OK chaps....so decals are on.....and as you may have clocked I've changed my original plans.
I had been planning to do and F-8 and an A-8 but have enough spares from the F-8 to convert the A-8 to an F-8, albeit it does have wrong canopy...just don't tell the Guild of Rivet Counters!
This meant I have changed the decal approach. In short, the F-8 was a full kit with full decal set but the A-8 was a starter kit so only had the main decals.
I had originally been planning to use AM decals for the F-8, plus all the original stencil decals, for a squadron based in the Netherlands. My wargaming is NWE 44-45 and Red 2 as depicted served on the Eastern Front. But that was before I bought the A-8 to originally do as a fighter.
Therefore, as the AM decals matched what the F-8/A-8 conversion bomb configuration will be, I have decided to use those on the conversation, and do Red 2 as depicted but play with history a bit and so it will be
a Red 2 rather than
the Red 2....again, don't tell the Guild of Rivet Counters!
I do have another full F-8 kit that I will do as Red 2 and another A-8 starter kit that will both be 'display' pieces. I will therefore only use the main Red 2 decals from this kit and save all the others, mainly stencils, for the 'display' A-8.
In short.....you'll only see main decals on the below. Hope that makes sense.
ATB
Andrew
PS....both planes have had the post decal protective top coat and so are looking a bit shiny!
PS....the eagle eyed will notice that the swastika tail decal on Red 2 is a bit small for a FW190...my fault as I wasn't paying attention to the instructions and chose the wrong size!
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Decals and more decals.
The AM decals were pretty good and as you will see from the close up even showing what in view when making them for this aircraft - see the sections within the red lines
Decals do bring a plane to life....even if it's not the full set!
Black 22
Red 2
