Hawker Siddeley HS748 (Merpati Nusantara Airlines 1972)

Discover the airline that helped stitch Indonesia's vast archipelago together in its earliest livery with this historically accurate decal set for the Hawker Siddeley HS-748 in the Merpati Nusantara Airlines 1972 livery.

Merpati Nusantara Airlines was Indonesia's state-owned regional carrier, founded in 1962 with a specific mandate to serve the remote and underserved islands of the Indonesian archipelago. By 1972 the airline was operating the Hawker Siddeley HS-748 on an expanding network of inter-island routes, bringing air connectivity to communities separated by vast stretches of ocean and jungle. The 1972 livery captures Merpati in its formative years — a young, purposeful airline wearing a scheme that reflected Indonesia's national identity and its ambitions to unite a nation of over 17,000 islands through aviation. This earliest Merpati scheme is the rarest of the three Memodec Merpati HS-748 liveries and the hardest to find documented in scale form anywhere in the world.

This is the first of three Merpati Nusantara HS-748 liveries in the Memodec collection, spanning two decades of the airline's visual and operational history.

What's included:

• Full livery decals for the Hawker Siddeley HS-748 (Merpati Nusantara Airlines 1972)
• Fuselage titles, airline markings, and registration numbers

Decal quality: Printed using high-resolution digital printing technology, delivering sharp edges, accurate colors, and excellent durability. White areas are fully opaque — safe for use on both light and dark painted surfaces.

Compatible model kits: Suitable for Hawker Siddeley HS-748 variants from major manufacturers in the available scales.

Perfect for: Indonesian aviation collectors, Southeast Asian airline enthusiasts, and modelers building a classic island-hopping regional fleet.