Fireball Modelworks

1/72 Plastic Fantastic UH-72A Lakota decal sheet

Product # FMD-25-72 for $12.00 for Revell and Heller kits

Product  Article by Steve Bamford on Feb 7 2017

 

      

This new decal sheet from Fireball Modelworks includes markings for 6 different 1/72 Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota to fit the Revell and Heller kits. 

For 1/72 scale, the Revell 04653 EC145 Police/Gendarmerie kit is probably the best choice, but the Heller 50375 EC 145 Sécurité Civile kit and the Heller 80379 UH-72A Lakota kit are also available. The main things you'll need to make sure your kit contains are the wire strike protection kit with the two blades and the long deflectors on the skid tips. All Lakotas are equipped with these parts.  

 

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The 6 aircraft include 2 US military air ambulances, Puerto Rico ANG, Marshall Islands, Germany and the US Navy Test Pilot School. 

  • UH-72A Lakota "Flat Iron" Air Ambulance Detachment, 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment, Fort Rucker, Alabama in 2011 in flat Olive Drab

  • UH-72A Lakota 121st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) District of Columbia Army National Guard, Fort Belvoir, Virginia in 2011 in flat Olive Drab

  • UH-72A Lakota Det 1/B/1-114S&S Puerto Rico Army National Guard, San Juan, Pueto Rico, in 2010 in flat Olive Drab

  • UH-72A Lakota Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, in 2011 in Gloss International Orange

  • UH-72A Lakota Falcon Observer Controller Team, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, in 2011 with an Flat Olive Drab, RAL 9001 Grey and RAL 1006 Yellow camo scheme

  • UH-72A Lakota US Navy Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, in 2011 in Gloss White with Orange Stripe

The instructions are clear and include 1 or 2 views of each aircraft.  The decals are beautifully printed on 1 decal sheet. 

This decal sheet has an interesting variety of paint schemes from many different varied and remote locations and it is quite the pleasure to see.

This sheet is also available in 1/32 scale.

You can buy this decal sheet directly from Fireball Modelworks.

Steve Bamford

      

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford