FCM has produced a great sheet for the recent Hobby Boss EMB-314 Super Tucano. Though the kit has some errors (such as the main landing gear wells being a bit too far forward and the lower cowling an odd shape), most modelers will overlook these glitches on what is, admittedly, a rather rare bird. However, it has been an excellent seller for those nations wanting an inexpensive and easy to maintain and operate aircraft. There are also kits in this scale by Duarte Models and AVM Maquetas, which I believe are locally produced.

This particular sheet covers six aircraft from five different countries. All of them fully camouflaged. The set also contains a set of stencils for the Brazilian and Indonesian plane in case you would rather paint these items. This really does help keep the colors of insignia and data backgrounds the same as what you will paint the aircraft and are really pretty easy to use. I have not shown the masks as all you would see is a yellow rectangle.

First up are an A-29A and A-29B of the Brazilian Air Force. One is with 3/3 G.AV from 2010 and the other with 2/5 G.Av in 2007. These planes are painted Dark Green on the upper side and Neutral Grey on the underside.

Next is a shark mouth plane with the Indonesian Air Force in 2013. This is in Medium Grey uppers with Light Grey underside. It also has a red spinner.

In a nice desert scheme of Light Brown and Light Sand is a Mauritanian plane from 2013.

From Burkina Faso is one in Grey-Green uppers with a Sky Blue underside from 2013.

Finally, another shark mouth plane from the Dominican Republic in 2013. This is in Light Ghost Grey over Light Grey. I believe these replaced the A-37s.

The full color instruction sheet is first rate and offers estimated FS 595 color matches for all the schemes. Full data markings are offered as well as a comprehensive guide for these and the paint masks.

October 2014