This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals
decal sheet features four different Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIe's. This
is Part 1of a series dealing with the Spitfire Mk.XVIe in RAF and Belgium
markings from the post war late 1940's. This decal sheet provides a good
variety paint schemes for the later Spitfire.
The first plane is a Spitfire LF
Mk XVIe, SL 721 flown by Air Marshall Sir James Robb, RAF Chief Air Command,
probably Bovington AB/UK in 1946. This was the personal aircraft for Air
Marshall Sir James Robb and is painted in "powder blue" which might be
a mixture of PRU Blue and white, but it's exact tint is not known for sure.
This aircraft has a modified gun bay to carry luggage and these modifications
are talked about in the instructions. This plane sports a three star
pennant.
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The second plane is a Spitfire LF
Mk XVIe, TB900 flown by Squadron Leader Raymond A.F. Lallement, RAF No. 349
(Belgium) Squadron. This plane wears the RAF RAF Dark Green/Ocean
Gray/Medium Sea Gray with Sky code. This plane sports small artwork of a
roosters head with the white script "Winston Churchill" and various
kill markings.
The third plane is a Spitfire LF
Mk XVIe, TD231 of No. 350 Belgium Air Force, Fassburg Germany in 1946.
This plane wears the RAF RAF Dark Green/Ocean Gray/Medium Sea Gray with white
code and a red spinner.
The fourth plane is a Spitfire LF
Mk XVIe, TE199 flown by Air Officer Commander of RAF No. 21 Group from Swinder
airbase in September 1948. This gloss black aircraft has a gold trimmed
pennant below the windscreen and a yellow spinner.
The quality of these decals is of
very good quality. The decals themselves are clearly printed and in
perfect register. Some roundel decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect
registration. The instructions also include an extra page with 4 view
line drawings showing stencil placement.
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
Yet another very
nice Spitfire Mk.XVIe sheet with 4 very good options for your next Spitfire
Mk.XVIe.
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
Steve
Bamford
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