DRAW decals 44s-C130-8: C-130E

This sheet goes along with today's preview of the bagged C-130 kit. Draw Decal offered both a kit and sheet for $27.50, which saves a few dollars over purchasing them separately. For this kit, I chose the 198 AS Puerto Rico ANG as I saw one of these planes being transferred there from the 169AS, Illinois ANG several years ago, and thought it would be neat to build a model of one of their aircraft.

The set offers a variety of different tail presentations and serial numbers for eight aircraft. All of them are in overall FS 36173 AMC grey so will be fairly easy to paint. The sheet provides wing walk markings as well as decals for all the windows, which I can appreciate. Draw Decal basically prints on demand and as such their sheets have a single carrier. This means each marking will need to be cut out and trimmed prior to installation. DD's website states that these decals are stronger and less prone to scratching than their previous sheets. It also states that the decal should only be in the water for a few seconds as letting it float off the backing will cause it to curl up into an unusable blob. I have used these decals before and found them to be quite good. No strong setting solution is required and DD recommends Microsol as the strongest to be used on these.

In all, this is a nice sheet and will provide a nice scheme for your kit.