- 48-D001
- £6.95 (at 26 Nov 10)
Reviewed by Geoff Coughlin
Our thanks to Stewart at 3D-Kits for supplying us with this review sample. Get this excellent decal sheet here now at: www.3d-kits.co.uk
A bit of background…
Just in case you haven’t heard of 3D-kits – you certainly will over the coming weeks and months. I’ve just reviewed their excellent 1:72nd scale Spitfire Mk.II Conversion Kit (link here please) and that is a genuinely quality product.
Here’s some useful info from Stewart Meikle, owner of 3D-Kits…
3D-Kits started in November 2010 with the aim of providing modellers with first class conversion and accessory kits that combine the detail of resin with the ease of polystyrene. Making use of the most modern design and manufacturing techniques we are able to provide full-run injection moulded parts with the detail and finesse that modellers usually associate with resin, but without its problems. Our products are historically accurate, manufactured to high specifications and at affordable prices. We want to change the way that modellers view conversion and detailing, and make it simpler, more accessible and fun.
Our first products are based around Rotol-propellered early Spitfires (especially the Mk.II) and offer parts and decals to produce these interesting, numerous, but rarely seen versions. Future releases are now being planned and are likely to include a two-stage Merlin conversion for 1:72 Mosquitos and a set of RAF/FAA WWII bombs and other ordnance in 1:72 and 1:48.
Decals sheet for Rotol Spitfires Mk.I & II provides decals for four aircraft. These can be used on any project, but the recent Airfix 1:48 Spitfire kit is likely to be used, as it already includes a Rotol propeller and other Mk.II parts.
Quality and content…
The quality of this sheet is assured because it is printed by the Fantasy Printshop. Colour and registration looks spot on and the yellow and white also look suitable opaque which is just what we need to avoid that see-through effect.
The aircraft featured are:
- Spitfire Mk.I 54 Squadron, March 1940 X 2 aircraft
- Spitfire Mk.II 19 Squadron 1941 X 1 aircraft
- Spitfire Mk.II 71 “Eagle” Squadron, August 1941 X 2 aircraft
Instructions…
The all-colour instruction guide is excellent with decal placement and colour painting information clearly presented. The quality art paper makes you feel that the whole product is quality and has been carefully created.
Conclusion…
Great to have such a good quality product available, especially as the quality of Airfix decals is so variable at the moment. They have timed this release well and you could also do well to add this decal sheet to your chosen kit to create something different and that’s not so easy to do when talking about Spitfire models!
Highly recommended
Geoff C.