Mike C Posted February 15 Posted February 15 (edited) Well, I can't completely finish this kit because the decals are old and will not slide off the paper. They are white so I can't scan and reprint them either and I could not find any afterket reproductions of them. So here it is. Edited February 15 by Mike C 9
Old Buckaroo Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Very nice Mike, too bad on the decals. I would look for some MicroScale Alphabet decals to finish it out.
stavanzer Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Outstanding Build, of a Rare, Famous Plane! Good Show.
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Beautiful. I've been wanting to grab one of these kits for awhile now.
Model Guy Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Old buckaroo right all you need is some letters. Thumbs up on your build love the red paint
Mike C Posted February 27 Author Posted February 27 On 2/15/2025 at 3:30 PM, Old Buckaroo said: Very nice Mike, too bad on the decals. I would look for some MicroScale Alphabet decals to finish it out. Well, I just did some searching of MicroScale Alphabet decals, all I saw was for HO model railroading. Nothing looked like the size and style of the fonts of the decals I need.
Bugatti Fan Posted February 28 Posted February 28 What scale is it Mike? Is it one of the original 1/72nd scale Airfix or Frog kits? Or is it one of the larger kits in resin? I was only looking at the real thing a week last Sunday when I attended a model show at the Shuttleworth Museum where it resides just 5 miles from where I live. It might be worth contacting the museum to find out the actual style of lettering on the aircraft, work out the actual sizes required for your model and get a specialist in making bespoke waterside transfers/decals to print them up for you. You saved the tailplane number so what you need now will all be just white.I If your model is 1/72nd scale it might be worth contacting IPMS UK who have a decal bank. A bit of a long shot, but who knows? HTH
Mike C Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 (edited) On 2/28/2025 at 4:47 AM, Bugatti Fan said: What scale is it Mike? Is it one of the original 1/72nd scale Airfix or Frog kits? Or is it one of the larger kits in resin? I was only looking at the real thing a week last Sunday when I attended a model show at the Shuttleworth Museum where it resides just 5 miles from where I live. It might be worth contacting the museum to find out the actual style of lettering on the aircraft, work out the actual sizes required for your model and get a specialist in making bespoke waterside transfers/decals to print them up for you. You saved the tailplane number so what you need now will all be just white.I If your model is 1/72nd scale it might be worth contacting IPMS UK who have a decal bank. A bit of a long shot, but who knows? HTH It's a 1/72 SBS resin kit. I'm not looking to go through all that effort to get decals for it. Edited March 4 by Mike C
Bugatti Fan Posted March 4 Posted March 4 OK. No problem Mike. Reading your posts I thought that you were seriously looking for some replacement decala. Anyway, you can always refer back to my suggestions of you change your mind at some time in the future.
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