Starfighter Decals

1/72 SBC-4 Helldivers 1939-41 decal sheet

product # 72-101  $5.00  for Matchbox and Heller Kits

Review by Steve Bamford on Jan 21 2009

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This new decal sheet from Starfighter Decals includes markings for 3 different 1/72 SBC-4 Helldivers before the Pearl Harbor attack.  

The 3 aircraft includes 3 different paint schemes with plenty of color from the year before American officially entered WW2.

  • SBC-4 Helldiver VS-2 USS Lexington in 1939.  

  • SBC-4 Helldiver USS Enterprise Air Group Commander in 1940.  

  • SBC-4 Helldiver VB-3 USS Saratoga in 1941.  

 

The 2 pages of instructions are clear and include 3 color views of important parts of each aircraft to explain the paint schemes and markings placement.  The decals are beautifully printed on 1 decal sheet by Cartograf.  These are the aircraft from a time period when the colors and markings were very colorful before America entered WW2.  This very nicely done decal sheet brings you a very pleasant variety of paint schemes and markings from 3 aircraft that served on 3 US carriers that would leave their mark in history. 

Steve

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

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