Lifelike Decals
is a Decal company out of Japan. The owners have been involved
in the researching of decal sheets for other companies for many
years. They have decided to create their own decal line. This
decal sheet features 3 different P-47's. This decal sheet provided a
good variety of paint schemes and markings as you can see in the
instruction sheets below.
There is an extra page of
instructions that shows the placement of stencil decals.
The first plane is a
P-47D-1-RE 42-7945 flown by Lt. Spiros "the Greek" Pisanos
of the 344FS, 4FG in the Spring of 1943 out of Debden, England. Lt.
Spiros "the Greek" Pisanos first joined the RAF, then flew with
the Eagle Squadrons and was later shot down over France and made his way
back to England 3 weeks later. He also served in Vietnam and had a
kill total of 10 destroyed and one damaged. He retired in 1973 as a
Colonel.
This aircraft is overall
Olive Drab on top and Neutral Gray on the undersides. The artwork
includes a sexy lady in see through wrap holding lighting bolts with text
beside her that reads "Miss Plainfield" on the forward part of
the left side of the engine cowling. The forward engine cowling ring
is white as well as the white horizontal stripe on the tail. White
code letters on the side of the rear fuselage are "QP D".
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The second plane is a
P-47D-25-RE 42-26628 flown by Capt. Fredrick Christensen Jr., with the
62FS, 56FG in July of 1944 out of Boxted, England.
This aircraft is overall
baremetal/silver with an Olive Drab antiglare panel. The artwork includes
a sexy nude lady with text beside her that reads "Miss Fire" on the
forward part of the left side of the engine cowling. There is a white
decal to go under the noseart decal. The forward engine cowling ring is
red and the rudder on the bare metal tail is yellow. Black code letters on
the side of the rear fuselage are "LM C". This plane also has
D-Day stripes on the underside of the wings and rear fuselage that you must
paint on your model. This plane has 22 kill markings and on the side of
the fuselage in front of the cockpit is the red script "Rozzie Geth
II". On the tail are the black serial numbers "226628".
The Third plane is a
P-47D-15-RE 42-76165 with the 83FS, 78FG out of Duxford, England.
This aircraft is overall
baremetal/silver with a dark antiglare panel. The artwork includes a sexy
nude lady with text beside her that reads "Miss Fire" on the forward
part of the left side of the engine cowling. The forward engine cowling
ring is black and white checkerboard with a red ring further back on the engine
cowling ring. The rudder on the tail is white with a red outline.
Black code letters with red outlines on the side of the rear fuselage are
"C HL". This plane also has a red stripe below the canopy.
On the tail are the black serial numbers "6165".
The quality of
these decals is quite pleasing. The decals themselves are clearly printed and in
perfect register. The colour of the decals appear solid enough to
prevent paint showing through the decals.
You can purchase these
decals either directly from Lifelike
Decals at fax number is
+81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp.
or from HobbyLink Japan.
Other shops that stock Life
like Decals are *Hannants/UK, *Mister Kit/Italy, *Revi (publisher)/Czech
Republic, *SkyGrid/Canada, *Roll Models/USA, *Great Models Webstore/USA, *FlightDecs/Canada,
*Victory Models/USA
*M & Models/USA, *Zed Hobbies/Australia, *AB &S
Enterprise/Australia, *Desert Miniature/USA |
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I recommend
these decals to anyone interested in building a P-47.
I would like to
thank Lifelike Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
Steve
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