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  1. For the current fleet of F-35's the paint color as noted above is FS 36170.  Sovereign Hobbies: https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/  has a range of paint called Colorcoats which has the color.  When I get time I'll post somewhere on ARC a photo of a model I've built with this paint color and the 1/72 scale decals.  FWIW the photos above still show a few panels with the different color of paint on the fuselage sides.  Think we well need to wait until we get a few photos out under the sun.  The decals themselves are printed to match FS 36231 Dark Gull Grey.

     

    Mark S.

    Wolfpak Decals

  2. Well for at least the Kittyhawk F-35A and F-35B kits you will have RAM panel decals by Wolfpak Decals, sheets 48-005 and 48-006 respectively, within the next month.  They'll retail for $8.50 and will give you enough to do one aircraft.

     

    Mark S.

    Wolfpak Decals

  3. Gents,

    Here is the April 2017 Release from Wolfpak Decals.

    Sheet 72-106, Over Here

    First up on this sheet is an A-25A or the AAF’s version of the SB2C Helldiver used as a target tug.  It’s followed by a P-38L of the 24th FS based in the Panama Canal Zone.  Something a little different is a C-53, or militarized DC-3 used by Northeast Airlines but still carrying national insignia.  The B-17D, “The Swoose”, as it appeared in 1943 while used as a transport is our third subject.  This one has a small panel of flags of the countries visited at this point in time.  The sheet’s final subject is a C-54 with options for a O.D. over Neutral Grey transport and options for 4 VIP aircraft.  The foremost being the use by both Presidents Roosevelt and Truman as Air Force One.  There are two options for this version one being the one used by Pres. Roosevelt on his trip to the Yalta Conference complete with bogus serial number applied to the tail for security.  The second option being the aircraft as it appeared when Pres. Truman used it complete with a rather large flag panel of the countries this aircraft visited.  The last two options are for the personal transports for Generals MacArthur and Eisenhower.

    Sheet 72-107, Thunder Over Europe

    We start off with Don Gentile’s P-47D named “Donnie Boy.”  The next subject is interesting in that it is a U.S. Navy night fighter used during the invasion of Southern France.  Don’t see many U.S. Navy subjects used in the Mediterranean during WWII.  An A-26B with bombardier nose used as a hack by the 305th Bomb Group follows.  Another unique U.S. Navy subject is a F6F-5 with 4 German kills also assigned to the carriers supporting the invasion of Southern France is next.  Our last subject is the commander’s aircraft of the 324th BS, 91st Bomb Group.  This aircraft is a Pathfinder equipped with the H2X radome in lieu of the ball turret.  Note that it retains the tail code letter of its previous assignment with the 381st Bomb Group.

    Sheets are $17.00 each and will be on sale the first part of next week. 

    Mark

    Wolfpak Decals

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  4. Gents,

     

    The corrections for the ejection seat triangles are in for sheet 72-104 and will ship with the sheet now.  For those of you who have already purchased the sheet I will ship them out in your next order unless you contact me and request that they go out sooner.

     

    Mark

    Wolfpak Decals

  5. Tosouthern66,

     

    How many decal sheets have you bought in the last five years?   If there isn't market demand as a manufacturer you can't make money.  As the other manufacturers have noted it's all in the numbers.  In the last eight years I've produced over 100 1/72 scale sheets with typically a minimum of 5 different subjects on each sheet.  Think my total now is close to 600 individual subjects.  If you combine my work with the others we have produced over 800 subjects in that time period.  In my mind it would be hard to say that the 1/72 scale market hasn't been served.  If there are subjects that you are looking for give us a list and I'm sure between all of us producers we'll give it consideration in our future releases.

     

    Mark S.

    Wolfpak Decals

  6. Gents:

     

    Want to give you a heads-up.  Fantasy made a mistake on the F-4B decals making the ejection seat markings a red triangle in lieu of the older white with red lettering and border.  They have a correction being printed ASAP and I’ll send off the correction to those purchasing the sheets in the manner I normally do.  The perfect storm of Oops!  I have another World War II  1/72 release due out in April and a surprise release for the 1/48 crowd in May.  Don't tell them.

     

    Mark

  7. Paul,

     

    Thanks. I work from photos and don't use other decal manufacturers' artwork for anything.  Most manufacturers missed the wing tip markings, the number on the nose gear door and the data block on this subject as well which I have included.  In sizing decals I look at the relationship between the artwork and known landmarks (typically but not exclusively panel lines) on the aircraft. 

     

    Mark

  8. Gentlemen,

    Time for the next release from Wolfpak Decals.  The first sheet 72-104, Death with Finesse has the following: 

    F-4B from VF-102 during the first Enterprise cruise in 1962.  A F-16CM from the 180th FW, Ohio ANG last fall with the new Have Glass V paint scheme.  The F-35A also from last year is the commanders jet of the 62nd FS.  Two F-22A’s are up next.  One is the commander’s jet from the 95th FS and the other has mission marks and is from the same unit.  Lastly,  from operations a few years ago over Libya is an EA-18G from VAQ-132.  This jet has tails in a desert camouflage.

    Sheet 72-105, Splintered.  This is as close as I’ve come to date with a single subject sheet.  All aircraft on this sheet have a splintered camouflage pattern. Here’s what is on the sheet.

    First off there are two Swedish Air Force jets; a Draken which was used to develop the pattern for the Viggen and a Gripen in a special retirement scheme.  Next are options for two F-15A’s with the same pattern but two different paint schemes and a F-15B also in a splintered scheme.  There are decals to do one F-15A and one F-15B.  During 1986 a F-16B was painted in a splintered scheme complete with false canopy and shadows depicting a tail on the underside of the jet along with topside markings on the belly.  The same was applied to the two seat F-16XL which is next on the sheet.  The F-4’s are from two squadrons of the 58th TFTW at Luke.  The last subject is a F-5E from the 65th Aggressors at Nellis AFB.  Of those aircraft that have false canopies decals have been provided for all but one.  That one is an F-4 in which the canopy extended into the sparrow missile wells which would make a good looking decal fit impossible.

    Sheets should be in stock in a week or two.

     

    Mark S.

     

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  9. Gents,

     

    Thanks for the kind words.  I've enjoyed this decal venture and look forward to doing more in the future.  Will try to get the SUU-30's in production after the first of the year.  650 subjects!! No wonder why I can't remember which ones are on which sheets!

     

    Mark S.

  10. Gents,

     

    Here's the prop segment of my Century Mark release. 

     

    Sheet 72-102, Club Med This sheet’s theme is aircraft from the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.  The sheet begins with a P-38G from the 82nd FG.  From the 98th BG, The Pyramiders, a B-24D from the August 1st, 1943 raid on the Oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania.  This aircraft, “The Sandman” is the one pictured in the famous photo of a B-24 flying at low level frame by billowing black clouds and the refinery structures that is found in most history texts.  Next is a Mosquito night fighter from the 416th NFS.  A B-25C that was modeified to incorporate waist and tail gun positions is next.  From the same night fighter squadron above, the 416th is a Beaufighter with the early MKIV air intercept radar.  Finally a B-24H from the 757th BS, 459th BG. 

    You can also find in the Jet Modeling Forum page a sheet containing both WWII and modern subjects.

     

    Mark S.


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  11.  I would like to take this opportunity on my 100th 1/72 scale sheet to thank you, my customers, for your support through the years.  As the saying goes, I could not have done this without your help.  Your willingness to provide feedback and references, and to spend your hard earned money has enabled me to fulfill a dream.  When I started this venture back in January of 2008 the conventional wisdom was that 1/72 scale was passé and didn’t sell, that a decal sheet had to consist of a single type aircraft (almost inevitably a “Teen Series” fighter), and have markings for twenty aircraft, all from the same squadron.  I didn’t agree with that paradigm then, and obviously still don’t, and based on the fact that we’re still here at sheet 100 many of you don’t agree either.

         Two things primarily influenced my decision to start Wolfpak Decals.  I grew up in an age where kit instructions actually had text and detailed histories of the aircraft, so you could learn something about what you were building.  In addition, the aftermarket company Modeldecal was at its zenith then, and their example has really been the biggest influence on my sheets.  Modeldecal covered multiple subject types that were from different nations, they weren’t afraid to put an “oddball” subject on the sheet, plus they had comprehensive information about their subjects, including color callouts for the interiors.  I’ve tried to combine those ideas in my sheets.  The flexibility afforded by covering multiple subjects has allowed me to provide markings for subjects that I could never do if I restricted the sheets to a single subject and to respond much more quickly than if I had to gather six or seven more examples of the same type to justify issuing a sheet.  At the same time, the instructions are intended to provide “one stop shopping” and save you, the modeler, the time, effort, and expense of researching to find out the aircraft’s history, what color the seat cushions and lap belts were, how to paint the bombs and missiles hanging from the kit, and what issues there may be with reproducing a subject accurately in kit form.  Hopefully you feel that I have accomplished those objectives.

         In closing, I would like to once again thank the many people through the years that I have corresponded with or met in person at airshows or model conventions and those that have been willing to buy and even use my decals.  It has been a pleasure.  I have made many new friends and learned a lot along the way.  Please keep the feedback, and the references, coming.  I look forward to hearing from you in the future.

     

    Now on to the sheets:

     

    Sheet 72-100, Century Mark:  This sheet is composed entirely of the Century Series of fighters. The first is a F-100 from Tuy Hoa in Vietnam followed by a RF-101C from the 29th TRS at Shaw AFB.  From close to my home, based at the Pittsburgh International Airpor,t is a F-102A.  The next subject from the  319th FIS is an ADC grey F-104A from Patrick AFB.  Another Vietnam War subject is “Muttley the Flying Dog,” a F-105G from the 17th WWS at Korat.  Finally the F-106A know as the “Cornfield Bomber.”  This aircraft entered into a flat spin but recovered and landed in a cornfield once the pilot ejected. 

    Sheet 72-101, Diamonds in the Sky:  First up is a F-14B from VF-102 in 1998 followed by a F-4E of the 334th TFS, 4th TFW in 1991 in the Hill grey scheme.  Next from Fort Irwin is a UH-72A.  Larson AFB had a combined wing of B-52’s and Titan missiles back in the day and used the H-19A shown in 1961 for missile site support.  A couple of hacks follow with the first being a T-33A assigned to the 112th FIG at Pittsburgh IAP and a TB-25N, in SAC colors,  from the 814th ABG in 1958.

    Sheet 72-102, Club Med: This is an all prop sheet posted in that forum.

    Sheet 72-103, Pony Rides:  This is a sheet with a new format for Wolfpak.  It’s a then and now sheet with aircraft from two eras but with an attribute that connects to two.  The first subject is a P-38L named “Maloney’s Pony” from the 27th FS in 1944.  There is a very interesting story behind the name which has led to a tradition in the 27th FS.  It’s all in the write-up.  It’s followed by a later “Maloney’s Pony,” this time a F-15C from the 27th FS in 200.  For what it’s worth there is a third “Maloney’s Pony,” a F-22 on Wolfpack sheet 72-073.  The third subject on the sheet is John C. Meyer’s P-51D, Petie 2nd.  This aircraft has as nose art the squadron insignia of the 487th FS.  You may remember it as the machine gun toting caricature of a fighter pilot. The last subject on this sheet is an A-10 from the 303rd & 358th FS’s carrying the same caricature which has become the insignia of the 303rd FS.

    Sheet 12-16, Thank You:  Once again thanks for your patronage.  This year’s sheet is complementary with a purchase of $36.00 of decals or resin.  The first subject is a F-15C that was used as a test for camouflage patterns for the F-15E in 1986.  It has a splinter pattern similar to one of the F-16XL’s.  The second subject is an A-10 from 1975 in overall ghost grey with large tail codes and national insignia on the engine nacelles.  Up next a F-16CM from the 314th FS, 54th FG,  56th FW based at Holloman AFB this year.  Wrapping up the sheet and release is an overall medium green RF-101A from Shaw AFB in 1964.

     

    Mark

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  12. Thanks for the kind words. 

     

    Murph,  I was surprised by them retaining the waist guns and removing those in the tail.  Think their biggest threat was if they got caught in the daylight at the end of a mission.

     

    Don, Is the profile a hint for a subject you would like to see in the future?

     

    Mark

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