig, a veteran of VII FC, named his Mustang for his girlfriend and latter wife. Dede Lou completed all together 26 missions flown by various pilots from Airfield No.2. Paul Imig left the squadron in mid May returning back to US. He spent some three years overseas, having been a P-39 Airacobra pilot of the 333rd Squadron on Canton Island in late 1942. 72nd FS as well as whole 21st FG operated not too much colorful Mustang comparing the aircraft of the other units. The black bordered yellow strips on vertical tail, black bordered yellow wing and horizontal tail tips, yellow spinner, black outlined nose, a name of the plane on the nose side under the exhaust, that´s it. I) P-51D-25, 44-73623, flown by Maj. Harry C. Crim (later flown by Flt.Off. Theo Gruici), CO of 531st FS, 21st FG, 7th AF, Iwojima, July/August 1945 My Ach´in was delivered from Guam in late May 1945 as a replacement for destroyed aircraft. Flown by Major Harry Crim it was the second Crim´s aircraft by 531st FS. 531st FS CO Harry Crim was an old-timer who flew already P-38 over Tunisia in the MTO on 1943, and top scoring squadron and 21st FG fighter ace credited with 6 kills. He claimed his first kills, Ki-45 and Ki-61, on April 7th, 1945, during the historic VLR Mission to Tokyo. Later on August, My Ach´in was flown by Theo Gruici, who replaced the Mission symbols with the another pin-up girl on the starboard side of the aircraft. The number 300 was replaced while the aircraft was moved to Guam to no. 3623 after the end of the war. J) P-51D-20, 44-72570, flown by Lt. Ralph S. Gardner / 2nd Lt. Chester Jatczak, 457th FS, 506th FG, 20th AF, Iwojima, June/July 1945 This aircraft was shared by Ralph Gardner and Chet Jatczak, named FIGHTING LADY on port side was later renamed to BROADWAY GAL with inscription on the nose. For Chet Jatczak this was Broadway Gal plane No.2, as he flew the No.538 also named Broadway Gal previously in June and early July. The aircraft No.538 was shot down near Suzuka on July 16th, 1945, while was flown by Capt John Benbow during the strafing of airfields in Nagoya area. He became most probably a victim of Maj. Yohei Hinoki flying a Ki-100. The Broadway Gal printing style is not known. The original squadron color were green stripes on the tail, replaced by solid green paint after the squadron entered the operation for the better visibility. K) P-51D-20, 44-72579, flown by Capt. J. B. Baker Jr., 458th FS, 506th FG, 20th AF, Iwojima, July 1945 Captain J.B.Baker Jr shot down a Ki-44 during the escort sortie over Nagoya and Kobe area on June 23rd, 1945, and he is also credited by J2M Raiden probably destroyed during another raid to Tokyo area, strafing the airfields east and northeast of Tokyo. 506th Group struck Katori and strafed Yachimata and Miyakawa. Based on No.3 Airfield, the Mustangs of 458th FS squadron marking consisted of 4inch wide angled dark blue stripes, the replacement aircraft tails were painted in solid blue except vertical rudder. Note the Luftwaffe style spiral on the spinner and an attractive archer emblem on the right side of the aircraft. L) P-51D-20, 44-72587, flown by 2nd Lt. William G. Ebersole / 2nd Lt. James R. Bercaw, 462nd FS, 506th FG, 20th AF, Iwojima, July 1945 This Mustang was shared with 2nd Lieutenants Bill Ebersole and James Bercaw. Bill Ebersole, the youngest pilot of the 462nd FS, arrived to Iwojima east side No.3 Airfield already on May 1945, in times of latest night attacks of the rest of Japanese soldiers. He flew his first combat sortie over Chichijima on May 15th, 1945. He flew the first VLR Mission among his total 10 on June 7th, 1945, which was a 8 hours long escort sortie over Osaka. He was credited by Zero destroyed on ground during attack of Hyakurigahara airfield on June 26th, 1945. He is also credited by destroyed small transport ship „Sugar Dog“ type on early August. His final strafing mission was flown against Tachikawa on August 5th, 1945, only day before dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
- EXED48009: Lockheed P-38F/G Lightning - "Lightning Strike" Our ninth decal set is entitled “Lightning Strike” and includes markings for three P-38s: - P-38G-13-LO, s/n 43-2204, ‘Beautiful Lass’, flown by Lt. John G. ‘Jump’ O’Neill of 9th FS / 49th FG, Dobodura, New Guinea, late October 1943. - P-38F-1-LO, s/n 41-7578, ‘Marjorie Ann’, possibly flown by Maj. Richard Ira ‘Dick’ Bong during his war bond tours, USA, late summer 1944. - P-38G-15-LO, s/n 43-2475, ‘Babe’, as flown by Lt. Edgar L. Yarberry of 48th FS / 14th FG, El Bathan, Tunisia, second half of June 1943, and as flown by Lt. George P. Brown of 96th FS / 82nd FG, Italy, autumn 1943. The two P-38Gs feature sexy nose art, whilst the P-38F sports a rather unusual finish. ‘Babe’ and ‘Marjorie Ann’ have never been reproduced in decal form before, whilst our depiction of ‘Beautiful Lass’ is a result of a careful study of the available photo material and differs from all previous interpretations. Decals include bonus markings carried by ‘Babe’ during its later service with the 82nd FG. Illustrations were created by Andrzej Sadlo. This decal sheet was printed by industry leader, Cartograf of Italy, which ensures top printing quality and ease of application. It is complemented by instructions that differ from the plain market standard. Each subject is presented on an A4-sized sheet, with large side aircraft profiles printed on the front, and the remaining artwork, photos of the actual aircraft and all necessary information laid out on the rear side. This way you not only get some cool decals for your model kit, but also attractive posters to adorn your man cave, at the same time!
- QB72643: Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C air intake and fuel vent
- AX03073A: BAE Hawk 100 Series
- AMP72009: Supermarine S.5 floatplane Schneider Trophy Racer
- KH80155: North-American FJ-2 Fury
- KPM72175: Lavochkin La-5F 'Aces' new tool
- ED648579: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I wheels 1/48 (designed to be used with Eduard kits)
- FT48088: USN CVN Deck Crew and Vehicles
- SW72118: Back in stock! BAC/EE Lightning T.4/T.5 New decals version of this popular kit. 4 markings for RAF (two T.4 and two T.5) Kits contains resin and etched parts and a large decal sheet.
- QB72644: Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C remove before flight covers
- AIMS32D024: Focke-Wulf Fw-190A/Fw-190F/Fw-190D oleo leg markings for 2 aircraft. These are not included in the Hasegawa or Revell kits. Also includes a manufacturers plate for the control stick.
- QB48950: Douglas B-26B-50 Invader gun turret (designed to be used with ICM kits)
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