This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals
features four different Spitfire's. This is Part 2 of a series
dealing with the Spitfire and the aircraft on this sheet are late war and post
war Spitfires from the RAF Polish Squadron, RAF New Zealand Squadron and
the Central
Gunnery School plus an air race Spitfire. The Polish plane includes
artwork of a British Bull Dog wearing a leather flight helmet and boxing gloves.
The
4 aircraft on this decal sheet include the following:
-
Spitfire
LF Mk XVIe, TD240 flown by Squadron Leader Boleslaw Kaczmarekwith RAF No.
302 (Polish) Squadron, Varrelbusch/ Germany June - early August 1945.
Includes artwork of a British Bull Dog wearing a leather flight helmet and
boxing gloves.
-
Spitfire
LF Mk XVIe, TB625 flown by W.O. Murray J.C. Lind of RAF No. 485 (New
Zealand) Squadron, Fassburg/Germany June - August 1945. Yellow script
on fuselage reads "Rongolea" and a tiny shield artwork that
contains a leaf and the letters "NZ".
-
Spitfire
LF Mk XVI LF, SL718 of R Aux AF No. 612 Squadron in 1949 Cooper Air Race,
Elmdon AB in July 1949. Has Squadron crest painted on the nose and a
big #6 painted on the yellow fuselage band.
-
Spitfire
Mk XVI LF, RW396 of Central Gunnery School at Leconfield 1946 - 1947.
A bare metal Spitfire.
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images below to see larger images
The quality of these decals is of
excellent. The decals themselves are clearly printed and in perfect
register. Some decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect registration. The
instructions are clear and you do get a page that has 4 view line drawings
showing stencil placement plus other text and drawing instructions explaining
the interesting points in each aircraft's markings. This decal sheet also
includes one set of stencils.
You can purchase these decals
either directly from Lifelike
Decals at fax number is
+81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp.
or from HobbyLink Japan.
Other shops that stock Life like
Decals are *Hannants/UK, *Mister Kit/Italy, *Revi (publisher)/Czech Republic, *SkyGrid/Canada,
*Roll Models/USA, *Great Models Webstore/USA, *FlightDecs/Canada,
*Victory Models/USA
*M & Models/USA, *Zed
Hobbies/Australia, *AB
&S Enterprise/Australia, *Desert Miniature/USA
I was pleased when I
saw the variety of aircraft on this decal sheet...Polish, New Zealand, Air racer
and baremetal Spitfire........that's the sort of variety that has something for
almost everyone.
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
Steve
Bamford
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