TallyHo!
1/32 Decals
Ju87B/R
We are pleased to announce that we have just taken delivery of a set of decals from Czech company TallyHo!. So far they only have the one decal sheet in our beloved scale but this is a welcome addition in its self. The subject of this well presented sheet ( actually Two sheets) is the JU-87.
The front cover of the colour instructions has a nice little drawn picture of a Ju87 and lists the following options;
Ju87 R-2 Trop T6+CP "SNAKE", Libya 1941
Ju87 B-2 T6+IN Libya 1941
Ju87 R-2 A5+HH Bulgaria 1941
Ju87 R-2 239 Squadrilia, 97 Gruppo, Italy 1941
All four of these aircraft can be modelled from this set. Two are naturally in the desert camouflage with the other two being the regular European scheme. The most eye catching of them all is the Libyan campaign aircraft with a huge snake in white and red stretching along the fuselage on both sides. The detailed instructions are printed in colour and give good placement details and clear colour side and plan views. A useful colour chart with various colour matches is also included on the back page along with several good references to help with research.
The Decals themselves are very well printed and commendably thin with the black and white markings being on a separate sheet to the main colour markings. This sheet included all necessary insignia for the Luftwaffe and Italian machines (this covers the Swastikas which are made from several pieces).
The other sheet in this set has all of the colour and has all of the necessary stencils for the airframe. With the large snake it has been necessary, and I think wise, to provide it as two parts as this would be an extremely long and easily damaged decal otherwise.
The carrier film is very thin and very closely printed to the images. Some of the red printing on our sample was a little out of register but this actually gives the impression of them being sprayed on the model. All of the stencils are readable and look great even the smallest ones are legible. The yellow Letter C in the serial on the snake machine appears to be very translucent but it would not be beyond the realms of the average modeller to mask and spray a patch to cover this if you wished.
I have no hesitation in recommending this sheet to any modeller who wants to do a Ju87 in this scale. Even if you do not do Ju87 I firmly believe that the sheet would be of use to any Luftwaffe modeller who wants to do any other WW2 aircraft, the stencils alone are bound to be of use.
Another welcome addition to the ever growing band of 1/32 scale decals. I only hope that Vladimir Marenčák, the man behind Tally Ho, will continue to expand his 1/32 scale range.
Review sample supplied courtesy of TallyHo! decals.
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John (TIGGER aka "The Brain") Wilkes
Research Editor 1/32 Scale SIG
