Afterburner Decals 1/48 F-16 Air National Guard Viper Wing Kings decal sheet

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Afterburner Decals

1/48 F-16 Air National Guard Viper Wing Kings decal sheet

product # AD 48-030

Review by Steve Bamford on June 18 2008

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This new decal sheet from Afterburner Decals includes markings for 12 different 1/48 F-16's from 10 different states as well as the District of Columbia. The states include Alabama, California, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont and the District of Columbia.

All these jets are single seaters except for one of the District of Columbia jets that is a 2 seater. The jets on this sheet include Block 25, 30, 32 and 52. The variety of tail art is impressive and the hard part is picking which 2 jets to build. The huge 8"x11" decal sheet is loaded with colorful artwork.....I'd be stumped to pick the ones I like the most...there are so many that look great. The jets include:

F-16C Block 30A (GE/NSI) 85-1476 113th Wing, District of Columbia ANG in 2000.
F-16D Block 30 (GE/NSI) 85-1509 113th Wing, District of Columbia ANG in 2005.
F-16C Block 32 87-0301 144th Fighter Wing, California ANG in 2007.
F-16C Block 25 83-1147 147th Fighter Wing, Texas ANG in 2006/June 2007 Balad AB, Iraq.
F-16C Block 30E (GE/MCID) 86-0321 120th Fighter Wing, Montana ANG in 2005.
F-16C Block 25 84-1377 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana ANG in 2005/August 2007 Balad AB, Iraq.
F-16C Block 25 85-1403 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont ANG in 2005/August 2007 Balad AB, Iraq.
F-16CJ CCIP Block 52 93-0549 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina ANG in 2005.
F-16C Block 30B (GE/NSI) 85-1551 174th Fighter Wing, New York ANG in 2005.
F-16C Block 30H (GE/MCID) 87-0283 178th Fighter Wing, Ohio ANG in 2005.
F-16C Block 30J (GE/MCID) 87-0320 183rd Fighter Wing, Illinois ANG in 2007 Balad AB, Iraq.
F-16C Block 30J (GE/MCID) 87-0336 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama ANG in 2005.

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The instructions are clear and include 2 side profiles of each aircraft. The instructions include info about the strengthening plates applied to the airframe of the F-16's on the various Blocks as well the instructions have 1/1 scale templates of the strengthening plates so you can make your own. The instructions also include info on the various vents and fine details on the various blocks of F-16's as well as info about the various pylons and weapons loads, which is always very helpful and much appreciated. You also get one page of instructions devoted to stencil placement. The instruction sheets seem to go one and on and on.......much thought was put into this decal sheet.

The decals are beautifully printed on 1 large decal sheet. Two complete set of stencils are included on this decal sheet.

This is one of those massive decal sheets that sells out fast as people can see the value and this sheet is LOADED with colourful artwork on the tails of these ANG F-16's.

Steve

I would like to thank Afterburner Decals for providing me with this review sample.

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