Modeling the VVS : Non-Yak AML Decals

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AML Decals 1/72nd "Hurricane in the USSR/Part 1" (72009)

By Ilya Grinberg

[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.]

AML Sheet No. AML72009 "Hurricane in the USSR/Part 1"

Hawker Hurricane sets represent four aircraft on the first sheet:

Hurricane Mk.IIB Trop of the 81 Squadron, RAF, Vaienga/Murmansk
Hurricane Mk.IIB of the 26 IAP, Moscow Air Defense
Hurricane Mk.XI, artillery spotter plane of the Detached Artillery Spotter Squadron of Leningrad Front. To my astonishment a resin machine gun for the observer is included in the set!
Hurricane Mk.IIB of the 134 Squadron, RAF, Vajenga

Summary

Now I would like to make general comment on these sets.
All of them are very well printed, in register, and with reach bright colors. The artwork of instruction sheets is excellent and compares to the best decals available. The second and third pages of the instruction sheets include opposite sides of the featured airplanes and their top views.
The fourth page of each set includes recommended colors with references to FS system and suggested paint lines from Agama, Aeromaster, Gunze Sangyo, Humbrol, Model Master, and Revell.
Recommended kits are listed as well as references.
All schemes are well researched. My only reservation is about silver outlines for national insignia as well as silver digits and emblems on the Hurricane sheets. I do not have enough information at this time to prove otherwise. Each modeler should use his or hers references to make an educated decision.

Highly recommended.
AML should be congratulated for the job well done.

My thanks to AML (Lazar Miroslav) of The Czech Republic for the review samples.