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Scale 1/72
Manufacturer Blackbird Models
Decal Sheet ID BMD72032
Decal Sheet Title US Air National Guard Part 1
Types Featured F-51D, T-6A, B-57B, F-89J, F-84F, RF-84F, F-104C

 

Blackbird Models is not well known for USAF decal sheets; BMD72032 provides markings for a number of aircraft from the ANG during the 1950s and 1960s. The airframes are as follows:-

Instructions comprise four sides of color photocopied A4, providing a left hand view of each aircraft, but no right hand, upper or lower views. No camouflage schem drawings are provided either, so one must obtain these from another source for the F-104, F-84 and RF-84.

The decal sheet is in good register, but there are two problems - firstly the stars'n'bars are the wrong shape (the bars should overlap the blue circle but do not), and secondly, TO 1-1-4 required the use of Insignia Blue for markings, but the sheet provides these in black instead.

One final point, which is a matter of personal preference - the sheet, at £10.00, is quite expensive when compared to other decal manufacturers such as Caracal or Wolfpak, but provides very little other than national markings and very basic airframe detail.

Review and images by Chris St Clair