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General Motors FM-2 Wildcat
Wildcat Mk.VI

Euro Decals, 1/72 scale

S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Number:

Euro Decals Item No. ED-72138 - General Motors FM-2 Wildcat Wildcat Mk.VI

Scale:

1/72

Contents & Media:

One decal sheet; A4 colour instructions sheets.

Price:

£8.95 plus shipping available online from Fantasy Printshop's web store

Review Type:

First Look

Advantages:

Good printing quality with minimal carrier film, easy to locate on a mid-blue backing, clear instructions and an interesting set of choices.

Disadvantages:

None noted apart from the spelling of my home town - it's ‘Eglinton’ and not ‘Eglington’.

Conclusions:

If this is your area of interest, then this sheet is highly commended to you as it offers a  quality set of markings for a variety of schemes that could lend itself to a group purchase.

Reviewed by Graham Carter

FirstLook

 

A new name to me but with links to Fantasy Printshop according to the instruction sheet. This is a 145x100mm sheet that comes in the usual ziplock bag with a ten-page A5 instruction booklet, although two pages are blank. The decals are printed in a high gloss with minimal carrier film and great colour density and thankfully, owing to the number of white letters and numbers, printed on a mid-blue sheet to make it easy to identify the items needed. 

 

 

There are nine subjects in a wide variety of schemes that offer a lot of choice to the modeller. Colour details are given in Humbrol, Xtracolour, Xtracrylix, Mr Color Aqueous and Vallejo Model Air numbers.

 

 

Some of these are unusual and very attractive. They are :

1.’7’ of VC-4 aboard USS White Plains in 1944 in the two tone Sea Blue/Intermediate Blue over white scheme,

2.2’22’ of VC-93 aboard SS Petrol Bay in April 1945 in overall Sea Blue,

3 JV699, J/F of the FAA aboard HMS Trumpeter in December 1944 in the standard Temperate Sea Scheme, 

4 ’20’ of VC-36 aboard USS Core in April 1944 in Dark Sea Grey over white,

5. JV140 ‘B-1s’ of 882 Naval Air Squadron aboard HMS Searcher in 1945 in overall Sea Blue with white ID stripes on wings and fin,

6. ‘G50’ of an unknown training school in the USA in 1944 in overall silver dope,

7. ‘A16’ of VC-78 aboard USS Matanikau in December 1944 in the two tone Sea Blue/Intermediate Blue over white scheme,

8. JV851 of 794 Naval Air Squadron , FAA at RNAS Eglinton ( spelt wrongly - no second ‘G’!!) in November 1945 in overall Sea Blue, and

9. ‘3’ of the Naval Aviation Modification Unit in Pennsylvania USA 1944 in overall International Yellow.

 

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Each scheme is illustrated in colour in four views with clearly marked decal positions. No application tips are given.

 

Conclusion

 

If this is your area of interest, then this sheet is highly commended to you as it offers a  quality set of markings for a variety of schemes that could lend itself to a group purchase.

Thanks to Fantasy Printshop for the sample.

Text and Images Copyright 2024 by Graham Carter
Page Created 5 June, 2024
Last updated 6 June, 2024

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