How do I model a specific aircraft?...**The Final Result**

[PaulTRose]

keep it simple


on the ground......grass on a nice wooden square......and a dust cover to keep it nice


adding the squadron badge some how would be a nice touch

[spanner570]

Thanks to everyone for their opinions and suggestions....


I will display the aircraft on a simple picture frame base complete with the Squadron crest set into a corner of the base surface.


Just for info. here is the box art...






My good buddy Dave did suggest there was an excess of plastic, but we is mogellers ain't we, so who needs a kit that just falls together? That's boring!






Thanks again everyone.


Ron

[spanner570]

Hello folks,


I'm nearly ready to apply the decals on this.....But I can't find the right 1/72 scale letters!


Can anyone help please? I'm hoping someone on here just might have the ones I'm looking for lurking in their spares box or can advise where I might get them from.....


I'm after the large white aircraft I.D. letters MW * K.......x2....each letter size, 10mm high X 6mm wide.


Also the small works number in black..AW190...x2 ......each letter/number size, 3mm high X approx. 2mm wide.


The other decals, the roundels etc. are fine.


I hope you can help in my quest, as to present an aged aunt with the finished model, complete with the correct lettering of her late brother's aircraft, would be great.


Thank you,


Ron

[spanner570]

Hello folks,


I'm nearly ready to add the decals for this aircraft, but I can't find the correct 1/72 numbers.....


Can anyone on here offer some help or suggestions where I might obtain them?


I need white recognition letters MW * K...x 2. Each letter size, 10mm H x 6mm W


" " black works number AW190....x 2. Each letter/number size 3mm H x approx. 2mm W.


All the other decals - roundels etc. - are fine.


To present an aged aunt with a model aircraft her late brother piloted during WW2, complete with the correct I.D. would mean something special to me.


I do hope someone on here can help.


Thank you,


Ron

[Guest]

You could try Hannants Ron

[takeslousyphotos]

I had a hunt around in my spares stash Ron....... Closest I have is light grey. Sorry mate.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the suggestion Patrick. Hannants do have decals, but not the I.D. one I require.


Peter, thanks also to you for taking the time to have rummage.


I'll keep hunting, but I suspect I'm going to fall at the first hurdle with this project.......


Thanks again boys,


Ron

[takeslousyphotos]

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[Guest]

What about those dry rub letters you get at stationary stores? Might get something close enough.

[Gern]

Thanks for the suggestion Patrick. Hannants do have decals, but not the I.D. one I require.
Peter, thanks also to you for taking the time to have rummage.


I'll keep hunting, but I suspect I'm going to fall at the first hurdle with this project.......


Thanks again boys,


Ron

Not like you to give up young Ron! Someone makes generic letters and numbers for WWII RAF aircraft - I've seen them on ebay but can't remember who!

[Gern]

Expensive way to do it but .....


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xtradecal-X72158-1-72-RAF-Serial-Letters-and-Numbers-in-White-Decal-Set-/141851879191?hash=item210707e717:g:YlEAAOSwv-NWbVjO


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141818663620?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageNa me=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


Surely someone here has bought these and could spare you a few.

[Guest]

If all else fails, you could always print your own, or you could paint them on

[Guest]

I agree with Dave, you could put up a post in the bits bin or the wanted section

[spanner570]

After patiently waiting for decals to crop up, I've finally finished this little tribute to my wife's aunt's late brother who was killed early on in WW2 whilst piloting a Beaufort attacking German shipping in the English Channel.....see my opening post on this thread.


Thanks to you good people for your suggestions as to how I should model this.


....and a big thanks to Dave (Gern) for finding the kit in the first place - Cheers Dave.


The Aunt's husband secretly sent me a picture of the original 3ft X 2ft water colour painting she had commissioned of her late brother's aircraft during the attack, where he was unfortunately killed.....This gave me a spot on reference for the colours etc. I required.






I managed to find the WW2 - 217 Sqn. crest, which I photo'd from the computer screen and printed. It didn't come out very well, so I had to touch it up with water colours and re-write the faint motto. I then made a little frame for it (another coat of paint on the frame, me thinks!)






I have pictures of a Beaufort on both concrete and grass, so I've combined both to place the aircraft on.






I managed to trace both the K * MW, and luckily the works No. AW 190....so with a bit of cutting and altering of the decals, I arrived at the correct letters and numbers.






I hope you like the end result....and probably more importantly, I hope the Aunt does too.


Once again a big thanks to all for your input on this.


Ron

[Guest]

Looks great Ron, a real tribute to his memory, well done that man.