1:32 B-25 Mitchell

General markings for Mitchells

Not every decal sheet is devoted to one particular machine. This one belongs to the more useful category: it brings together markings that recur on all the machines of a unit, so the builder uses them regardless of which machine he has chosen. It concerns the British operation of North American B-25 bombers, that is, both the European theater and the South East Asia Command.

On the sheet you will find:

• Two types of propeller blade lettering and two forms of warning stripes for the propellers, supplemented by a set without printing.
• Black walkway stripes of a width matching two inches.
• Two forms of markings for the fuel filler ports.
• Two variants of emergency exit lettering, drawn for the right side.
• British national insignia and insignia for Southeast Asia and several of the most common forms of mission tally records.

Why it also suits older models

It is precisely the small technical markings that age fastest on decal sheets: they yellow, crack or turn into an unusable film in an old kit. An add-on sheet of this type therefore rescues even a model whose original decals can no longer be laid, and at the same time it makes it possible to build a machine for which only the squadron markings are missing. Propeller warning stripes are among the things modelers most often spoil by painting them by hand, and in 1:32 scale their width really does show. It is likewise true that a walkway laid from a decal has a sharper edge than a painted one and does not clog the engraved detail beneath it.