Hi-Decal 2024-25 News and Upcoming Projects. Next releases: Gloster Meteor F.8/FR.9 (05/24) and Hawker Hunter (08/24)

[Diego]

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Edited October 12, 2022 by Diego

[Diego]

 

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Edited February 8 by Diego

[Phantom726]

That Hunter sheet is highly anticipated:-). I hope you will include both early and late style numbers for the camo birds (i.e. numbers on the rear fuselage and front fuselage respectively)?

 

Bjarne

 

[Diego]

On 10/12/2022 at 10:54 AM, Phantom726 said:

That Hunter sheet is highly anticipated:-). I hope you will include both early and late style numbers for the camo birds (i.e. numbers on the rear fuselage and front fuselage respectively)?

 

Bjarne

 

Re. RDAF Hunters, some options are indeed planned

Re. RDAF Meteors, there will be only one option, but, IMHO the most interesting and colorful one... 

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by Diego

[Diego]

Our popular decals for Su-7 BKL/BMK in 1/72 and 1/48 scales have been just reprinted in an updated form ( based on the newest available informations)  and are now available again.

 

Here the contents:

 

HD48012 & HD 72042 Su-7 BMK / BKL Fitter A (7)

* Su-7 BMK red 57, 802nd Training Aviation Regiment, Soviet Air Force, Krasnodar Academy, 1974 in Dark Green / Tan camouflage scheme;
* Su-7 BMK black 7649, 53rd Squadron, 205th Fighter-Bomber Brigade, Egyptian Air Force, El-Mansourah A.B., during the October 1973 war, in "Nile Valley" Dark Green / Grey-Green / Sand camouflage;
* Su-7 BMK black 7689, 52nd Squadron, 205th Fighter-Bomber Brigade, Egyptian Air Force, Bilbeis A.B., during the October 1973 war, in Green / Sand camouflage;
* Su-7 BKL red 807, 3rd Fighter-Bomber Regiment, Polish Air Force, Bydgoszcz A.B., 1980, in Aluminium overall scheme;
* Su-7 BMK red 420, 335th Fighter-Bomber Regiment, Afghan Air Force, Bagram A.B., 1979-1980, in Aluminium overall scheme;
* Su-7 BMK black 816, 19th Squadron, Syrian Arab Air Force, Dmeyr A.B., during the October 1973 war, in Blue-Green / Sand camouflage;
* Su-7 BMK black 335, 21st Attack Squadron, Algerian Air Force, Laghouat A.B., deployed to Egypt during the October 1973 war and repainted in Egyptian "Nile Valley" Dark Green / Grey-Green / Sand camouflage.

 

... the decal sheet includes for the very first time the correct, highly elaborated Afghan roundels used between 1978 and 1980...Although these were available in the past from different manufacturers, due to lack of detailed pictorial informations they renderings were in the best case "sketchy" and devoid of any detail.

 

 

 

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HD48012   and   https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HD72042

Edited January 23 by Diego

[Diego]

 

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Edited February 8 by Diego

[Pajarito]

Hi Diego,

Any news regarding sheet HD48029, please? I've got a 1/48 Hunter T.72 kit screaming for some Chilean markings.

It's been a while now for that release that my kit's been dwelling in the shelf of doom ever since then.

Cheers. 

[Diego]

On 12/6/2022 at 11:40 PM, Pajarito said:

Hi Diego,

Any news regarding sheet HD48029, please? I've got a 1/48 Hunter T.72 kit screaming for some Chilean markings.

It's been a while now for that release that my kit's been dwelling in the shelf of doom ever since then.

Cheers. 

Muy buenos dias Pajarito,

 

With the announced release of the Airfix FGA.9/FR.10 Hunter in 1/48 during the summer months, we can finally proceed with this sheet. In the meantime we had the possibility to get new, great informations concerning a.o. the Chilean FGA.9 modified for the recce role during the Beagle crisis, wearing an attractive light blue grey camouflage. These will be of course included in the upcoming sheet, together with the  FACh  T.72 wearing the spectacular "Asia Minor" desert camouflage & a nice unit badge. 

 

We are also planning to release the announced Vampire and Meteor sheets, also having in mind the respective new kits announced by Airfix for this year. Here we also made some really interesting discoveries and will therefore be able to propose several wholly unknown, colorful schemes. 

 

HD48029  &  HD72059 :   Hawker Hunter F.4 / FGA.9 / FR.10 / T.66 

- F.52 (F.4) Peruvian AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF in overall olive green scheme,

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in sand & brown camouflage, 

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in light blue & medium blue camouflage,

- T.72 (T.66)  Chilean AF in tree tone sand / brown / green  camouflage,  

- FGA.76 ( FGA.9) Somali AF in sand & brown desert scheme and Soviet K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAMs,

- FGA 73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental, assymetrical, scalloped edge grey / dark grey disruptive camouflage,

- FGA 73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental sand & brown desert wrap around camouflage.

 

HD48039  &  HD72048 :  DH Vampire FB.9 and FB.52

- Iraqi Air Force in sand/brown camouflage 1959
- Egyptian Air Force in aluminium overall 1956
- Jordanian Air Force in dark green/dark sea grey camouflage 1962

- Lebanese Air Force, aluminium overall with red tail, wingtips and nose 1965

- Saudi Arabian Air Force in aluminum overall 1959

 

HD48038  &  HD72038 :  Gloster Meteor F.8/FR.9
- F.8 Egyptian Air Force in aluminium overall 1956
- F.8 Syrian Air force in dark green/light earth camouflage 1956

- FR.9 Syrian Air Force in dark green/light earth camouflage 1956

- F.8 Royal Danish Air Force, in grey/dark green camouflage 1953

- FR.9 Ecuatorian Air Force in aluminium overall and red nose 1974.

 

 

Please stay tuned!

 

Greetings

Diego

Edited December 23, 2023 by Diego

[Pajarito]

10 hours ago, Diego said:

Muy buenos dias Pajarito,

 

With the announced release of the Airfix FGA.9/FR.10 Hunter in 1/48 during the summer months, we can finally proceed with this sheet. In the meantime we had the possibility to get new, great informations concerning a.o. the Chilean FGA.9 modified for the recce role during the Beagle crisis, wearing an attractive light blue grey camouflage. These will be of course included in the upcoming sheet, together with the  FACh  T.72 wearing the spectacular "Asia Minor" desert camouflage & a nice unit badge. 

 

HD48029  &  HD72059 :   Hawker Hunter F.4 / FGA.9 / FR.10 / T.66 

- F.52 (F.4) Peruvian AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF in overall olive green scheme,

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in desert camouflage, 

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in light blue camouflage,

- T.72 (T.66)  Chilean AF in tree tone desert camouflage,  

- FGA.76 ( FGA.9) Somali AF in desert scheme and Soviet K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAMs,

- FGA 73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental, assymetrical, scalloped edge grey disruptive camouflage,

- FR.10 Omani AF with grey camouflage and combat mission markings.

 

Guten Morgen Diego!

Well, that's very good news, thank you. If only I could get my hands round any of those beautiful Airfix 1/48 Hunter kits, but strange enough; you can get all of the recent Ruskie releasements (i.e., GWH/Minibase Flanker family kits), but the Brit Hunters and Buccaneers are nowhere to be found. 

Wouldn't want to believe it's got anything to do with that filthy Gorgon Crook in government and her left-wing political friends in the world, you know... 

Auf Wiedersehen. 

[Warwolf]

On 11/01/2023 at 10:23, Diego said:

Muy buenos dias Pajarito,

 

With the announced release of the Airfix FGA.9/FR.10 Hunter in 1/48 during the summer months, we can finally proceed with this sheet. In the meantime we had the possibility to get new, great informations concerning a.o. the Chilean FGA.9 modified for the recce role during the Beagle crisis, wearing an attractive light blue grey camouflage. These will be of course included in the upcoming sheet, together with the  FACh  T.72 wearing the spectacular "Asia Minor" desert camouflage & a nice unit badge. 

 

We are also planning to release the announced Vampire and Meteor sheets, also having in mind the respective new kits announced by Airfix for this year. Here we also made some really interesting discoveries and will therefore be able to propose several wholly unknown, colorful schemes. 

 

HD48029  &  HD72059 :   Hawker Hunter F.4 / FGA.9 / FR.10 / T.66 

- F.52 (F.4) Peruvian AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF in overall olive green scheme,

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in desert camouflage, 

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in light blue camouflage,

- T.72 (T.66)  Chilean AF in tree tone desert camouflage,  

- FGA.76 ( FGA.9) Somali AF in desert scheme and Soviet K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAMs,

- FGA 73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental, assymetrical, scalloped edge grey disruptive camouflage,

- FR.10 Omani AF with grey camouflage and combat mission markings.

 

HD48037  &  HD72048 :  DH Vampire FB.9 and FB.52

- Iraqi Air Force in sand/brown camouflage 1959
- Egyptian Air Force in aluminium overall 1956
- Jordanian Air Force in dark green/dark sea grey camouflage 1962

- Lebanese Air Force, aluminium overall with red tail, wingtips and nose 1965

- Saudi Arabian Air Force in aluminum overall 1959

 

HD48038  &  HD72038 :  Gloster Meteor F.8/FR.9
- F.8 Egyptian Air Force in aluminium overall 1956
- F.8 Syrian Air force in dark green/light earth camouflage 1956

- FR.9 Syrian Air Force in dark green/light earth camouflage 1956

- F.8 Royal Danish Air Force, in grey/dark green camouflage 1951

- FR.9 Ecuatorian Air Force in aluminium overall and red nose1964.

 

 

Please stay tuned!

 

Greetings

Diego

Finally! Been waiting for the Hunter sheet for ages! Glad to see it's finally coming to fruition. Definitely one or two sheets for me from Hannants! Oh.. and the Vampire and Meteor sets are also an obvious choice at the same time... can't wait!

[Boman]

On 1/11/2023 at 11:23 AM, Diego said:

 

HD48029  &  HD72059 :   Hawker Hunter F.4 / FGA.9 / FR.10 / T.66 

- F.52 (F.4) Peruvian AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF in overall olive green scheme,

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in desert camouflage, 

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in light blue camouflage,

- T.72 (T.66)  Chilean AF in tree tone desert camouflage,  

- FGA.76 ( FGA.9) Somali AF in desert scheme and Soviet K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAMs,

- FGA 73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental, assymetrical, scalloped edge grey disruptive camouflage,

- FR.10 Omani AF with grey camouflage and combat mission markings.

 

Diego, 
Who's carrying the line please? 

[Diego]

On 2/3/2023 at 10:13 PM, Boman said:

Diego, 
Who's carrying the line please? 

Well, you can always order from us directly.

Of course, Hannants UK carry our entire programm and there are also many distributors in "continental Europe" too.

You will find a not exhaustive list on our ( old ) website www.hi-decal.eu.

Greetings

Diego 

[Cklasse]

About the Hunter decals. It would be nice if there is one for the Republic of Singapore Air Force. 
 

[Diego]

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Edited April 4, 2023 by Diego

[Warwolf]

Anxiously awaiting the Hunter decals!

[Troy Smith]

On 10/02/2023 at 02:55, Cklasse said:

About the Hunter decals. It would be nice if there is one for the Republic of Singapore Air Force

The Italeri boxing of the Academy Hunter from 2012 ish  had 6 decal options including Singapore, so they are out there in spare decal files.

HTH 

[Diego]

And what would you say about a sheet covering the legendary Hawker Sea Fury, containing some previously unknown Middle Eastern / African / Asian birds?

 

HD48037  &  HD72041 :  Hawker Sea Fury

-  Egyptian Air Force very first Sea Fury in desert camouflage, used in combat during the first Palestine War in1948, scoring the first aerial REAF victory.
-  Egyptian Air Force in aluminium overall, used in combat against Israeli forces in the Sinai on 30 and 31 October1956,
-  Iraqi Air Force in desert camouflage, detached to Syria an and transferred to the REAF in October 1948, used in combat during the Palestine War and credited with an aerial victory,

-  Iraqi Air Force in desert camouflage in 1955,

-  Pakistani Air Force target tug in desert camouflage and high-viz  black/yellow undersides, in 1960,

-  Pakistani Air force in dark green and ocean grey camouflage, in 1957,

-  Moroccan Air Force ( former Iraqi a/c) in desert camouflage.

Edited June 9, 2023 by Diego

[modelling minion]

49 minutes ago, Diego said:

And what would you say about a sheet covering the legendary Hawker Sea Fury, containing some previously unknown Middle Eastern / African / Asian birds?

I would say thank you very much!

 

🇺🇦

[Pajarito]

On 1/11/2023 at 7:23 AM, Diego said:

Muy buenos dias Pajarito,

With the announced release of the Airfix FGA.9/FR.10 Hunter in 1/48 during the summer months, we can finally proceed with this sheet.

 

Hola, Diego.

Summer is upon you, thankfully, up there in the north hemisphere. (I hate both the light and the summer alike).

Kommt der Hunter-Dekorbogen bald heraus? (is it even legible?).

Cheers,

 

Ignita

[Diego]

...currently on the workbench😀

Now that we know what versions and options can be build from the new release we can do the necessary adaptations.

I can spoil a bit saying there will be, among others,  an unique recce option with a standard nose, but with a small window installed between the guns ( instead of the ammo )  and housing a camera taken from a RT-33, obviously with the Sabrinas removed, wearing an unique scheme consisting of several shades of light blue, used operationally in 1978 during an international crisis...  😏

Greetings

Diego

Edited July 5, 2023 by Diego

[modelling minion]

On 1/11/2023 at 10:23 AM, Diego said:

HD48029  &  HD72059 :   Hawker Hunter F.4 / FGA.9 / FR.10 / T.66 

- F.52 (F.4) Peruvian AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF in overall olive green scheme,

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in desert camouflage, 

- FGA. 71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in light blue camouflage,

- T.72 (T.66)  Chilean AF in tree tone desert camouflage,  

- FGA.76 ( FGA.9) Somali AF in desert scheme and Soviet K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAMs,

- FGA 73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental, assymetrical, scalloped edge grey disruptive camouflage,

- FR.10 Omani AF with grey camouflage and combat mission markings.

Any news on when this sheet will be available @Diego?

Very much looking forward to its release.

 

🇺🇦

[Diego]

 

Around January 15, 2024 we will re-release our popular, sold out sheet HD48005 MiG-17F/Lim-5 Fresco C,

 

with markings for

 

* 2 Polish licence built Lim-5s :1023 in camo scheme and  1717 with "last Lim / Last flight" special farewell scheme

* 2 Egyptian MiG-17Fs:  2147 in 3 tone Nile Valley camo scheme and 2728 in the green-grey and olive green  "Nile Delta" scheme, both operating during the october 1973 war against Israel,

* 02, an ex-Syrian MiG-17F test flown in Israel, 

* C24, an Angolan AF MiG-17F in olive green and sand, during the Angolan civil war.

 

HD48005 MiG-17F/Lim-5

 

 

Edited January 23 by Diego

[Diego]

...also, our Hawker Hunter sheets are on the final preparation stage and will go to print in the near future.

We have made a small change and included an Omani AF Hawker Hunter in the sand and brown wrap around camouflage scheme tested  during 1979.

Omans' Hunters were received from Jordan in the standard RAF ( dark green/grey/ silver) scheme and were repainted in 1979-80  in a standard grey/dark grey camo.

However, in the late 1979 3 aircraft received different experimental schemes for  test purposes.

One two seater and one FGA.9 were repainted in desert wrap around schemes, another FGA.9 receiving a highly attractive "scalloped" camo scheme in grey tones.

During many years, it has been considered that the single seat desert camouflaged bird was an urban legend, but now there are color photos confirming this scheme.

It is however worth noting that the illustrations and profiles showing "825" wearing a desert scheme and old, big Omani roundels are a product of phantasy...the real bird having only a small Omani shield on the tail...

 

So now we have:

 

HD48029  &  HD72059 :   Hawker Hunter F.4 / FGA.9 / T.66 

 

- F.52 (F.4) Peruvian AF in dark green/ocean grey and silver camouflage, with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF dark green/ocean grey and silver camouflage, with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF in overall olive green scheme,

 

- FGA.76 (FGA.9) Somali AF in sand & brown desert scheme and Soviet K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAMs,

- FGA.73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental, assymetrical, scalloped edge grey / dark grey disruptive camouflage,

- FGA.73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental sand & brown desert wrap around camouflage.

 

- FGA.71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in sand & brown camouflage and Shafrir II AAMs, 

- FGA.71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in light blue & medium blue camouflage,  converted into a strategic recce platform,

- T.72 (T.66)  Chilean AF in tree tone sand / brown / green  camouflage, with a "Mirage-kill" marking, 

 

 

 

Edited December 30, 2023 by Diego

[Col.]

On 12/28/2023 at 10:57 AM, Diego said:

...also, our Hawker Hunter sheets are on the final preparation stage and will go to print in the near future.

We have made a small change and included an Omani AF Hawker Hunter in the sand and brown wrap around camouflage scheme tested  during 1979.

Omans' Hunters were received from Jordan in the standard RAF ( dark green/grey/ silver) scheme and were repainted in 1979-80  in a standard grey/dark grey camo.

However, in the late 1979 3 aircraft received different experimental schemes for  test purposes.

One two seater and one FGA.9 were repainted in desert wrap around schemes, another FGA.9 receiving a highly attractive "scalloped" camo scheme in grey tones.

During many years, it has been considered that the single seat desert camouflaged bird was an urban legend, but there are color photos confiming this scheme.

It is however worth noting that the illustrations and profiles showing "825" wearing a desert scheme and old, big Omani roundels are a product of phantasy...the real bird having only a small Omani shield on the tail...

 

So now we have:

 

HD48029  &  HD72059 :   Hawker Hunter F.4 / FGA.9 / T.66 

 

- F.52 (F.4) Peruvian AF in dark green/ocean grey and silver camouflage, with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF dark green/ocean grey and silver camouflage, with colorful unit insignia,

- F.51 (F.4) Royal Danish AF in overall olive green scheme,

 

- FGA.76 (FGA.9) Somali AF in sand & brown desert scheme and Soviet K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAMs,

- FGA.73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental, assymetrical, scalloped edge grey / dark grey disruptive camouflage,

- FGA.73 (FGA.9) Omani AF with experimental sand & brown desert wrap around camouflage.

 

- FGA.71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in sand & brown camouflage and Shafrir II AAMs, 

- FGA.71 (FGA.9) Chilean AF in light blue & medium blue camouflage,  converted into a strategic recce platform,

- T.72 (T.66)  Chilean AF in tree tone sand / brown / green  camouflage, with a "Mirage-kill" marking, 

[SleeperService]

On 12/28/2023 at 10:57 AM, Diego said:

...also, our Hawker Hunter sheets are on the final preparation stage and will go to print in the near future.

 

Have you an up-to-date stock list please? The site you used to link to appears not to be updating.

Good call on the desert scheme option I think many will be happy to see that.