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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Hints and Tips/Questions about modeling => Topic started by: Procopius on September 17, 2014, 12:39:56 PM

Title: 1/72 Nieuport serial decals
Post by: Procopius on September 17, 2014, 12:39:56 PM

Does anyone make decals for Nieuport serial numbers as seen on RFC/RNAS machines in 1/72 scale? I just got my hands on the Cross and Cockade PDF on British Nieuports, and I was hoping to build some of the examples seen in the profiles, but of course 1/72 aftermarket decals for this period are thin on the ground, and I don't have the ability to print my own -- or even the first idea how to do so.

Title: Re: 1/72 Nieuport serial decals
Post by: Jamo on September 17, 2014, 02:39:34 PM

Pegasus decals had a set of 1/72 decals for RFC serials. Now available from Freight Dog Models:
http://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=2_4&products_id=434&osCsid=b8ad3611876198cd404bd0b7def0f1df

Blue Rider also do an RFC decal set that includes a Nieuport 17 in RFC service
http://www.insigniamag.com/02_172_decals.html

(http://www.insigniamag.com/br260_show.jpg)

Is that what you were after?

Cheers
James

Title: Re: 1/72 Nieuport serial decals
Post by: Procopius on September 17, 2014, 02:55:00 PM

As it happens, I have both of those sheets (multiples of the Pegasus serials, in fact); are the Pegasus decals appropriate for Nieuport serials, though, or only for British-built aircraft? The serials I see on the tails of some Nieuports seem to be outlined in a different colour and much larger than the serials on SE5a or Camels or whatnot.