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Bell AH-1J/T/W Sea Cobra
#72014 1/72 scale Decal sheet
Review by Steve Bamford (ARC Staff)
This decal sheet comes in 1/72 scale. The decal sheet includes stencils for one of nine Sea Cobras, plus markings for the 9 different Apaches. This decal sheet covers five Sea Cobras from Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm as well as one Sea Cobra from Iran during the Iran/Iraq war as well as one from Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada and one from the multi-national force in Lebanon in late '83 to early '84. The painting options include black Sharks Mouth on the Lebanon Multi-National force sea Cobra to a Bulls head on the Grenada Sea Cobra. The quality of the sheet is good....excellent colours.....clear printing and completely in register and most of the stencil data for the 1/72 stencils are somewhat readable. The instruction sheets include weapons load-out information. I recommend this sheet to anyone looking for interesting options to the kit decals or for the modellers interested in Desert Storm markings. Recommended kits are the 1/72 Italeri AH-1T; AH-1W or the Fujimi AH-1J.
Decal option #1 is a AH-1W Sea Cobra, HMLA-367, US Marine Corps deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm 1990-91. The paint scheme is USMC brown FS 30117 and USMC Sand FS 33711.
Decal option #2 is a AH-1W Sea Cobra, HMLA-269, US Marine Corps in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm 1990-91. The paint scheme is medium grey FS 35237 and USMC Sand FS 33711.
Decal option #3 is a AH-1W Sea Cobra, HMLA-369, US Marine Corps in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm 1990-91. The paint scheme is Ghost Grey FS 36375 and Dark Ghost Grey FS 36320.
Decal option #4 is a AH-1W Sea Cobra, HMLA-367, US Marine Corps in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm 1990-91. The paint scheme is USMC Sand FS 33711.
Decal option #5 AH-1T Sea Cobra, HMLA-269, US Marine Corps aboard USS Nassau (LHA-4) during Desert Storm, Persian Gulf 1990-91. The paint scheme is Dark Ghost Grey FS 36320.
Decal option #6 is a AH-1J Sea Cobra, HMLA-269, US Marine Corps MCAS New River, North Carolina in 1987. The paint scheme is medium grey FS 35237 and USMC Green FS 34097 and Black FS 37038.
Decal option #7 is a AH-1J Sea Cobra, Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation during the Iran/Iraq War in 1985. The paint scheme is sand FS 30400 and Tan FS 30219.
Decal option #8 is a AH-1T Sea Cobra, HMM-261, US Marine Corps aboard USS Guam (LPH-9) during Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada,25-26 October 1983. The paint scheme is USMC Green FS 34097and includes a bulls head on each side of the fuselage.
Decal option #9 is a AH-1T Sea Cobra, is the same aircraft as deal option #8 operating over the Lebanon coast as part of the Multi-National Force from November 1983 to February 1984. The paint scheme is USMC Green FS 34097 and includes a black sharks mouth on the nose and a bulls head on each side of the fuselage.
(resolution of decal sheet has been reduced to 75 DPI to protect the art work)
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