Norseman Decals

1/48 Spitfire Royal Norwegian Air Force decal sheet

Product # 48.0020

Product Article by Steve Bamford

 

 

This decal sheet is sure to be of interest to Spitfire builders after the release of the Hasegawa and ICM Spitfire Mk.IX kits in the last couple of years.  Included on this decal sheet are markings for 11 different Royal Norwegian Air Force Spitfires, including 9 different Mk.IX's and 2 Mk. XI's.  The Mk. XI's are Photo Recon Spits in a dark blue colour.  The other Spits are in standard green/grey camo....although standard camo does tend to vary on  Royal Norwegian Air Force Spitfires.  Another interesting aspect is these planes arrived in standard RAF paints and markings, but as they were repainted over time....the colours used were different from the RAF colours.....RNAF camo Greens were much greener.  In general the RAF roundels were over painted with RNAF nation markings and the camo paint and id numbers left "as is" until the plane was given a proper repaint at a later date when repainting was needed.  The quality of the decals is first rate with no register problems.  Some stencils are not included with this decal sheet, but these stencils if needed can be acquired from the kit decals.  Below I've included scans of the instruction sheets....there is also one page of text telling about history of Norwegian Spitfires included with the instruction sheets.  I found these decals to be quite appealing and I look forward to building a Norwegian Spitfire in the future.  I recommend these decals to anyone wanting to build a more unique and interesting Spitfire. 

Steve     

I would like to thank Norseman Decals for sending me these review samples.  You can order their decals from the Norseman Decals website.

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford