"RAF Phantom roundels 1982" Topic
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EnclavedMicrostate | 03 Aug 2015 2:18 a.m. PST |
I've almost completed 3 1/600 Phantoms for No.29 Squadron RAF, to be used as the QRA fighters at RAF Ascension Island. However, I don't know which roundels to use, as I have seen both Type-A and Type-B style roundels on Phantoms of this particular camo scheme. |
Doms Decals | 03 Aug 2015 4:00 a.m. PST |
Lo-vis, three colour under the wings, two colour on the fuselage, and I'm not sure but would guess at two colour on top of the wing, all in really teeny tiny sizes – I'd be tempted to skip them altogether to be honest…. link The clearest picture is about 7/8 of the way down the page – a lovely shot of the underside of one loaded for bear. If you squint very carefully at the others, you can just about make out the fuselage roundels immediately aft of the air intakes, but they're very lo-vis indeed…. PS – There's a slideshow right down at the bottom of the page, just above the no-longer-working video – there are a couple of really good photos of them in the Falklands in that. |
Fatman | 03 Aug 2015 6:46 a.m. PST |
Oooh nice link Dom. Good to see you use your googlefu for more than 12 hour My Little Pony marathons. Sadowa1866 As Dom says very low vis, during my time, late 70's to 89' I don't think I ever saw one were you could clearly make out the roundels for any distance. Now the Tornado was a different matter even the low vis ones seemed to stand out more. Fatman Oh and the top wings were, I think,two colour. |
Bellbottom | 03 Aug 2015 8:33 a.m. PST |
Dom, do you do the low vis UK roundels for 1/300? I can't seem to see them on your site. |
Doms Decals | 03 Aug 2015 8:45 a.m. PST |
No, my print process can't handle pastel shades unfortunately – the only way they'd be possible, maybe, is to do a coloured decal and a separate translucent white to go over the top, which frankly seems a lot of faffing about…. |
EnclavedMicrostate | 03 Aug 2015 8:55 a.m. PST |
The low-vis markings really don't stand out that much, do they? I might just suspend reality for a bit and get the snazzier Type B's on for this batch. I'll keep the low-vis in mind when I do my Ark Royal "what if?" project, though. |
Bellbottom | 03 Aug 2015 9:04 a.m. PST |
Cheers Dom, back to hand painting. I'm going to have a go at using a knitting needle gauge as a template. It's a flexible plastic sheet, about the size of a 6" ruler, with a series varied size holes (meant for 'sizing' knitting nedles). Should work for concentric circles in ancient shields too. |
Risaldar Singh | 03 Aug 2015 2:36 p.m. PST |
I used lo-vis British roundels from a 1/700 Pit-Road sheet on some of my Harriers. I don't remember which sheet, sadly. A few very nice pics of Ascension Phantoms over here : link
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Risaldar Singh | 03 Aug 2015 2:44 p.m. PST |
Just dug out my 1/600 decals, they were from Mike Grant Decals ( mikegrantdecals.com/shop ) . It's a very nice sheet with roundels for Italy, Spain, UK, India, Canada, Australia, France, Portugal & The Netherlands. It's no longer listed on the website but IIRC, it wasn't either when I ordered one so it might bewoth shooting him an email. |
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