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5 is Ju 88 A-4 L1+JL with 3./LG 1 in Africa in 1942.
This aircraft is painted in standard desert camo of RLM 79 and 78 with
Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) markings including white
wing tips and a white fuselage stripe. One third of the spinners
are yellow.
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6 is Ju 88 A-4 L1+OK with 2./LG 1 in Africa in 1942. This aircraft is painted in standard
desert camo of RLM 79 and 78
with large blotches of RLM 70. This aircraft features
Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) markings including white
wing tips and a white fuselage stripe. Sspinners are red.
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A/C #
7 is Ju 88 A-14 Q1+JC with Stab Nahaufklarungsgruppe (NAG) 1 in
Rumania in 1944.
This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71, and 65 with Eastern Front identification markings of yellow fuselage stripe.
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8 is Ju 88 A-16 CT+YZ with Flugzeugfuhrerschule (B) 34, Kastrup in
Denmark in 1943. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71, and 65
with 3 yellow fuselage stripes, yellow wing tips and a big white 24 on
the rudder.
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9 is Ju 88 A-1 9K+AL with to 3./KG 51 "Edelweissgeschwader" in
France in 1940. This aircraft is painted in non-standard camo of RLM
71 over RLM 65 with yellow spinners, white wing tips and white engine
cowl rings.
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10 is Ju 88 A-5 9K+HP with 6./KG 51 "Edelweissgeschwader" in Russia in
1942. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71
and 65 with Eastern Front identification markings of yellow wing
tips. Engine cowl rings are red and the spinner tips are yellow.
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A/C #
11 is Ju 88 A-4 9K+DS with 6./KG 51 "Edelweissgeschwader" in Russia in
1943. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71
and 65 with Eastern Front identification markings of yellow wing tips
and yellow fuselage stripe. Engine cowl rims are yellow and
red spinners.
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A/C #
12 is Ju 88 A-5 B3+PM with 4./KG 54 "Totenkopfgeschwader" in
Sardinia in 1942.
This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71 and 65 over
painted in medium grey peeling off from the nose section, engines and
leading edges with Mediterranean Theatre identification white fuselage stripe and red
spinners with a white stripe around the spinners.
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A/C #
13 is Ju 88 A-8 B3+BB with Stab I./KG 54 "Totenkopfgeschwader"
in Italy in 1943. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71
and 65 with Mediterranean Theatre identification white fuselage stripe and
white wing tips and green spinner tips with a thin white stripe around
the spinners.
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14 is Ju 88 A-4 B3+HP with 6./KG 54 "Totenkopfgeschwader" in
Sardina in 1943. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71
and 65 with Mediterranean Theatre identification white fuselage stripe and
white wing tips and red spinner tips with a thin yellow stripe around
the spinners. The underside of the aircraft is over painted with
blotches and dots of RLM 02 for dusk and dawn attacks against Allied
shipping.
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15 is Ju 88 A-17 B3+LR with 7./KG 54 "Totenkopfgeschwader" in Italy in
1943. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71
and 65 with the topside over painted in a wavy pattern of RLM 76 while
the underside received a wave pattern of RLM 70. Mediterranean Theatre identification white fuselage stripe and
white wing tips and yellow stripe around the spinners.
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16 is Ju 88 A-4 B3+MH with I./KG 54 "Totenkopfgeschwader" in
Switzerland in 1943. This aircraft has a wave pattern of RLM 79
and black on dark blue top surfaces (very dark version of RLM 78 or
RLM 77). Black bottom surfaces. Front portion of the
spinner is is white with a black stripe. This aircraft
accidentally landed in Switzerland and I suspect it remained there for
the rest of the war.
I am
impressed by the variety of markings and paint schemes included on this
decal sheet. The 16
aircraft are from a variety of locations including
Africa, Rumania, Denmark, Italy, Yugoslavia, France, Russia, Sardinia,
Switzerland. Some of these 16 aircraft were fitted with exhaust flame
covers for night operations. I have a passion for desert camo
schemes and this sheets includes plenty of MTO aircraft including one in
the tan desert scheme and I also find the Eastern front aircraft of
interest due to the stories involved with that campaign. The wave
camo schemes will be a serious challenge for any modeller that takes on
those aircraft.
The
instructions are beautifully printed in glossy full colour with numbered
arrows showing which decals go where. Each aircraft is shown from
one angle and there is generic colour drawings showing 4 views of the Ju
88 which will assist in camo layout and decal placement for national
insignia etc. There is also 5 photos showing the various defensive
guns used on the Ju 88.....this plane was hunted so the defensive guns
kept being modified to try to deal with the aerial threats the Ju 88 had
to counter. Thankfully the instruction sheets do mention what type
of canopy and defensive guns were fitted to each or these aircraft. Also included is colour samples on
the instruction sheets to help the less informed modellers figure out the
various RLM colours.
The
decals print by Cartograf come on 3 small decal sheet on the 1/72 sample
before me. They are clearly and crisply printed and appear to be of
the highest quality. Many of the aircraft appear to have some sort of
squadron nose art, no sexy pin ups.....but interesting none the less.
This is a very well done
decal sheet with good variety and well worth purchasing.
Steve
I would like
to thank AirDOC
for providing me with this
review sample.
AirDOC
also has a large selection of aircraft reference books covering modern and
vintage aircraft as well as decals covering vintage and modern aircraft.
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