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North American F-100D Supersabre
Collection Pt.4

Euro Decals, 1/72 scale

S u m m a r y
Catalogue Number and Description

Euro Decals Item No. ED-72134 - North American F-100D
Price:

GBP£18.95 plus shipping available online from Fantasy Printshop
Scale:

1/72
Review Type: Three small decal sheets; instructions.
Review Type: First Look
Advantages: Excellent production standards and lovely looking set of markings for the F-100, backed up by excellent instructions.
Disadvantages: Only the lack of sufficient generic markings for more than one air frame but this will be overcome by using kit decals.
Conclusion: This is an excellent and very colourful set of markings for the Supersabre  from the late 1950s. Highly recommended.

Reviewed by Graham Carter

FirstLook

 

Also available in 1/48 as ED48-134, the decals are printed by Fantasy Printshop in Cornwall, UK and depict ‘Thuds’ from the colourful period of their USAF career in the late 1950s/60s in the USA and overseas bases. This is a part of a series of Euro Decals covering these colourful aircraft.

Decals are beautifully printed in high gloss with minimal carrier film with great colour density and excellent register. The individual markings are on one sheet while an extra sheet contains insignia and data stencils for one or two of the three choices, and I assume the others can be furnished using kit decals. There are only one set of full markings but two sets of ‘U.S. AIR FORCE’ markings, a bit odd I think.

 

 

Instructions are in full colour with each choice being given a full A4 page with annotated four view coverage. Black numbers refer to the larger sheet while all if the common decals are indicated in red - a useful way of avoiding some confusion. Paint colours, and they are all in natural metal finishes, are called out by name and numbers from the Humbrol, Xtracolour, Xtracrylix and Lifecolor ranges.

The three choices are :-

  1. 55-2950 of 81st ,Tactical Fighter Sqn, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, USAF Europe at Toul-Rosieres AFB, France, 1958, with star-spangled red, yellow and blue striped tail and nose,

  2. 56-3417 of 356th Tactical Fighter Sqn, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, USAF Europe at Aviano AFB, Italy, in 1960 with green tail and nose decorations, and

  3. 56-3020 of 390th Fighter Bomber Sqn, 366th Fighter BomberWing at England AFB, USA, in 1957-9 with blue and white striped tail and nose decoration.

 

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All of the individual markings are beautifully printed and make up a very colourful set of markings and I commend these to any of you whose scale and interests these match. 

 

 

Conclusion

 

This is an excellent and very colourful set of markings for the Supersabre  from the late 1950s.

Highly recommended.

Thanks to Fantasy Printshop for the review sample

Euro Decals and Fantasy Printshop Decals are available online via Fanstasy Printshop's website

Review Text and Images Copyright © 2022 by Graham Carter
Page Created 9 February, 2022
Last Updated 10 February, 2022

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