If you aren’t bowled over by the markings supplied with your 1/32 Trumpeter F-100D, inspiration could lie in Euro Decals’ new release...
Produced by Fantasy Printshop, Euro Decals has covered a wide variety of subjects, but more recently has provided F-100 Super Sabre liveries. Sheet ED32-132 is the second instalment in 1/32 scale (172 and 1/48 has been represented too), and offers four schemes for colourful USAF F-100Ds. All are US-based aluminium airframes with décor on the vertical tail (and nose in three instances).
The airframes are:
• 56-3151, 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1959
• 56-3056, 524th TFS, 27th TFW, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1959
• 55-2862, 454th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 323rd Fighter Bomber Wing, Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana, 1957
• 56-2933, 1st Fighter Day Squadron, 413th Fighter Day Wing, George AFB, California, 1959
See another Euro Decals F-100 sheet here
Fantasy Printshop’s work is excellent as always, as the decals feature strong colours, perfect register and thin, gloss carrier film. A full array of national insignia and stencils/warning triangles accompanies the main markings. Ans while this is part 2 in the series, parts 1, 3 and 4 are also available, offering many more liveries. Rising paper costs do mean decal prices are on the rise, though, and this two-sheet package retails at £36.95, available from Fantasy Printshop
