K5054NZ Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Hi all, Italeri has released a Top Gun combo set of F-14A and A-4F - with a rather clever piece of boxart - including decals that seem to be for aircraft from the movie. Are these markings any good for doing a proper movie pair? https://www.italeri.com/scheda.asp?idProdotto=2763 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 They look just like the decals that Testors had in their Top Gun boxings back when they boxed the Italeri toolings. At least this time Italeri re-tooled the A-4 slightly, to give an option without the hump. All Testors did was give us the Italeri A-4M (with the hump molded on), and some crude instructions for an "almost conversion" of the kit. (check that,,,,,,,this time they boxed up the Esci tooling instead of using their own old tooling) I need to get one of those boxes, to add to my "each 1/72 Skyhawk release" set of Scooters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Those aren't event the original Testors markings. They're much worse. And they got the Tomcat colors wrong... brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 What BS! No cargo plane full of rubber dog $#!t flying out of Hong Kong? What an outrage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 22 hours ago, Brian P: Fightertown Decals said: Those aren't event the original Testors markings. They're much worse. And they got the Tomcat colors wrong... brian If I remember correctly, Scale-Master did the original Testors Top Gun kits decal sheets. -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 21 hours ago, Johnopfor said: What BS! No cargo plane full of rubber dog $#!t flying out of Hong Kong? What an outrage! And they're not even including the motorbike from the boxart! Those fiends! :D The inspiration for Iceman's unit markings: https://www.italeri.com/scheda.asp?idProdotto=2739&idCategoria=1&idSottocategoria=3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GW8345 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 If you look at the decal sheet, the tail markings for Iceman's Tomcat (VA-25 Fist of the Fleet) says "VFA-213". I don't remember any of the planes being Super Hornets. 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swordsman422 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) The number on Iceman's tail markings are movie accurate. VA-25 markings, VF-213 titles. Maverick's tail art came from an E-2 Hawkeye squadron. I normally don't buy cheap knockoff decals, but I think the ones I've seen on ebay are better quality than these. Edited November 9, 2018 by Swordsman422 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GW8345 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 14 hours ago, Swordsman422 said: The number on Iceman's tail markings are movie accurate. VA-25 markings, VF-213 titles. Maverick's tail art came from an E-2 Hawkeye squadron. I normally don't buy cheap knockoff decals, but I think the ones I've seen on ebay are better quality than these. I was not aware they actually did that, never paid too much attention to the marking details. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I remember seeing "Iceman's" tomcat in the VF-51/VF-111 hanger during the 1985 NAS Miramar airshow and asking a young sailor what was up with the Fist of the Fleet badge on the tail, his response was: "They're shooting some movie ..." -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Gregg, that's awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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