Hobby Decal

1/72 JASDF F-4EJ Kai The 8th SQ decals & pitot tube

Product # AL72008V1 (also comes in 1/32 and 1/48)

Product Article by Steve Bamford on July 30 3013

 

 

Dry Transfer + Water-Slide Decals with metal pitot tube

This new decal sheet set from Hobby Decal includes dry transfer stencils and water-slide decals for the 1/72 JASDF F-4EJ Kai The 8th SQ.  

Full sized 1/1 aircraft have their stencils painted on using paint stencils.  Regular decals are ink printed on a clear carrier film....which is fine, but they are not as accurate in look and application as dry transfers for certain applications such as stencils.  This set gives you the perfect combination of decals to do this jet up to obtain maximum realism.  

Dry transfers are reverse printed on a  temporary clear film.  When you apply the stencils you lay the back of the stencils on the painted surface of the model and then burnish (rub) them down through the clear temporary carrier film.  The dry transfer sticks to the model and dis-engages from the clear carrier film.  The decals are beautifully printed on 3 decal sheets.  

The dry transfers are very clearly printed and will replicate the actual stencils on this 1/1 F-4 perfectly and the water slide decals will perfectly replicate the larger painted markings on this jet.  

This decal set includes 3 types of decals.

  1. Dry transfers were printed by Hobbydecal.com
  2. National insignia and red bands were printed by Cartograf and are applied as water slide decals.
  3. Red fuselage bands and grey walkways are water slide decals.

 

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These dry transfer stencils and water slide decals are very clearly printed and you will be impressed.  To apply the dry transfers you need a rounded tool to rub the clear carrier film to burnish the dry transfer top the painted surface of the model.  A crochet needle....works good for this.

The 4 pages of instructions are clear and include 4 views of this one aircraft that shows stencil and marking placement.  Plus a third cardboard page which includes 9 steps of instructions.  This page is cardboard to give protection to the product and avoid bending during shipping.  The Hobby Decal website also has instructions on installing dry transfers. 

It's very exciting to see all these stencils........there are so many and on these two "JASDF F-4EJ Kai" Phantoms.  

One very special feature of the instruction sheets is that they are actually a large 2 sided poster which you can see below.  This poster is 16" (40.6cm) wide and 22" (56cm) long.  And this poster shows the placement of each and every tiny stencil applied to this jet.  The poster is folded to fit in the decal package for shipping, but it is a very nice poster on thick glossy paper.  

If you want maximum realism.......then these dry transfers and decals will give you amazing results.  Hobby Decal has a variety of dry transfers for a large variety of aircraft from props to jets.  If you bought this decal set you'd have one fantastic Japanese Phantom with these markings by Hobby Decal. 

You can buy this decal set directly from the Hobby Decal website.

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford