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Wow....right on. This
sheet is follow up to their very popular VFC-12 release is this sheet in both 72nd
and 32nd scale. There are enough markings on this sheet
to build a 72nd scale jet and one 32nd scale jet.
Unique combination of scales are featured by Two
Bobs
on this sheet. With the customer base for these two scales being
smaller than in 48th scale, Two
Bobs
has taken a different strategy in providing markings for both 72nd
and 32nd scale customers without impacting their sales in
those scales with a stand-alone release. Interesting concept and I
hope that Two
Bobs
does some more releases with this methodology so modelers in the two
less popular scales can have as many options as the 48th
scale crowd. The
false MiG-29 Fulcrum markings for the vertical stab are provided in
decal form in 72nd scale. These markings are not
provided in 32nd scale however. Modelers will find it
fairly easy to mask and paint these markings on the big Academy jet.
A
full set of stencils as well as external tank markings are also
provided. As per normal with many of Two
Bobs
releases, some of the complex markings are broken apart into two
separate decals to ensure perfect registration by the modeler. The
full color instruction sheet features a full-color placement guide as
well as some reference photographs for the modeler. All
of Two
Bobs
decals are printed by Microscale and feature very thin carrier film and
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Recommended Kits:
The 2 pages of decals are printed by Microscale in the usual high quality printing I'm accustomed to seeing on all Twobobs decal sheets. The 2 pages of gloss colored instruction sheets include 4 view color profiles of each of the 2 jets on this sheet as well as 8 small color photos of these jets. There's no denying the fact these USN F-18's painted in these adversary paint schemes really do stand out and look great. One very cool feature is the way part of the leading part of the wings are painted in lo-viz gray to alter the silhouette of each jet to make it look less like an F-18 and more like an enemy aircraft. The instruction sheets also include FS#, Testors MM, Humbrol, Gunze Sangyo and Xtracylics paint code numbers to make the painting process less complicated. |
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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford