Decals in 1:48 scale for eight Lysander Mk.III aircraft from special duties squadrons, which maintained night contact with the resistance.
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A high-wing monoplane with enormous flaps needed almost nothing to land. That is exactly why the special duties squadrons No. 138 and No. 161 chose it to fly intelligence agents into occupied Europe and bring them back out. The aircraft flew in black paint, carried a drop tank under the fuselage, and had a fixed ladder on the side leading to the rear compartment. The pilot landed by the light of three hand-held flashlights laid out in the shape of an L on a random pasture.
The sheet offers eight numbered options. Seven belong to British special duties squadrons between 1942 and 1944, with the pilot named for five of them; the last subject served with No. 148 Squadron and operated over Italy in 1944. Behind the names stand men who flew dozens of night trips behind the front line, and whose names today appear in every work on secret operations.
Black paint is tricky for a builder: it swallows shadow and makes the model look flat. It helps to break up the area with slightly different tones and to lightly lighten the edges of the control surfaces. A decal on a dark base needs a quality gloss underneath, or the edge of the carrier film will give itself away. Place the serial number per the drawing — on this aircraft, it sits lower than you would expect. Do not forget the interior of the rear compartment either: that is where passengers sat, and with the canopy slid back, more of it is visible than such a small window would suggest.
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