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Topcolors 03 Fighters over Japan Part I

PříspěvekNapsal: 21 srp 2011, 21:13
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As currently it is not easy to check the schemes included in our Topcolors series issues, I'll post here their decal profiles and their short descriptions, starting with Topcolors 03.

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A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 9 various US and Japanese fighters:
- Ki-61-I Hei Hien (s/n unknown) coded ‘83’ of 2nd Chutai, 18th Sentai, flown by Chui Mitsuo Oyake, Kashiwa, January 1945,
- Ki-46-III Otsu Hei (s/n unknown) coded ‘24’ of 16th Dokuritsu Chutai, Kiyosu, summer 1945,
- Ki-44-II Hei Shoki (s/n unknown) coded ‘321’ of 3rd Chutai, 246th Sentai, probably flown by Chui Kiyonori Sano, Taisho, Japan, 1944,
- P-47N ‘Icky and Me’ coded ‘02’, flown by Lt. Jack Payne of 333rd FS / 318th FG, Ie Shima, August 1945,
- P-51D-20-NA (s/n 44-63483) ‘Stinger VII’ coded ‘67’, flown by Maj. Robert W. Moore of 45th FS / 15th FG, Iwo Jima, June 1945,
- P-51D-20-NA (s/n 44-63984) ‘Margaret IV’ coded ‘101’, flown by Maj. James B. Tapp, the CO of 78th FS „Bushmasters” / 15th FG, April 1945,
- P-51D-20-NA (s/n 44-72620) ‘The Shawnee Princess’ coded ‘640’, flown by Lt. Charles Seale of 462nd FS / 506th FG, Iwo Jima, July 1945,
- P-51D-20-NA (s/n 44-63532) ‘Little “Angel” The 104’ coded ‘210’ of 46th FS / 21st FG, Iwo Jima, summer 1945,
- P-51D-20-NA (s/n 44-63423) ‘Squirt’ coded ‘15’, flown by Col. James O. Beckwith, the CO of 15th FG, Iwo Jima, South Field, April 1945.

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I used converted tif. files, so the colours on the profiles above aren't quite true - for example the tail of ‘The Shawnee Princess’ in the guidebook is yellow as it should be.

The publication is available here: http://sklep.kagero.pl/product_info.php?cPath=38_103&products_id=757&language=en&currency=EUR