Lifelike Decals

1/48 P-47D Thunderbolt Pt. 6 decal sheet

Decal sheet product # 48-024

Review by Steve Bamford on Feb 6 2009

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This latest release from Lifelike Decals features three different P-47D's, all with nose art including one with sexy noseart.  This is Part 6 of  a series dealing with the P-47D's.  The P-47D is one of the most famous US built fighters of WW2.  The Thunderbolt was a classic American fighter and ground attack aircraft.

This decal sheet provides a good variety artwork and markings as you can see in the instruction sheets.  

  • P-47D-30-RE, 44-33087, "Bloom's Tomb" flown by Capt. Jay van Bloom of 406FG/514FS out of Handorf/Germany in April of 1945.  Noseart is a winged coffin with a serviceman (pilot?) sitting on top.  There are 3 kill markings.  The paint scheme is overall baremetal

  • P-47D-4-RA, 42-22762, "Tinkle" flown by Lt. Samuel Stamps of 56FG/63FS out of Halesworth AB/ England in February - March of 1945.  Noseart is a blonde cowgirl with 2 six shooters and a cow girl hat.  The paint scheme is overall Olive Drab on top and Neutral Gray on the underside. 

  • P-47D-28-RE, 42-29173, "Rain Dear" flown by Lt. Clarke Bresmeth of 405FG/510FS out of St Dizer AB/France in Autumn of 1944.  Noseart is a sexy naked overlaid on a  big red heart.  The paint scheme is overall baremetal

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The quality of these decals is of good quality although the tiny 1/48 stencils were not as clear as I usually see from Lifelike Decals, so I would suggest not using the stencils on this decal sheet.  The colour of the decals appears solid enough to prevent paint showing through the decals.  Some decals (such as the noseart decals) come in 2 layers to ensure good coverage.  

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 

I love decal sheets of these famous WW2 American fighters adorned with their noseart and this sheet is well worth buying if you have the same love of these WW2 fighters with their colourful noseart. 

Steve

I would like to thank Lifelike Decals for providing me with this review sample.

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford