Lifelike Decals

1/72 B-24 Liberator Part 4 decal sheet

Product # 72-031

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Mar 4 2014

 

 

This decal sheet from Lifelike Decals features four different B-24 Liberators.  This is Part 4 of  a series dealing with the B-24 in US markings from November 1943  to 1945.  The 4 aircraft operated in China, Italy, India and Palau (in the South Pacific). 

The 4 aircraft include 3 different paint schemes and all 4 have noseart....including 2 with sexy noseart.

  • Liberator B-24D-20-CO s/n 41-24183 "The Goon" of 374 BS/308BG/14AF, Yangkai, China in 1943. 

  • Liberator B-24J-110-CO s/n 42-109984 "Shoo Shoo Baby" of 408 BS/22BG/5AF, Anguar airfield, Palau in December 1944. 

  • Liberator B-24L-15-FO s/n 44-49988 "Mickey Finn" of 758 BS/459BG/15AF, Giulia airfield, Italy in 1945. 

  • Liberator B-24M-15-FO s/n 44-51030 "Sleepy-Time Gal" of 493 BS/7BG/10AF, Pandaveswar, India in 1945. 

 

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The quality of these decals is of very good quality.  The decals themselves are clearly printed and in perfect register.  The noseart decals are a treat to see.

This decal sheet seems to captured 4 very famous B-24's and the instruction sheets contain info and stories about each aircraft 

I would like to thank Lifelike Decals for providing me with this product 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

      

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford