This new Limited Edition decal sheet
from Max
Decals includes
markings for 12 different types of aircraft (17 aircraft in all) flown by the
Irish Air Corps between 1926 and 1956. Plus you get bonus markings for a 1/32
SA330L Puma in Irish Air Corps markings from
1981.
The aircraft include the following:
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Westland Lysander Mk II #63 in
late 1940 with green and brown upper surfaces and light grey or silver lower
surfaces. This aircraft includes noseart. Use Italeri/Testors
or Eduard Mk1 modified kit.
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Westland Lysander Mk II #66 post
war target tug in overall silver lower surfaces. Use
Italeri/Testors or Eduard Mk1 modified kit.
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Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard # M1 in
1922 with overall khaki and doped linen on the undersides of the wings.
Use the Karata kit.
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Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard # 1 post
1924 with overall silver. Use the Karata kit.
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Avro 504K AIII in 1922
with overall khaki and doped linen on the undersides of the wings. Use
either the Smer or Blue Max kit.
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Bristol F.2B # BF VII in 1922
with overall khaki and doped linen on the undersides of the wings. Use
the Eduard kit.
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Bristol F.2B Mk II # 22 in 1928
in overall silver with grey forward fuselage metal panels. Use
the Eduard kit.
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DH 60 Cirrus Moth #23 in 1927 in
overall silver. Use the A Model or Aeroclub converted kit.
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Supermarine Walrus Mk1 #N18 in
overall silver delivery scheme in 1939. Use
the Classic Airframes or Smer kit.
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Supermarine Walrus Mk1 #18 with
green and brown upper surfaces and silver lower surfaces. Use the
Classic Airframes or Smer kit.
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Supermarine Walrus Mk1 #20 with
green and brown upper surfaces and silver lower surfaces. Use
the Classic Airframes or Smer kit.
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Gloster Gladiator #26 in 1938 in
Titanine TE348 green with silver wings. Use the Roden or Hawk/Impact
kits.
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Hawker Hurricane Mk II # 115 in
late 1945 in dark green and ocean grey camo with medium sea grey undersides
and a red spinner. Use Hasegawa or Hobbycraft kit.
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Supermarine Seafire LF III # 153
in 1950 in overall BS 283 aircraft grey green with a red spinner. This
aircraft include noseart. Use Special Hobby or Airfix kit.
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De Havilland Vampire T55 C. 1968
painted in overall aluminium with dayglo orange nose, wingtips and tailbooms.
This aircraft has noseart. Use the Classic Airframe kit.
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DHC-1 Chipmunk in 1952.
This aircraft is silver overall. Use the Aeroclub or Heritage Aviation
kits.
Bonus decals:
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Max Decals has outdone themselves on this
sheet. There are 2 decal sheets to cover all the markings and the
decals are grouped for each aircraft to make finding them much easier.
There are plenty of national markings, so you will be able to amass quite
the collection of Irish Air Corps aircraft for your display case.
The stripes for the rudder and wings will have to be cut from longer
stripes on the decal sheet, which makes sense considering the large number
of aircraft types on this decal sheet. The instruction sheets are
very good about showing your 4 view profiles to show you the layout of the
camo and/or paint scheme. Plus the instructions guide you through
the process to create each aircraft from the kits that are available on
the market.
Special thanks goes out to Kevin Byrne and Paddy
Cummins for their help on this decal sheet.
I applaud Max Decals for pulling
together all these many Irish aircraft, now your only question is which one to
build for the next St Patrick's Day.
You can buy this sheet direct from
the Max
Decals website.
I'd like to thank
Max
Decals for
the review sample.
Steve Bamford
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