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Yellow-Wings Decals 1/32 P-26

By Matt Bittner

I've decided to lump all three of these together since they're for the same kit and they arrived at the same time.  Yellow-Wings continues keeping those who build US between-the-war aircraft (I call them 'tweeners) happy, and this time they cater for the 1/32 Hasegawa P-26 Peashooter. Each set of decals comes with a cardboard, color header that shows the port side of the aircraft being catered to. Each set also contains four pages of instructions, three of those pages printed on both sides of the paper. The first sheet is general decal placement instructions along with instructions for that particular airframe in text on both sides of the paper. The second sheet consists of a color, port-fuselage side profile along with a bottom/top split drawing showing decal placement and a front-view of the aircraft on the front side, with the back side showing the placement of stencils on the P-26 wings.  The third sheet's front side contains a drawing showing the port side of the fuselage stencils, while the other side of the sheet shows the starboard. Finally, the last sheet has a color call-out for everything on that particular aircraft in text, along with the correct size of insignia and bands.

Sheet 32-022, Boeing P-26A, 1934-35, 17th Pursuit Group, 34th Pursuit Squadron

This is a typical olive drab fuselage with yellow wings.  The horizontal tails are white with black scallops, as is the fin.  The rudder consists of the standard USAAC red, white and blue stripes. It also had black and white stripes running down the fuselage sides, a white headrest with black scallops and a white and black striped cowl.  The squadron insignia is the "thunderbird" and the airframe was marked as #11.

Sheet 32-033, Boeing P-26A, 1934-35, 17th Pursuit Group, 73rd Pursuit Squadron

All of these sheets contain P-26As there were painted with olive fuselage and yellow wings.  This 73rd PS machine also had a red fin and horizontal stabs and both of these had yellow scallops.  The rudder was the usual red, white and blue.  Headrest was also red with yellow scallops and there was a yellow and red stripes that ran down the fuselage sides.  The cowl was also red and yellow "scalloped".  The insignia was the "bear" and the airframe was marked as #37.

Sheet 32-035, Boeing P-26A, 1934-35, 17th Pursuit Group, 95th Pursuit Squadron

The unique markings on this aircraft was yellow fin and horizontal stabs with blue scallops; yellow headrest with blue scallops; yellow and blue stripes running down the fuselage sides; and yellow and blue "scallops" on the cowl. .  The squadron insignia is the "thunderbird" and the airframe was marked as #64.

All decal sheets are very nicely printed and in register.  These are up to the usual high standards associate with Yellow-Wings and are definitely recommended.  If you're looking for alternate markings for your 1/32 Hasegawa P-26A then track down these from Yellow-Wings Decals.

Our thanks to Yellow-Wings Decals for the review sets.