Tally
Ho!
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1/72
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Part 3 decal sheet
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product
# 72 049 (Also available in 1/48 #48 038)
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Review
by Radek
Lhotsky on
Sept 30 2007
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Not
too long after Part II., today already well known Czech made Tally
Ho! came
out with Part III. of Lockheed P-38 Lightning in both 1/72 & 1/48
scale. These are on the market under #72 049 & #48 038. This set is
a must for all SWPA fans.
The sheets
are identical in both scales and offer 4 options:
1.
P-38H-5-LO Lightning (s/n 42-66847) "White 79" flown by Capt. Richard
I. Bong, 9th FS, 49th FG, 5th AF at Dobodura airfield, New Guinea
in Southwest Pacific, November 1943.
2.
P-38H-5-LO Lightning (s/n unknown) "Blood & Guts" flown by
Lt. Elliot Summer, 432nd FS, 475th FG, 5th AF at Philippines early 1944.
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3. P-38G-13-LO
Lightning (s/n 43-2204) "Beautiful Lass" flown by Lt. John G. O'
Neill, 9th FS, 49th FG, 5th AF at Dobodura airfield, New Guinea in
Southwest Pacific, October 1943.
4. P-38H-1-LO
Lightning (s/n 42-66532) White 10" flown by Maj. Thomas J. Lynch,
39th FS, 35th FG at Port Moresby, New Guinea in Southwest Pacific,
March 1943. This aircraft features "sharkmouth".
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Well
done instruction sheet in English nicely shows placements of the
nose arts and ID numbers on both sides of the planes. Suggested
colors listed are FS and practically all of the paint
manufacturers (Testors, Agama, Humbrol, Revell, AeroMaster, Gunze
and Tamiya). Listed are also all the used references. All the US
National insignias are included. The Nose Art and
"kill" marks artwork is very crisp and well detailed. My
samples are in perfect register.
Following
distributors carrying Tally
Ho!
decals: www.squadron.com
and www.rollmodels.com.
You can also visit manufacturers' own website : www.tallyho.cz for additional
information and list of their complete line.
Thank
you Kamil Meluzin for supplied samples!
Radek |
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Photos and text
© by Radek Lhotsky 2007
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