Republic Thunderbolts in service over Southeast Asia — a printed marking sheet for 1:72 scale models from the last two years of the war.
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The theater the Americans called by an abbreviation of three countries' names was the most forgotten front of the war. Supplies traveled here by air over the Himalayan range, airfields were built from bamboo and packed earth, and the monsoon could shut down operations more reliably than the enemy. The rugged Republic P-47D suited these conditions: its air-cooled radial engine could take a hit, its heavy-duty structure carried bombs and rockets, and its range covered huge, sparsely populated areas.
The very remoteness of the front encouraged bold personal markings. Squadrons marked their aircraft with fuselage stripes, colored engine cowlings or nose art, the best-known being the skull motif carried by aircraft operating over Burma. Anyone building a model from this theater gets the chance to build an aircraft not often seen at a show.
The contents are a printed marking sheet with accompanying placement references; you obtain the plastic parts separately, according to whichever manufacturer's tooling suits you best. Before applying the decals, coat the model with a gloss clear coat so no air bubbles form underneath, and once dry, seal the surface with a finish of whatever sheen the subject calls for. Cut as close to the artwork as possible, so the clear carrier film will not show at the edge even against the light. It also pays to start with a marking on the underside, where any slight inaccuracy is less noticeable, while your hand gets used to the stiffness of the paper.
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