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Decal Sheets in 1/72 & 1/48 Scale

 

 

EagleCals Decals

 


Eagle Cals #30, 31 and 32 are available online from Squadron.com

 

S u m m a r y
Catalogue Number: EC#30 – 1st Pursuit Squadron
EC#31 – 2nd Pursuit Squadron
EC#32 – 3rd Pursuit Squadron
Scale: available in 1/72 and 1/48
Contents and Media: Each 1 x decal sheet; full colour foldout instructions
Price: USD$9.00 each for 1/72 and 1/48 sheets
Review Type: First Look
Advantages: Good selection of aircraft available on the three sheets; alternate “faded” roundels supplied; alternate colour shark mouths supplied with 2nd P.S. set; perfect registration and good saturation; helpful notes and colour profiles.
Disadvantages: White section of upper surface national markings not printed for White 75 (on EC#32)
Recommendation: Recommended.

 

Reviewed by Brett Green

 

F i r s t   L o o k

 

These three decal sheets cover eleven subjects from Tom Tullis’ new book, “Tigers Over China”. All the aircraft are Hawk 81-A2s (P-40B Tomahawks).

All the decals are printed in perfect register and colour saturation looks good. The decal artwork is very finely rendered for the various leaping Tigers, sharks’ mouths, “Adam and Eves” and other imaginative logos.

All the decal sheets offer alternative “faded” Nationalist Chinese markings. These might be used on the upper surface of the wings in combination with the non-faded versions on the lower surfaces. Sufficient national markings are supplied for all the subjects.

A small number of tiny but crisply printed decals are included with each set.

All aircraft are finished in the DuPont equivalents of Dark Earth and Dark Green, with undersurfaces in light aircraft grey. The subjects on each sheet are:



EC#30 1st Pursuit Squadron

“White 1”
no markings other than aircraft number and national markings

“White 3”
Sharks Mouth, white squadron fuselage stripe and “Adam and Eve” logo.

“White 7”
Sharks Mouth, white squadron fuselage stripe and “Adam and Eve” logo plus Flying Tiger logo

“White 21”
Sharks Mouth, white squadron fuselage stripe and “Adam and Eve” logo. Alternate grey 21 supplied to represent faded paint.

 

EC#31 – 2nd Pursuit Squadron

“White 44”
Sharks Mouth, blue squadron fuselage band and “Flying Tiger” logo.

“White 47”
Sharks Mouth with blue gums, blue squadron fuselage band and personal logo.

“White 49”
Sharks Mouth (with alternate blue gums supplied), blue squadron fuselage band.

“White 52”
Sharks Mouth, blue squadron fuselage band.

 

EC#31 3rd Pursuit Squadron

“White 47”
Sharks Mouth, red squadron fuselage band, “Flying Tiger” logo, individual artwork (red girl).

“White 75”
Sharks Mouth, red squadron fuselage band, “Flying Tiger” logo, individual artwork (red girl), three Japanese “kill” marks, individual number “75” in painted-over circle.

“White 88”
Sharks Mouth, red squadron fuselage band, “Flying Tiger” logo, individual artwork (red girl), two Japanese “kill” marks.

 



All Recommended.

Thanks to Judy at Eagle Editions for the sample.

EagleCals decals are available from Eagle Editions Website or Hobby Retailers including Squadron.com.        

Review Copyright © 2001 by Brett Green
This Page Created on 14 September, 2001
Last updated 22 July, 2003

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