Lifelike Decals

1/32 Me 109 Part 2 decal sheet

Product # 32-009 for Aprox $19.25

Product Article by Floyd S. Werner, Jr. on July 15 2011

 

Hans-Joachim Marseille, the virtuoso of aerial marksmanship, is a favorite of modelers in all scales.  With new information being presented in the Airpower Editions by Jim Kitchens and John Beaman we have some of the best research on his aircraft available.  Based on this information Lifelike Decals now provides markings for his four Bf-109F-4/Trops and his personal Kubelwagen, OTTO. 

Previously if you wanted to build Marseille’s Kubelwagen in any scale you had to buy the Sweet 1/144th scale Bf-109 just to get the markings in 1/72nd and 1/48th scale which wasn’t cost effective if you didn’t build the little model. Well now you can build it with all the colorful creatures placed around the name.  For the 1/32nd scale sheet there are decals for the 1/35th scale Tamiya Kubelwagen.  This sheet is also available in 1/48 and 1/72 scale.

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Each sheet is included on two sheets.  The main sheet provides the national markings, the four distinct versions of Yellow 14 and some of the stencils.  The smaller sheet provides the colorful stencils and the characters for the Kubelwagen.  There are enough stencils to do one aircraft. 

The instruction sheet is a one sided 8 x 10 sheet of paper with side views of the four aircraft and the four side view of the Kubelwagen.  The upper and lower wings are also included.  You really don’t need anything more than that.  Don’t miss the small note on W. Nr. 8673 with its G style propeller. 

The decals are beautifully printed in perfect register and with good color saturation.  They are extremely thin and will look great on the whatever model you use.

So if you are building a Bf-109F-4/Trop, in particular Hans-Joachim Marseille, this is the best sheet around.  It is based on the most current research, perfect decals and with the addition of the Kubelwagen make these sheets well worth the price of admission.  Don’t forget to tell you armor modeler friends who may be looking for something different for their Kubelwagens.  

Highly recommended 

Thanks to Lifelike for the review copies.  You can obtain your copy by visiting their website at http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~lifelike/ at fax number is +81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp. or from HobbyLink Japan.   Make sure you tell them where you heard about it.  Buy with confidence.

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 

Floyd S. Werner, Jr.

Photos and text © by Floyd S. Werner, Jr.