Decal Sheet Review: VVS Fighters, Part IX

    In our forthcoming decal sheet review series, we'll seek to highlight and critique some of the currently available-- and long past issue-- VVS decal sheets. Tally Ho! has released a number of decals for VVS P-40s. This is another of their sheets.

[All decal sheet scans have been deliberately skewed and distorted at random angles to dissuade illegal reproduction or Copyright infringement by any such parties. The precise line and measurement of any specific marking, therefore, should not be taken literally from these illustrations.]

Tally Ho!    Sheet No. 72016    "Red Stars on Curtiss P-40E"
 





Overall this is an excellent sheet. There are four separate P-40Es catered for with these decals, all appear to be British-supplied machines. Registration and colors are spot on. Unfortunately, due to the scanning process, the white numbers for each machine don't appear on the scan.

The only problem I can see with these decals is there are only enough stencils for one machine. Luckily Tally Ho! supplies the stencils separately so one can still add the stencils to the other schemes if wanted, by purchasing the separate stencils. There is one item that I'm not sure of and am still researching. The instructions would have you apply underside blue to the areas of the US stars to paint them out. My thinking is that with the Neutral Gray undersides of the Lend Lease P-40, something along the lines of AMT-11 would make more sense.

The machines covered are:

  1. "White 70" flown by G.V. Gromov, 1944
  2. "White 50" flown by P. Pokrychev of the 154 IAP, 1942
  3. "White 65" flown by A. A. Matvejev, 154 IAP, 1942
  4. "White 73" flown by an unknown pilot of the 154 IAP, 1942

These decals are pretty impressive and highly recommended.