Paying respect to the flag of the United States of America

[ismaelg]

Hello,

No, don't worry. This is not a political post and yes, it is the right forum section......

The C6R has prominent american flags on the doors. Each flag is in the correct orientation regardless of the side. But in the Revell decal sheet one of them is the mirror image. That is correct for the show car, but not for the race car. There were some choices: use it as is, make your own, steal one from another kit or fix it. I tried to fix it.

This is the decal from the kit

After careful planning and consideration: Measure once cut twice. Or is it the other way around? *GASP*

Flip it

Apply it as 2 separate decals and nobody will notice the difference!

Hope this is useful.

Thanks,

[935k3]

Great job Ismael but why did you have to notice that(LOL) mine is finished and I never even noticed that.

[ismaelg]

Don't worry Dale, I should have been more specific. This is the particular case of car # 4.

Car #3 (the one you did) uses de mirror image flag on the passenger side door, so are the cars from LeMans. I just happened to be building car #4 as it raced in Atlanta 2006.

So you are good

Thanks,

[935k3]

Thanks for clearing that up, I did the number 3 car(whew!). I wonder why it was backwards anyway.

[41CHEVY]

Thanks for clearing that up, I did the number 3 car(whew!). I wonder why it was backwards anyway.

It is backwards because that is how a "real" flag is. It is something I never thought about til this post. I actually went out side and looked at our flag!! Boy I was going to do the 4 car soon,now that I got the flag tip I saved!!!!! Paul

[James W]

A bit of trivia.

When the American Flag is displayed, the blue field should always be to the left. Public Law 829.

I know that it is natural to think the blue field should lead as if trailing a poll on both sides of a vehicle. But this is incorrect for displaying the flag.

If the prototype is wrong, the replica should be wrong as well. Otherwise do it right.

Thank you for this tip. I had never thought of 'fixing' a flag decal this way.