| Date of Review |
May 2006 |
| Manufacturer |
Archer Fine Transfers |
| Subject |
German Afrika Korps Insignia |
| Scale |
1/35 |
| Set Number |
AR35026W |
| Pros |
General purpose insignia for any Afrika
Korps vehicle |
| Cons |
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| Skill Level |
Novice |
| MSRP (USD) |
$3.95 |
Most of my modeling of German armor winds up usually with Afrika
Korps paint jobs and markings. Rommel always fascinated me and
his army in Africa seemed to always fight a clean war.
I am currently working on a build review of the Italeri 1/35 scale
Horch command car. I want to do it in Afrika Korps markings, but
found that I did not have any palm tree and swastika markings in
my decal file to use.
Woody Vondracek of Archer Fine Transfers was kind enough to send
me a review sample of his sheet of these markings in white. Archer
also does the same ones in black too by the way.
Dry transfer, for those of you that are uninitiated, are rub on
type decals. No water is needed as these self-adhere when burnished
down with a blunt pointed tool or a ball point pen. The look absolutely
painted on afterwards and there is no carrier film, like associated
with most water-slide type decals found in most kits. There is
also no need for the wetting agents and decal solvents for these
also.
Archer transfers are very well done. Multiple colors are always
in register I have found.
There is a vast variety of markings for armor subjects to be found
in the Archer offerings.
Highly recommended.
I sincerely want to thank Archer
Fine Decals for this review sample.
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