Decal Manufacturer: Aeromaster

Title: Hurricanes at War Part II

Ref: 48-194

Scale: 1/48

Decals: The two sheets, a main sheet and an addendum sheet, contain decals for four Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hurricane aircraft, a two blade propeller Mk.I serving with 151 Squadron (Sqn), Mk.IIb/Trop serving with 274 Sqn, a Mk.IIc serving with 87 Sqn flown by Pilot Officer (P/O) Frank W Mitchell and a Mk.IId serving with 6 Sqn. The main sheet includes Black serial numbers for the fuselage, large Black and White serial numbers for the lower wing surfaces of 151 Sqn Mk.I, Grey and White aircraft codes, nose art in the form of small “NIGHTINGALE” titles incorporated into a two part Yellow and Black scroll for the 87 Sqn Mk.IIc and two part White outlined in Black “Our John” titles for the nose surfaces of the 6 Sqn Mk.IId, a two part Black and White ‘spear head’ decals for the tail surfaces of the 151 Sqn Mk.I incorporating the 151 Sqn crest centre, two and three part roundels of different types for the fuselage and upper and lower wing surfaces, including three part type C1 roundels incorporating large Roundel Blue thunderbolts for the fuselage of the 274 Sqn Mk.IIb/Trop and two sizes of fin flashes. The small addendum sheet contains alternative Sky aircraft codes for the 87 Sqn Mk.IIc.

There are sufficient decals to complete two of the four Hurricane aircraft from the sheet, all using kit roundels and fin flashes. The 151 Sqn Mk.I is finished in the ‘B’ camouflage pattern of Dark Green and Dark Earth uppers over half Black/half White lowers with a Black spinner. The 87 Sqn Mk.IIc is finished in Dark Green and Medium Sea Grey uppers over Black lowers with a Black spinner. The 247 Sqn Mk.IIb/Trop and the 6 Sqn Mk.IId are both finished in the ‘A’ camouflage pattern of Dark Earth and Middle Stone uppers over Azure Blue lowers.

Also includes a double sided A4 placement guide with colour side profiles and black and white upper and lower profiles, including the ‘A’ and ‘B’ pattern camouflage schemes.

Decals for four Hawker Hurricane aircraft – click the highlighted links for images of the actual aircraft or similar:

1. Hurricane Mk.I, LI768, GG£K, 151 Sqn, North Weald, 1939

2. Hurricane Mk.IIb/Trop, HL795, ~V~, 247 Sqn, North Africa, 1942

3. Hurricane Mk.IIc, HL864, LK-?, “NIGHTINGALE”, P/O F W Mitchell, 7 Sqn, Charmy Down, Sept 1942 (Flew on night intruder missions)

4. Hurricane Mk.IId, BN795, “Our John”, 6 Sqn, North Africa, 1943

Condition: mint