Decals from LPS Hobby in Brazil are few and far between, but it is always a delight when they arrive. In keeping with many of their larger scale releases, this sheet is for the Bf-110. In particular, the newly tooled Airfix Bf-110D, the one with the extended fuselage,  and offers three markings options along with a full set of stencils.

The stencils are accompanied by a full size placement sheet that shows exactly where these are placed. There is also an excellent placement and painting guide for the three options. The decals themselves are superbly printed by Microscale so no worries on decal solutions.

First up is a Bf-110D from Stab III./ZG 26 in 1941. This one has the then-standard RLM 71/02/65 camouflage scheme with only a tiny bit of mottling on the airframe. The extended tail and a small square on the outer part of the rudder are in yellow.

Next is a very standard 110D-3 from Gruppenstab Erprobunsgruppe 210 during the battle of Britain. It is also in RLM 71/02/65 with a blue/white spinner.

Finally in overall RLM 76 is a Bf-110D of 8./NJG 4 in 1942. This RLM 76 was somewhat patchily applied and the canopy frames retain the RLM 74/75 colors.

There are enough common markings and stencils to completely do one of the three options. Of course, you can use kit decals to do the others should you so wish.

If you are into 1/72 110s, you really need to look into getting this or the other LPS sheets.

September 2011

Thanks to LPS Hobby for the review sheet. You can find these at Hannants or contact them at lpsi1973@yahoo.com.br .

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