Small-scale ground modelling is about scenes with several vehicles rather than one cabinet piece, and these 1:72 sheets are cut for that. The subjects follow the larger scale: medium tanks in several production versions, a self-propelled gun, a command vehicle, an anti-aircraft gun and captured machines wearing two sets of insignia, with episodes ranging from the Eastern Front to Prague in May 1945. At this size a marking is a couple of millimetres across, which puts a premium on crisp artwork and a thin carrier film. The packet holds decals, not a model.
1:72 Praga LT-38 - Czechoslovak LT-38
7.96 €
1:72 Praga Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) - Service in the Slovak Army
7.96 €
1:72 Pz.Kpfw. IV Tiger I,II - German aces on Tigers
7.96 €
1:72 Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer - Prag May 1945
7.96 €
1:72 T-34/85 - Prague May 1945
7.96 €
1:72 Pz.Kpfw. IV Tiger I,II - German aces on Tigers
7.96 €
Small scale is harder on decals than it looks. A tactical number two millimetres tall sitting on a thick carrier film looks like a postage stamp stuck to the turret. So the rule that a decal belongs on smooth gloss, and must be clear-coated afterwards so the edge disappears, applies twice over on a small model.
In 1:72 you usually build several vehicles together, so choose markings that belong with each other: one unit, one period. A random mix of schemes dilutes the scene and makes it read as a collection rather than a moment.
Version matters even at this size. On medium tanks the turret shape changed during production and with it the panels used for numbering, so check the version designation in the sheet name, not just the vehicle type.
Small lettering vanishes under dust almost at once. If you intend a heavily soiled finish, prefer large insignia and place numbers where dust does not collect.
Work with smooth-jawed tweezers and a damp brush that lets you nudge the decal without creasing it. Trim as close to the artwork as you can, because every spare millimetre of carrier film shows on a small model. Try the position dry first; a two-millimetre number half a millimetre out of place is immediately obvious on a small turret.
The same subjects in the larger scale are in 1:35, and the whole printed range is under ŘOP armour decals.