eng Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Good Evening, I've one of the newer Academy 1/72 F-15C kits in the stash and have taken a notion to build this as a Lakenheath aircraft however I'm really struggling to find decals in 1/72 for these aircraft. F-15E is fine in 1/72 and 1/48, I have some in the decal stash. In 1/48 there is either the new Caracal sheet or the decals out the box with the Academy MSIP II kit for the F-15C but there appears to be nothing in 1/72 other than an old DACO Astra decals sheet that appears to be as rare as hens teeth. Am I missing something here or is there just no demand for these? As far as I can see no current kit of the C includes LN aircraft decals. I did email Caracal to see if they could or intended to produce the 48th scale sheet in 1/72 but I've had no response to my query. Any thoughts or suggestions? Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Wolfpak did a sheet with a couple a few years ago. Seems to be still in stock at Fantasy Printshop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPonchoMan Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 If it's just tailcodes you need, USAFline offer them in 1/72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 14 hours ago, Creepy Pete said: Wolfpak did a sheet with a couple a few years ago. Seems to be still in stock at Fantasy Printshop. Both are MiG killers from Kosovo. Regards, Murph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Thanks folks, Wolfpak sheet ordered! Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I was looking for the same thing but £5 postage ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) OK, fine, fine.. You're right, I should have done these in 1/72 as well. I will put it on the release program for the November timeframe. Edited August 23, 2017 by CaracalModels 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 On 23/08/2017 at 3:18 PM, CaracalModels said: OK, fine, fine.. You're right, I should have done these in 1/72 as well. I will put it on the release program for the November timeframe. Hey folks, I certainly wasn't having a dig at Caracal, your decals are outstanding. I think my email was quite reasoned and in fact I was willing to pay the cost of a one-off print if necessary. I really appreciate that you are going to release these in 1/72 and despite currently having sourced decals elsewhere I will still purchase the Caracal sheet as well I really think there will be an uptake for these in the "smaller scale", particularly with UK (and hopefully US) modellers of the mighty Eagle. Thank you for putting a plan out there for these, looking forward to November Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantome Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 On 8/23/2017 at 3:18 PM, CaracalModels said: OK, fine, fine.. You're right, I should have done these in 1/72 as well. I will put it on the release program for the November timeframe. Yes please! It's sorely missing. You also would probably make a killing from some Gulf/Yugoslav war Eagles decals. *wink* *wink* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 7 hours ago, eng said: I certainly wasn't having a dig at Caracal, your decals are outstanding. I think my email was quite reasoned and in fact I was willing to pay the cost of a one-off print if necessary. I really appreciate that you are going to release these in 1/72 and despite currently having sourced decals elsewhere I will still purchase the Caracal sheet as well Of course it was - it is just that I recently came back from vacation in Europe and found dozens of emails waiting for me. I am afraid I was not able to reply to a bunch of these, and yours was probably one of them. Thanks for the kind words and your support. UK represents about 30% of Caracal's revenues (even more of the 1/72 scale revenues) and your wishes are very important to me. I should have done Lakenheath F-15 and F-15E's in this scale long ago - an omission I plan to rectify fairly quickly. Thanks! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 4 hours ago, CaracalModels said: Thanks for the kind words and your support. UK represents about 30% of Caracal's revenues (even more of the 1/72 scale revenues) and your wishes are very important to me. I should have done Lakenheath F-15 and F-15E's in this scale long ago - an omission I plan to rectify fairly quickly. Thanks! Whilst we've got your attention, can I suggest the CAF & RAAF Hawk sheet along with the USMC AV-8B sheet be produced in 1/72 please? (If anyone else is after these too, please fell free to chime in here!). Decent USMC AV-8B decals seem to be rather lacking in 1/72, despite the ready availability of the Hasegawa AV-8B and AV-8B+ kits. It's just not cricket that the 1/48 folks get all the nice schemes!! Same goes for the BAe Hawk 100 series, readily available kits in 1/72 but a lack of alternative schemes to do them in. S'not fair! Thanks very much, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 26-8-2017 at 8:03 PM, Phantome said: Yes please! It's sorely missing. You also would probably make a killing from some Gulf/Yugoslav war Eagles decals. *wink* *wink* With 1/72nd F-16 90-0778 AMRAAM Iraqi MiG-25 and the 526th FS Yugoslav Jastreb killers, please. While you're at it. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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