Sheet:

Propagteam 72106: Hawker Hunter

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Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

 

I have the feeling that this sheet was scheduled to coincide with the release of the new Revell AG Hunter F.6. It contains markings for six aircraft, mostly from the Near East. The decal instruction sheet is absolutely first rate with multiple close-up images of a real Hunter in both color and black & white. A very nice addition to any sheet.

I'll list the schemes as shown in the instruction booklet and not as shown in the profiles.

The first aircraft is a nice Suez striped F.5 from 1 Sq. This aircraft partook of Operation Musketeer and aside from the black and yellow stripes, is in standard RAF Markings. Like all the other drawings, it is shown with four sets of wing tanks and with the dogtooth wing leading edge.

Next is a nice desert scheme F.57 from Kuwait. This is in Sand and Sand Brown over Light Blue Grey. Color information in the instructions is provided with FS Numbers and some other rather odd (to me) additional coding.

Third is an Iraqi Hunter F.59 in standard RAF camouflage. It appears that this and the Kuwaiti Hunter are up to full Hunter FGA.9 standards.

Next is a Jordanian F.6. This aircraft is also in standard RAF camouflage, but sports a red nose, wing tips and tail section, making it quite colorful.

An Indian AF F.56 is provided, in standard RAF markings. It appears to me that Propagteam has botched the colors on the roundel by providing red instead of the normal orange. A shame as these are most interesting colors.

The final aircraft is an F.4 variant from the Sultan of Oman Air Force. It is in Sand and Sand Brown over Aluminum but with the fuselage in a wrap-around scheme.

Each marking option provides stencils so you can do all of the aircraft on the sheet.

August 2005

Thanks to Thomas Braden for his kindness in providing this sheet.

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