The choice of aircraft seems a trifle eclectic but the inclusion
of the new Canadian NATO training Hawk makes it
worth the price of admission for me. There's also an overall black Hawk T1 from
100 squadron, but the majority
of the markings are for French, Dutch and Norwegian F-84 E's and G's (yawn).
Actually they are quite colourful
examples, the French ones in particular having some pretty spiffy tip tank markings,
and would make a nice
change to the plethora of USAF F-84's out there.The inner and outer portions of the roundels are printed seperately to avoid register problems (always appreciated!) as are the orange centres of the Dutch national insignia. The majority of the two Hawks' markings are in white which, despite my best efforts with Adobe Photoshop, don't really show up in the scan. Also included are the small British roundels for the test flights of the CT-115 which go over top of the Canadian markings (sacrilege!).
Printing quality is excellent, the decals are nice and thin and the colours look solid - hopefully that will be the case when the white markings are applied on the dark blue or black Hawks. Model Art quotes the colour for the Canadian Hawk as 'Midnight Blue' (FS 15044) which I think is correct. I've seen a couple of reference features and a build up of the Italeri kit which say the colour is 'Blue Angels Blue', but that seems too bright to me - they appear quite dark in the photos I've seen.