Superscale 720909: Beech UC-45s

The second new Superscale 1/72 sheet for the new Encore 1/72 C-45 kit concentrates on civil schemes with four very nice ones, mostly from the last ten years or so. The decals are flawless as they are printed by Cartograf, who has gained a deserved reputation for quality. The sheet includes all of the various markings you need for all four options as well as nose antiglare panels. As the schemes are pretty much solid colors, not a lot of masking will be needed. All of them have black anti-icing boots on the wings.

The first option is probably the only one not modern, though I'm not sure as it doesn't say. It is a Mercy Flight air ambulance. Aside from the red wing tips and engine nacelles, the aircraft is white.

From 1998 at the Oshkosh fly-in is this very nice red one with white markings. Like all of these options, the upper inner quarter of the engine nacelles is painted black.

The third and fourth options are painted in very similar schemes. First with dark blue wing tips was seen at Oshkosh in 2000. The last with the red and blue motif on white was spotted at Chino in 2002. The various blue and red wing tips need to be matched to the decal.

In all it is another fine sheet that gives you some options from the kit markings.

October 2010

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