Werner's Wings

1/72 Blackhawks "Workhorse of the Army" decal sheet

Product # 72-02 for $12.00

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Oct 10 2011

 

Also available in 1/48 and 1/35.

This latest release from Werner's Wings is exactly what the helicopter modelers have wanted in the way of Blackhawk decal sheets.  This sheet includes 18 different aircraft that include the following UH-60's

  • Med Evac in Afghanistan flown by fellow ARC'er CW3 Erick Swanberg.

  • 2 Desert Storm UH-60's in tan camo

  • Training Unit in USA

  • Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan

  • WWE star transport in Afghanistan

  • Med Evac and combat UH-60s in Iraq including one with the new Improved Engine Barrier Filter System

  • Med Evac in Grenada in 1983

  • NATO US Army UH-60 in Bosnia

  • KFOR in Austria

  • IFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina

  • SFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina

  • Yellow Taxi artwork UH-60 in Iraq

  • US Army UH-60 in South Korea

Or to put it another way...you get:

  • 2 Tan colored Desert Storm UH-60

  • 8 UH-60 with red crosses for Med Evac

  • 8 UH-60's with some sort of artwork

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The 18 different Backhawks on this decal sheet include the following:

  • UH-60A 87-24644 68th Medevac Co. Afghanistan 3004-5 flown by fellow modeller and ARC'er CW3 Erick Swanberg.
  • UH-60A 82-23699 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during Desert Storm in 1991.
  • UH-60A 87-26000 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during Desert Storm in 1991.
  • UH-60A 87-24629 West Virginia National Guard in Bosnia in Oct  2006.
  • HH-60A 03-26987 West Virginia National Guard.
  • UH-60L 96-26693 25th Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Afghanistan in 2004. 
  • UH-60A 84-23951 1-212th Aviation Battalion Ft. Rucker in 1988.
  • UH-60L 93-26535 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in Afghanistan in 2010. 
  • UH-60A 57th Medical Det in Grenada in 1983.
  • UH-60L 96-26272 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in Iraq. 
  • UH-60L 96-26683 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in Iraq in 2007. 
  • UH-60A 79-23317 DET.1C/1-169th AVN.
  • UH-60A 87-24618 C-Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Iraq in 2008. 
  • UH-60L 95-26642 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in Iraq in 2007. 
  • UH-60A 84-23952 37th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) South Korea  in April 2007.
  • UH-60L 95-26672 3rd Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2000. 
  • UH-60A 82-23675 Rhode Island National Guard in Austria in 2007.
  • UH-60A 7th Company, 227th Armored Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1996. 

The decals are very clearly printed by Cartograph on 2 decal sheets.  You get one VERY complete set of stencils...WOW were talking hundreds of clearly printed tiny stencils on the 1/48 sheet before me.

The other decal sheet contains the markings that are unique to each aircraft such as artwork and red and white crosses etc. 

Floyd at Werner's Wings has hit a home run with this decal sheet.  It includes a huge variety of aircraft is a variety of camo schemes from many different theaters in combat, transport, training and Med Evac missions.  Such great variety makes this decal sheet impossible to resist and remember it is also available in 1/72 and 1/35.

You can purchase this and other decal sheets and other fine resin detail items directly from Werner's Wings website.  

I would like to thank Werner's Wings for providing me with this review sample.

Steve

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford