AirDOC
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Ju 88
A, D, T - Long Range Recce and Coastal Units |
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1/72 or
1/48 JunkersJu 88 Part 1 decal sheet |
1/72 product
# ADM 72009 - 1/48 product
# ADM 48009
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Review
by Steve Bamford on
Dec 16
2007 |
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This decal sheet from
AirDOC
is the 1st in a series of 4 decal sheets for the
Ju-88. This particular decal sheet features 13 different Ju 88
A, D, T - Long Range Recce and Coastal Units. The Ju-88 was a core
aircraft to Luftwaffe operations and it flew in a variety of theatres
during WW2. This decal sheet focuses on
the Long Range Recce and Coastal Units,
so we're talking anti-shipping etc as well as long-range reconnaissance.
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A/C
# 1 is Ju 88 A-4 (Trop) S4+AH of 1./KüFl.Gr 506 in Northern Germany
in 1942. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70,
71, and 65 with a blackened underside.
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A/C
# 2 is Ju
88 A-4 (Trop) S4+AL, 3./KüFl.Gr 506 in Northern Germany in
1942. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70,
71, and 65.
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# 3 is Ju
88 A-4 F6+KH of 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr 122 in Russia in 1941. This
aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71, and 65
with Eastern Front identification markings of yellow wing tips,
yellow fuselage stripe. White spinners
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A/C
# 4 is Ju
88 D-2 F6+CH with 5.(F)/Aufkl.Gr 122 in Russia, central front-line
in early 1942. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of
RLM 70, 71, with the top surfaces over painted in white water
based colour. This aircraft features Eastern Front
identification markings of yellow wing tips, yellow fuselage stripe
and red spinners.
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A/C
# 5 is Ju
88 D-1 F6+AL with 3.(F)/Aufkl.Gr 122 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, yellow fuselage stripe and white spinner
tips.
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A/C
# 6 is Ju
88 D-5 A6+CH with FAGr 120 in Norway in 1942. This aircraft is
painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71, and 65 with the top
surfaces overpainted in wave pattern in RLM
76.
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A/C
# 7 is Ju
88 A-5(F) 4U+BH with 1.(F)/Aufkl.GR 123 in France in 1940.
This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71, and
65 with white spinner tips.
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A/C
# 8 is Ju
88 D-2 7A+KH with 1.(F)/Aufkl.GR 121 in Africa in 1942. This
aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 78, 79 with the
spinners painted in RLM 70 with the white portion. This
aircraft featured Mediterranean Theatre identification
markings of white wing tips and a white fuselage stripe.
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A/C
# 9 is Ju
88 D-1 4N+FK with to 2.(F)/Aufkl.GR 22 in Southern 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, yellow fuselage stripe and red
spinners.
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A/C
# 10 is Ju
88 D-1 4N+VL with 3.(F)/Aufkl.GR 22 in Northern 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, yellow fuselage stripe and a yellow stripe
on the spinners.
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A/C
# 11 is Ju
88 D-1 4N+DK with 2.(F)/Aufkl.GR 22 in Russia 1941. This
aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71 and 65 with
Eastern Front identification markings of yellow wing tips,
yellow fuselage stripe and red spinner tips. The top
surfaces over painted in white water based colour.
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A/C
# 12 is Ju
88 T-1 4U+VK with 2.(F)/Aufkl.GR 123 in Italy in 1944. This
aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM 70, 71 and 65 with
Mediterranean Theatre identification markings of white wing
tips and a white fuselage stripe and red spinner tips.
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A/C
# 13 is Ju
88 T-1 4U+MK “Mizzi” with 2.(F)/Aufkl.GR 123 in Italy in
1944. This aircraft is painted in standard camo of RLM
70, 71 and 65 with Mediterranean Theatre identification
markings of white wing tips and a white fuselage stripe and
red front portions of the spinner.
So...what
does all this mean? Well for one thing this decal sheet
covers 13 aircraft in a variety of locations including Northern
Germany, Norway, Africa, Italy, France, Northern Russia, Central
Russia and Southern Russia. Some of these 13 aircraft were
fitted with exhaust flame covers for night operations. Two
are in my favourite Russian winter camo scheme.....one is in
desert tan camo and you can't overlook the wild aircraft in the
wave camo. Not that there's anything wrong with the standard
green/green camo of RLM 70, 71 and 65, but the winter or the
Mediterranean Theatre paint schemes do stand out more and the wave
camo will stop people in their tracks if you build one for your
next model show. One of the aircraft (#2) is fitted with a
torpedo for it's anti-ship role.
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 and even mentions one with a field modified nose glazing
and whether the dive brakes were removed or not etc. 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. Each aircraft appears
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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