German Wings
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Preserve a rare piece of forgotten German aviation history with this historically accurate decal set for the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 in the German Wings 1989 livery.
- Opaque white print, covers any base colour
- Safely packaged
- Return within 14 days
Fits these kits
Kits of the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 this decal is drawn for, by scale:
| 1/144 | Minicraft, Authentic Airliners |
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Choose the decal in the same scale as your kit. Kit not listed? Ask us and tell us which one you have.
How to apply
- Prepare: Clean and dry model surface
- Cut: Cut decals with a sharp knife
- Soak: Submerge in warm water until detached
- Apply: Position decals, remove excess water/air
- Dry: Allow to dry before sealing
- Seal: Apply a thin layer of acrylic varnish
The aircraft behind the decal
- Type
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Operator
- German Wings
- Livery year
- 1989
- Scales
- 1/144
- Printing
- Digital print with opaque white
Everything for one aircraft
- Full livery decals for the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (German Wings 1989)
- Fuselage titles, airline markings, and registration numbers
- Available in multiple scales
Compatible kitsFits McDonnell Douglas MD-83 kits from the major kit makers, in 1/144.
The story behind the livery
Not to be confused with the later low-cost carrier Germanwings, German Wings was a small independent West German charter and leisure airline that operated during the late 1980s. Flying the MD-83 on holiday routes at a time when West Germany's appetite for Mediterranean sunshine travel was booming, German Wings occupied the lively and competitive niche of independent German charter operators that flourished in the final years before German reunification. The 1989 livery documents the airline in the last year of the pre-reunification era — a moment frozen in time just before the political and economic landscape of German aviation was transformed forever.
German Wings is today one of the more obscure and difficult-to-document German airlines of the period, making this decal a genuinely rare subject that few other manufacturers have ever covered.
