Fantasy Printshop | Euro Decals ED-32139 Vought Corsair Collection

Reviewed by Iain Ogilvie

The latest 1:32 sheet from Fantasy Printshop covers a nice selection of Vought Corsair subjects: providing some nice alternatives to not only the superlative Tamiya kits, but also the older kits from Trumpeter and Revell.

As we've come to expect from Fantasy Printshop, the print quality appears top notch, with good colour density and perfect register, along with a thin and absolutely minimal varnish layer.

As with other sheets in the range, printing is on a blue ground making it easier to see all the white printed areas.

Options

Seven options are included:

F4U-1A Corsair, NZ5272/NZ5307, '307' of No.1 Servicing Unit, Royal New Zealand Air Force, based at Henderson Field Guadalcanal, October 1944. Finished in Sea Blue front fuselage, wings and rudder, plus three-colour camouflage on the mid-rear fuselage.
F4U-1 Corsair, Bu.No. 17590,'590' flown by Captain. A.R. Conant of VMF-215, US Marine Corps based at Torokina Air Base, Bougainville, January 1944. Finished in Blue Grey and Light Grey camouflage
F4U-1A Corsair, 'SS11' Sally of Service Squadron 11, US Marine Aircraft Group 11 US Marine Corps based at Espiritu Santos, Vanuatu Island, New Hebrides, 1945. Finished in overall Silver Dope with black anti-glare strip
Brewster F3A Corsair JS479, 'BH2/Q', 718 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm based at RNAS Ballyhalbert, Mid-1945. Finished in three colour camouflage
F4U-1 Corsair, Bu.No. 02310, '13' Viva! flown by 2nd Lt. Kenneth Ambrose Walsh of VMF-214 Wild Aces, US Marine Corps based at Henderson Field Guadalcanal, 28 May 1943. Finished in Blue Grey and Light Grey camouflage
Vought Corsair Mk.II, JJT260 'P54', 757 Operations Training Unit, Royal Navy Fleet Air Amr based at Puttalam Ceylon. Finished in Dark Slate Grey and Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces and Sky below
F4U-1A K99, Finished in three colour camouflage

Placement Guide

Printed in colour, the set includes detailed placement instruction that include relevant Humbrol, Xtracolour, Xtracrylix, Mr Color Aqueous, MRP and Vallejo Model Air where applicable.