The Aviaeology ADD72S105 decal sheet in 1:72 scale carries technical and maintenance airframe stencils for the de Havilland Mosquito. These are not national insignia or the markings of a particular machine.
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A sheet from the Airframe Stencil Data series: its content is the technical and maintenance stencil markings for the de Havilland Mosquito. Roundels, the fin stripe, squadron codes and serial numbers are not on it - the manufacturer issues those on separate sheets. Maintenance stencils are the small notices and symbols on the airframe: filler points, access panels, warnings, places that must not be stepped on or where a support belongs. On a model they are exactly the details that set finished work apart from a model with roundels alone. For the Hawker Hurricane the same series in the same scale has the part number ADD72S104.
The Mosquito was built largely of wood, of plywood and balsa shells, and that is where the nickname wooden wonder came from. It was made in a range of families: bomber, reconnaissance, fighter-bomber FB.VI and night fighter. The machine was fast, without defensive armament in the bomber versions, and was sent on night raids, on attacks against targets behind enemy lines and on photographic reconnaissance. The individual families differed in the nose, the armament and the equipment, so the small markings differed among them too.
Decals are not applied with modeling cement. They go onto dried gloss varnish, are seated with water and a decal fixer and, on broken surfaces, with a decal softener, so that the film follows the rivets and panel lines. Cut the individual markings out close to the artwork. Apply the stencils only after the decals for the national insignia and the codes; compare the placement with the instruction sheet and with a photograph.
This is an accessory for a model, not a kit. The base kit, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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