checkered decals

[SKYY]

I am looking for checkered decals 1/24 scale, preferably red and yellow or red and white or black and white as a last resort. do they sell aftermarket or maybe in a existing kit. I dont need much mabe a 1.0 x 2.0 piece

thanks

[Art Anderson]

I am looking for checkered decals 1/24 scale, preferably red and yellow or red and white or black and white as a last resort. do they sell aftermarket or maybe in a existing kit. I dont need much mabe a 1.0 x 2.0 piece

thanks

Hard to find, of course! A couple of sources (not by brand name, as I don't know) might be Superscale Decals or perhaps something from the RC plane or race car side of the hobby shop. Of course, if you are wanting to apply checkered patterns to a model car, it may well be that you would be better served to lay it out in masking tape, over the lighter color, then airbrush the darker/brighter color, and remove the tape. That will allow you to "bend" and "flex" the motif to fit the body lines, something that could well be nearly impossible to do with a decal sheet, whose checkered pattern will be pretty much set as if it were going on a dead flat surface. I've done a few checkered paintjobs on race cars in years past--not the quickest project, but it did work every time I tried it (Bardahl Indy Cars).

Art

[BKcustoms]

I just finished a checkered paintjob on a funny car and i used some paint masks that were for R/C cars.