RAF Tornado Update 2007
Xtradecal, 1/72 scale
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Description and Item
Number: |
X72076 RAF Tornado
Update 2007-12-15
90th Anniversary 2 Sqn and 111 Sqn and 25
Years of Tornados 9 Sqn |
Scale and Price: |
from
GBP£5.91 available online from Hannants
website |
Review Type: |
FirstLook |
Contents and Media: |
A5 sized decal sheet
with markings for 3 aircraft, 4 page A5
sized full colour instruction sheet |
Advantages: |
Good colour
saturation; perfect register; thin carrier
film; excellent colour; instruction sheet |
Disadvantages: |
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Recommendation: |
Highly Recommended |
Reviewed by
Mick Evans
Xtradecal
has produced excellent quality
decals for many years, and they continue to do so
with this release.They have produced yet another fine quality decal
sheet depicting three anniversary schemes for
the RAF Tornado F.3 and GR.4. The decals are
recommended for any of the 1/72 scale kits available
with the best being the Hasegawa kits.
The decals
are superbly printed, have good colour
saturation and are in perfect register. As usual
with Xtradecal, the carrier film is ultra thin. My experience with
this company's products in the past has been
that the decals have to be handled carefully but
will snuggle down well into the surface detail. The
carrier film then almost totally disappears under a
coat of clear.
Four
photographs of the aircraft are included in the
instruction booklet.
The three
schemes provided are as follows:
-
Tornado F.3 ZE734/JU, 90th
Anniversary of 111 Squadron, RAF Leuchars in
2007. This aircraft is finished in Overall
BS381C:627 Medium Sea Grey with a black spine
and tail fin. A large yellow lightening flash
is painted on the tail fin.
-
Tornado GR.4 F.3 ZD748, 90th
Anniversary of 2(AC) Squadron, RAF Marham in
2007. This aircraft is finished in Overall
BS381C:627 Medium Sea Grey with a black spine
and tail fin. Large white anniversary markings
are painted on the tail fin.
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Tornado GR.4 ZA469 25 years
of Tornado operations No 9 Squadron, RAF Marham
in 2007. This aircraft is finished in Overall
BS381C:627 Medium Sea Grey with a black spine
and tail fin. The letters Tornado 25 years on
is painted on the fin.
Highly
Recommended
Thanks to
Hannants
for the review sample
Xtradecals are
available online from Hannants' website
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