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Yellow Wings 1/72 Devastators & Vindicators
 

Yellow Wings 1/72 Devastators & Vindicators

By Chris Banyai-Riepl

 


After drooling over the excellent Yellow Wings 1/48 releases, they finally have catered to my scale of 1/72. These three sheets provide options for the new Valom Devastator as well as the several Vindicator kits that have come out in recent years. Starting with the Devastator, there are two sheets for this aircraft.

The first sheet provides markings for VT-2 off of the USS Lexington and VT-3 off of the USS Saratoga. The Lexington aircraft all have lemon yellow tails, while the Saratoga aircraft have white tails. The rest of the section markings are the same between the two, with either red, white, blue, black, green or yellow section markings. As this sheet is specifically for section leaders, these aircraft all feature solid color cowlings. However, extra numbers are provided for those who want to build a non-section leader aircraft.

The second Devastator sheet provides markings for VT-5 off of the Yorktown and VT-6 off of the Enterprise. The Yorktown aircraft have red tails, while the Enterprise aircraft have blue tails. The rest of the markings are similar to the previous sheet, with all the section colors being the same. Like the above sheet, the decals are designed for the section leaders, but extra numbers are provided to build any aircraft. Both sheets provide a total of six squadron insignias for each unit, allowing you to build three aircraft from each unit. Interestingly, the first sheet has the wing stripes in section colors, but no fuselage stripes, while the second sheet has the fuselage stripes, but no wing stripes. Mixing and matching these two sheets together will provide matching sets, though.

The final 1/72 sheet provides markings for the SB2U Vindicators from either VB-2 off of the USS Lexington or VB-3 off of the USS Saratoga. The Lexington aircraft have lemon yellow tails, and the Saratoga aircraft white tails. Like the Devastator sheets, this sheet provides markings for all the section leaders, with decals for the fuselage stripes and wing stripes. Six squadron markings are included, allowing for three aircraft from each unit to be built.

The only thing missing on these sheets is the national insignia, which are available on another Yellow Wing decal sheet. The quality is quite high and should prove to be quite nice to use

My thanks to Yellow Wings decals for the review samples.