Caracal Models CD 144001: KC-135R Stratotanker

Units: See review

Price

$ 13.99

Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

Caracal Models has done a lot of us a real favor by reproducing their now sold out 1/72 KC-135R sheet in 1/144 for those of us who don't have the shelf space for the larger kit. While no kit is listed, I do believe that the only one done in this scale is by Minicraft, so locating it should not be all that difficult. 

The sheet itself is quite comprehensive and includes markings for 16 different aircraft, just like the larger scale version.  While all the wings are not covered, a lot of them are. All the planes are in the current AMC Grey scheme that has been worn for many years. Note that most if not all of them do not have the upper wingwalk areas so keep that in mind. 

KC-135R 62-3516, 161 ARW, Arizona ANG

 KC-135R 62-3576, 157 ARW, New Hampshire ANG

KC-135R 63-8872, 157 ARW, Maine ANG ("Maine Freeze" nose art)

KC-135R 61-0305, 97 AMW, Altus AFB

KC-135R 61-4840, 121 ARW, Ohio ANG

KC-135R 62-3543, 459 ARW, Andrews AFB

KC-135R 58-0001, 100 ARW, RAF Mildenhall ("Wolf Pack" nose art)

KC-135R 58-0102, 434 ARW, Grissom AFB

KC-135T 58-0065, 22 ARW, Mc Connell AFB

KC-135R 60-0345, 127 Wing, Michigan ANG

KC-135R 60-0318, 154 Wing, Hawaii ANG

KC-135R 59-1506, 185 ARW, Iowa ANG

KC-135R 59-1500, 126 ARW, Illinois ANG

KC-135R 60-0348, 18 Wing, Kadena AFB

KC-135R 62-3512, 128 ARW, Wisconsin ANG

KC-135R 62-3514, 108 ARW, New Jersey ANG

The set is superbly printed by Cartograf and Caracal includes a rather thick markings placement booklet for this one. A nice thing about being in 1/144 is that there are enough common markings to do two of these markings options. The only really difficult part of it is choosing which to do. I should add that this sheet is limited to 300 examples so if you want one, I suggest getting soon.

March 2016

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