Sheet:

Superscale 72-087: German F-4 and G.91

Units: See review

Price

$Long out of Production

Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

One more from the distant past is this sheet by Superscale/Microscale on the German Phantom and G.91R. All aircraft are in the splinter pattern of the time and in Dark Green/Dark Grey over Light Grey, though I am thinking that this latter color should be Silver paint. No kits are recommended, though for the G.91 at the time, only Airfix offered a choice. Not sure who did an RF-4, but nowadays we have a nice Revell 1/72 G.91 and for the RF-4E, both Fujimi and Hasegawa do nice kit that is well worth building.

Basically, the sheet offers markings for one aircraft from all the units operating these types.

For the RF-4E that meant AG 51 and AG 52, these aircraft differencing only by unit badges and codes.

Same goes for the G.91Rs with four units, LeKG 42, LeKG 43, LeKG 44 and WSLw 50.

The sheet provides painting guides, though actually, since they show split upper views, you only get half the picture so use your kit's marking guide for these. A full set of stencils and insignia is provided for the RF-4s and what looks like three of the four G.91s, though, like a lot of these old sheets, no placement guide is given.

Still, if you like these aircraft and can find this sheet, it is one well worth using.

December 2006

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