Fightertown Decals

1/48 Adversary Bad Cats NSAWC & Topgun F-14 decal sheet

product # FTD48-011    $18.00 from Fightertown Decals

Review by Steve Bamford on Sept 5 2008

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This new decal sheet from Fightertown Decals includes markings for 10 different 1/48 F-14's in Adversary markings and even one in Iranian markings.  

There is a long list of people that helped on this sheet including  Mike "Strokes" Pister, Jon Bibay, Henk Van Dre Lugt, 'Fury' CDR ZipUPham, (then CDR) Tom Trotter and Andy Mullen.  Well done Guys!!!  

The ten aircraft are;

  • F-14A Topgun 30 BuNo 159855 in 1993-1995 Powder Puff paint scheme with white nose cone and white highlights on the tail.

  • F-14A Topgun 34 BuNo 159855 in 1993-1995 Powder Puff paint scheme with white nose cone and white highlights on the tail.

  • F-14A Topgun Iranian BuNo 159607 in 1991-1994 Iranian Desert paint scheme with white nose cone and white highlights on the tail.

  • F-14A Topgun 30 BuNo 159855 in 1995-1996 Blue Flanker paint scheme with white nose cone and white highlights on the tail.

  • F-14A NSAWC 10 BuNo 159855 in 1996-1999 Blue Flanker paint scheme with white nose cone and white highlights on the tail.

  • F-14A NSAWC 15 BuNo 160699 in 1996-1999 gray scheme.

  • F-14A NSAWC 16 BuNo 160699 in 1996-1999 gray scheme.

  • F-14A Topgun 33 BuNo 160913 in 1996 Iranian Desert paint scheme with white nose cone and white highlights on the tail.

  • F-14A NSAWC 13 BuNo 160913 in 1997-2003 Iranian Desert paint scheme with white nose cone and white highlights on the tail.

  • F-14A NSAWC 10 BuNo 161615 in 2002-2003 gray scheme with lightewr grey replacement panels.

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The instructions are clear and include multiply views of each aircraft to assist in getting the complicate camo schemes correct.  The decals are beautifully printed on 4 decal sheets and include helmet and patch decals as well landing gear and ejection seat decals.  Plus 2 sets of formation lights and 2 sets of walkways.  The quality of the decals is first rate. 

Wow.....these Adversary decal sheets always sell fast and when you consider the variety of paint schemes which even includes an Iranian jet....yup this is quite the sheet. 

Steve

I would like to thank Fightertown Decals for providing me with this review sample.

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford