This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals features three
different P-47D's, all with nose art including one with sexy noseart. This
is Part 6 of a series dealing with the P-47D's. The P-47D is one of
the most famous US built fighters of WW2. The Thunderbolt was a classic
American fighter and ground attack aircraft.
This decal
sheet provides a good variety artwork and markings as you can see in the
instruction sheets.
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P-47D-30-RE,
44-33087, "Bloom's Tomb" flown by Capt. Jay van Bloom of
406FG/514FS out of Handorf/Germany in April of 1945. Noseart is a
winged coffin with a serviceman (pilot?) sitting on top. There are 3
kill markings. The paint scheme is overall baremetal.
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P-47D-4-RA,
42-22762, "Tinkle" flown by Lt. Samuel Stamps of 56FG/63FS out of
Halesworth AB/ England in February - March of 1945. Noseart is a
blonde cowgirl with 2 six shooters and a cow girl hat. The paint
scheme is overall Olive Drab on top and Neutral Gray on the underside.
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P-47D-28-RE,
42-29173, "Rain Dear" flown by Lt. Clarke Bresmeth of 405FG/510FS
out of St Dizer AB/France in Autumn of 1944. Noseart is a sexy naked
overlaid on a big red heart. The paint scheme is overall
baremetal.
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images below to see larger images
The quality of these decals is of
good quality although the tiny 1/48 stencils were not as clear as I usually see
from Lifelike
Decals, so I would
suggest not using the stencils on this decal sheet. The
colour of the decals appears solid enough to prevent paint showing through the
decals. Some decals (such as the noseart decals) come in 2 layers to
ensure good coverage.
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 love decal sheets
of these famous WW2 American fighters adorned with their noseart and this sheet
is well worth buying if you have the same love of these WW2 fighters with their
colourful noseart.
Steve
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
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