PYN-UP Decals

1/72 B-26 Marauding Babes Part 2 decal sheet

Product # PYND72004 for $18.99

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Dec 9  2004

 

 

 

This new decal sheet from Cutting Edge Modelworks includes markings for two different 1/48 B-26's with sexy nose art.  

The first aircraft is a B-26B-50-MA "HARD TO GET" flown by Maj Delwin D. Bentley (Commander of the of the 497 BS) out of Stanstead, England in 1944.  This B-26 is amazingly well done and each side of the nose has different sexy noseart.  The nose art appears to be the same lady....on one side she is sitting in  white one piece bathing suit and on the other she's lying on her back wearing a one piece body suit.  The nose art is applied to a white decal to place under the noseart decal to avoid colour bleed through.  The paint scheme is baremetal on the underside and Olive drab on the topside with black code numbers of 71 F on the side of the fuselage and yellow serial numbers on the tail as well as a large white triangle.   

The second aircraft is a B-26C-40-MO "Belle Ringer" serial number 42-107534.  The nose art is a sexy lady carrying a box of bombs and her skirt is blowing up from a breeze from below.  The nose art is applied to a white decal to place under the noseart decal to avoid colour bleed through.  The paint scheme is grey on the underside and Olive drab on the topside with  yellow serial numbers on the tail.  

The noseart decals are delicate and two are included for each plane in case you mess up the first ones.  Exacting instructions are included on how to prepare and install these decals…..read these instructions carefully to avoid disaster.  Apparently these noseart decals are very thin and need special care, but once installed they will look very accurate and realistic.  The nose art decals are printed on a one piece decal sheet, so you’ll need to cut the decal free from the rest of the decal film…..patience is the key here.  The noseart decal is beautifully printed with fantastic detail and lovely shading.  

The decals were flawlessly printed and in perfect registration and the clear carrier film is trimmed very close to the crisply printed colored areas.  You get enough stencils and national insignia for one aircraft. 

The instructions are clear and include 2 or 3 views of each aircraft and an extra 3 pages of text instructions is included with a small bit of info about both the planes as well as helpful tips for decal application. 

A very nice decal sheet and  sure to please the lucky 300 people that manage to buy one of these limited edition sheets.

Click on images below to see larger images of the instruction sheets

I would like to thank Cutting Edge Modelworks for providing me with this review sample.

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford