Starfighter Decals 1/48 Pearl Harbor Defenders
By Matt Bittner
In an unusual twist, Starfighter Decals has turned their attention to a specific point in time, instead of the usual single airframe decal set. Instead of providing decals for P-36s or P-40s, this time Starfighter provides a decal set in 1/72 for Pearl Harbor Defenders.
There are seven different aircraft catered for in this set. Those aircraft and markings provided are:
- P-40B, tail number unknown, 2nd Lt. G. Welch, 47th Pursuit Squadron (PS), 15th Pursuit Group (PG), credited with four kills; finished in Olive 41 over Neutral Gray 43
- F4F-3A, Bu. Number 3916, Ens. Daniels, WF-6, finished in USN Blue Gray over Light Gray 602
- SBD-3, Bu. Number 4750, Lt. C. Dickinson/RM1 W. Miller, VS-6, finished the same as the Wildcat
- PBY-5, Bu. Number 2419, Ens. W. Tanner, pilot, VP-14, finished as the other two U.S. Navy birds above
- P-36A, tail number unknown, 2nd Lt. P. Rasmussen, 46th PS, 15th PG, credited with one kill; finished overall in aluminum
- P-36C, tail number 38-2, 2nd Lt. H. Brown, 47th PS, 15th PG, credited with two kills; finished in Olive 41 over Neutral Gray 43
All in all this is an excellent set of decals. And since they're printed by Cartograf you can be sure the registration is spot on, and colors are extremely well done.
Huge thanks to Starfighter Decals for not only supplying these for review, but for catering to the between-the-wars ('tweener) builder.