Two Bobs Aviation Graphics

1/48 F-15DJ Japanese Aggressors

Product #48-080

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Dec 14  2004

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You asked for it and Twobobs was listening!  This sheet is one of the earliest Twobob sheets.  Finally it is being re-released.  With all the various JASDF aggressor schemes out there, it would be virtually impossible to represent all of them in decal form.  This sheet solves that problem!  There are a full set of numbers which will permit you to make ANY of the various F-15J as well as DJ aggressor schemes that have flown with the JASDF. 

This sheet features two Japanese F-15's from the Hiko Kyodo-tai squadron.  This is the only F-15 Aggressor squadron in the world.  The first thing that jumps out at me about this sheet, is the endless amount of stencils.  It seems the Japanese love Stencils on their planes.  The other neat thing is how some decal stencils have grey backgrounds for placing over the black areas of the first plane.  This gives the impression that the Stencils were on the plane....masked over and the black camo was applied after the stencils.  The way the Two Bobs lay this out perfectly captures the effect of the real plane's paint job.  The decals for the two planes are almost identical except for the serial numbers on the vertical stabilizers.  

 

These 2 Japanese F-15's do not have conformal fuel tanks on the sides of the fuselage under the wings.  There are other slight differences and these are laid out in the instruction sheets.  The decals are nicely printed and in register and quite clear....although the smaller stencils are too small to make out with the naked eye....they do appear to be in Japanese characters.  The instruction sheets are easy to figure out.  All in all a very interesting sheet....nice to see F-15 Aggressors!!!

This sheet is available through http://www.twobobs.net/ and select US Hobby Shops.  Overseas customers can purchase these from Twobobs site or through Twobobs network of overseas distributors.  Remember, shipping is always FREE to US Customers at Twobobs!! 

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford