This new decal sheet from Linden
Hill Decals is the first
in their series dedicated to the MiG-23and it's many variants. 'Brother in
Arms 1' covers the Warsaw pact era early service history of the MiG-23M and MF
from 1976 through to the recognized end of the Cold War in 1991.
This decal sheet
features 9 different MiG-23 from 5 different countries including the Soviet
Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Poland. You get a wonderful variety
of camo schemes.
Click on
images below to see larger images
The aircraft
included on this decal sheet include the following:
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MiG-23M
"Yellow 49" with the 787th
IAP, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Eberswalde-Finow AB, Brandenburg,
GDR in 1976.
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MiG-23M
"Blue 02" with the 152nd
IAP PVO, Ak-Tepe AB, Turkestan Military District, USSR in 1978.
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MiG-23M
"Blue 92" with the 5th
"Berlinskii" GvIAP, Group of Soviet Forces South,
Sarmellak-Zalavar AB, Hungary in 1989.
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MiG-23MF
"Red 870" with the 18th
IBAP, Dobroslavtzy AB, Bulgaria
in 1976.
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MiG-23MF
"Red 08" with the 1st
Squadron, 47th Fighter Wing, Papa AB, Hungary in the mid-1980's.
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MiG-23MF
"Red 04" with the 'Stromfeld
Aurel' Home Defense Fighter Wing, Papa AB, Hungary in 1990.
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MiG-23MF
"Red 222" with the 1st
Squadron, 57th Air Group, Mihail Kogalniceanu AB, Romania
in 1982.
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MiG-23MF
"Red 117" with the 28th
PLM, Slupsk, Poland, in 1989.
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MiG-23MF
"Red 121" with the 28th
PLM, Slupsk, Poland, in 1990.
The 5 pages of
instructions include 3 view colour profiles of each jet showing the layout of
the camo schemes.
Some history in included for some of the MiG-23s on this decal sheet.
Colours are called out in AKAN paint #'s as well as the approx. FS #.
Linden
Hill Decals are experts when it comes to markings
for Soviet built aircraft and this decal sheet is another in a long line of top
quality decals from Linden
Hill Decals. This
sheet gives you some very exciting camo and markings choices for the 1/32
Trumpeter MiG-23.
I would like to
thank Linden
Hill Decals for providing
me with this review sample. You can buy this decal sheet directly from the
Linden
Hill Imports website.
Steve Bamford
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