IsraDecal

1/48 IAF B-17G 'Flying Fortress', PBY-5A Catalina and Bristol Beaufighter decal sheet

product # IAF-84    Price: $30 (incl. worldwide AirMail)

Review by Steve Bamford on Feb 20 2009

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This new decal sheet from IsraDecal includes markings for many 1/48 Israeli Air Force B-17G 'Flying Fortress, PBY-5A Catalinas and Bristol Beaufighters.  One thing to note is that some of the B-17's lack top turrets, belly turrets and nose turrets, although some of the B-17's featured on this decal sheet do have turrets.

For the B-17's you get 5 different camo schemes  There is one Catalina paint scheme and 2 Beaufighter paint schemes that look much like each other.  

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The 8 page instruction booklet is includes color profiles to help you get an idea of the various camo patterns.  At best you get 2 side views showing the camo patterns.........some planes only have on color sideview drawing, so this leaves plenty of guess work.  There are a variety of black and white photos in the instruction booklet, but you will need to do some additional research to figure out the whole camo patterns.  Some of the planes do feature tailart and/or noseart and/or stripes.  The decals are of course flawless and in perfect register.

Steve

I would like to thank IsraDecal for providing me with this review sample.

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford