1/48 Machii 202. Smoke ring decals.

[sailorboy61]

As you do, picked somerhing unusual and therefore difficult as a camo scheme. The smoke rings rather then squiggles.

 

I know there are Mike Grant decals out there, although they seem from initial searches to be somewhat illusive.

 

Other than freehand for which I dont have the consistency skill wise, anyone know of other options or where to fine the said decals please?

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/131740-mike-grant-decals-mg48-043-smoke-ring-camo

[Giorgio N]

Tauromodel have similar decals in their catalogue

[Giorgio N]

Found the decal sheet:

 

http://www.prontomodel.com/DettaglioArticolo.aspx?CodInterno=TM454

 

They are available directly from Prontomodel, that is the company that today manage Tauromodel products.

I used a similar sheet in 1/72 scale from Tauro, not the smoke rings but the green spots for a different Mc.202 scheme and they go on the model pretty well, are thin and look good enough, although the colour is IMHO a bit too brown. I believe they are laser printed or similar as they are on a continuous film and to careful examination show some pixelation. They are also a bit fragile and scratch more easily that standard silk printed decals.

You can see the effect on my model here as I built this for the original MTO GB:

 

I also have a set of 1/72 smoke rings but I've yet to try them. I expect them to be very similar to the ones used in the model above