Fantasy Printshop Hawker Hunter - decals 1:72 & 1:48

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Hawker Hunter Decals

1:72 & 1:48 Fantasy Printshop

 

 

 

Following on from AIRfile's two recent publications on single type aircraft, namely the Fairey Swordfish and the Hawker Hunter; AIRfile has announced a new venture with Fantasy Printshop to produce decals which match aircraft drawings from their books.  This is an exciting association and brings together the artistic prowess of Jon Freeman's fine illustrations from AIRfile and the stunning decals from Raymond Horwell of Fantasy Printshop.

 

 

 

Separate decal sheets are available for either the Hunter single seat version FPAF-001, or the Hunter twin seat version FPAF-002. These sheets are produced in two scales (purchased separately) to 1:72 and also 1:48 and provide markings for up to 32 single seat types or 27 twin seat types.  The set for the single seat set in 1:72 scale, as shown below, is produced on two A5 sized sheets of decal paper. The sheets are screen printed for waterslide transfers, with Litho 4 colour process for some of the nose art.

 

 

 

The detail is extremely crisp and bright, the low-resolution images above and below do not give them justice as, for example, the squadron badges are actually produced in metallic gold!

 

 

 

The set for the Hunter twin seat is equally impressive and again the individual insignia, crests and nose art are beautifully reproduced as can be seen on the example below. Again, this view below does not show the brightness of the metallic gold on the emblem #35 etc.

 

 

 

To accompany these lovely decals, Fantasy Printshop has included a number of profile and plan views (up to 10 A4 pages in fact); each view is annotated with information as to the placing of the decals for each model aircraft.

 

 

 

The plan views are especially helpful for top and underside markings positions on the models.

 

 

 

Conclusion

The Hawker Hunter is well known for being a beautiful aircraft and any model should also be finished accordingly. Fantasy Printshop has allowed us to go that one step further in our aspirations of finishing our models to perfection with these exceptional decals.  The availability of these decals in both 1:72 and 1:48 scale is a good thing as builders of both scales are being catered for here. I would recommend both the single seat and the twin seat versions of these decals as they just look so good. Problem will be which aircraft to build from so many wonderful choices?

 

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