Another major failing with the Hobby Craft kit is the decal sheet and the instructions on placement. The sheet has almost no stenciling decals, the ejection seat warning triangles are just black line triangles. All the other small stenciling is absent. What instructions they do have are seen on the back of the box which also suffices for painting instructions. Which are also incorrect.
Luckily there is a set of aftermarket decals that handily fills the void that I bought from Sprue Brothers. FCM markets the decal sheet and instructions shown above with the model kit. This is decal sheet 48-044. It has all the small stencil decals needed for the AF-1/AF-1As. Another life saver is this sheet precisely calls out where these markings go. About the only shortcoming is a failure to show where the underside markings go, they are not placed outside the outer weapon stations as the Hobby Craft directions call for. They are in fact located just inboard of the outer weapon stations. Luckily I don't plan to waste this decal sheet since it also has markings for Indonesian Skyhawks along with Argentine A-4P and A-4Q aircraft. Might take a stab at making an Indonesian A-4E.
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