Red Pegasus Decals | AT6/SNJ Big Red #5 2004-2010
Reviewed by Kevin Futter
Red Pegasus Decals specialises in providing decals for colourful racing aircraft, as well as other unique or interesting civil schemes. With the release of Kittyhawk's 1/32 T-6 kit, Red Pegasus has responded with a trio of new decal sheets for Texan racers. This particular set is entitled "AT6/SNJ Big Red #5 2004-2010", and features an AT-6C called "Big Red".
The decals ship in a resealable clear plastic bag, with a single A4 sheet featuring historical data and a painting guide. There is also an smaller sheet entitled "Tips for Applying ALPS Decals".
As noted above, the decals themselves are ALPS-printed on continuous decal film, and exhibit good colour density and registration:
You will need to carefully cut around each design before applying it to the model, to minimise visible carrier film.
The painting guide is a very simple affair, and not especially clear or detailed:
It will be useful to refer to any photographs of "Big Red" available on the Internet in order to verify the correct placement of the decals, as the painting guide features no instructions or annotations whatsoever, and some of the decals aren't shown at all. A larger, more detailed fuselage side profile would have been handy here.
Conclusion
While Kittyhawk's Texan kit comes with no less than eight options, they are all warbirds, so the release of some racer options by Red Pegasus is welcome. This particular scheme is arguably not as colourful as some, but should make for a striking finished model nonetheless. The lack of a clear placement guide is the only reservation I have about this otherwise fine set.
Thanks to Red Pegasus Decals for the review sample.
© Kevin Futter 2014
This review was published on Wednesday, March 12 2014; Last modified on Wednesday, March 12 2014