This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals
features four different very colorful P-51 Mustangs. This is Part 1 of a series dealing
with the P-51 Mustang from November 1944 in Europe to August of 1945 in Okinawa.
The
4 aircraft all have some sort of noseart and very colorful markings (stripes
etc) and a large number of kill markings.
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P-51D-15-NA
"American Beauty - Lovely Lila" flown by Capt. John Voll of the
308FS/31FG, San Severo AB/Italy in late November 1944. Paint scheme is
overall bare metal with a red spinner and wingtips, black anti-glare panel
and red diagonal stripes on the tail and yellow stripes on the wings.
This aircraft has a large number of kill markings.
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P-51D-10-NA
"Daddy's Girl" flown by Capt. Raymond Wetmore of the 370FS/359FG,
East Wretham, England in February to March 1945. Paint scheme is
overall bare metal with a green spinner and engine cowling, black anti-glare
panel and blue rudder. This aircraft has a large number of kill
markings.
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P-51D-10-NA
"Thunder Bird" flown by Capt. Ted Lines of the 335FS/4FG, Debden,
England in September to November 1944. Paint scheme is overall bare
metal with a red spinner, black anti-glare panel and partial D-Day stripes
and a black stripe on the tail. This aircraft has a large number of
kill markings that are arrow heads hanging from an arrow.
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P-51K-10-NT
"Mrs Bonnie" flown by Lt. Col. Bill Dunham, Deputy CO of the
348FG, le Shima, Okinawa in August 1945. Paint scheme is overall bare
metal with a red/yellow/blue/black spinner, black anti-glare panel and black
stripes on wings and fuselage (similar to D-Day stripes) and a
red/yellow/blue/black stripes on the tail/rudder. This aircraft has a
large number of kill/mission markings.
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The quality of these decals is of
very good quality. The 4 decal sheets are clearly printed and in
perfect register. Some decals come in 2 layers with the bottom decal being
a white decal to ensure the colorful upper decal remains bright and
colorful. The 4 pages of instruction sheets include 3 view color profiles
to assist you with decal placement. You also get a separate instruction
sheet showing 4 view profile line drawings indicating generic stencil placement.
Wow this sheet is
loaded with color....these 4 Mustangs are very colorful examples of P-51D's that
flew in the final stages of WW2.
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
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
Steve Bamford
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