review Two Bobs 48012 1/48 F-16C's "How's My Driving?" decal sheet

F-16C's "How's My Driving?" decal sheet

1/48 scale product #48012

Review by Steve Bamford

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This decal sheet from The Two Bobs covers 2 different F-16C's and includes full decal markings to make both of these planes.

The first plane on this decal sheet is one of the funniest decal sheets to come out in a long time. Recently the USAF ran a TV commercial in the US as part of it's ongoing recruitment campaign. In the commercial, there were edited clips of an F-16 "Hot Dogging" it with another F-16 in a Top Gun sort of Dog Fight training. The video clips were very short to keep things moving very fast in the TV commercial. On the tail of one of the planes was a message "How's my driving? 1-800-423-USAF". This is a joke because on the bumpers of most fleet trucks there is always a sticker that says "How's my driving? 1-800-555-5555", so you can phone the 1-800 phone number and report bad driving. This is where the USAF got the idea from.....quite funny....and to actually see a decal sheet of this plane is very funny and excellent in the same way.

The second F-16C is called "Crimson Tide Viper" and features a very large snake in the vertical stabilizer. This plane is from the Alabama ANG and is a Block 30 with big mouth intake. Paint scheme of both of these jets is standard F-16 Dark Grey FS 36118 on top and light grey FS 36270 on the underside. The Alabama ANG plane has a red luggage pod and the decals for that luggage pod are included with the decal sheet.

The 2 page instruction sheet is very well laid out and easy to understand and includes various reference photos of the full sized planes these decals represent. The decal quality is quite nice and very clear and in register. The stencils are all readable and clearly printed. As usual...the Two Bobs include FS color numbers for the paint schemes as well as the paint code numbers for these FS#'s from 3 different brands of paint.

All in all, a very nice sheet which has a very light hearted side to it.

To see walkaround pictures of F-16's...go to The ARC Walkaround Section.

This sheet is available through http://www.twobobs.net/ and select US Hobby Shops. Overseas customers can purchase these from Twobobs site or through Twobobs network of overseas distributors. Remember, shipping is always FREE to US Customers at Twobobs!!

Steve