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Offline Procopius

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1/72 Nieuport serial decals
« 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.
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Re: 1/72 Nieuport serial decals
« Reply #1 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



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Re: 1/72 Nieuport serial decals
« Reply #2 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.
"Kill the sods, the Hunnerinoes, at all costs. Anywhere and everywhere!"
-- Major Keith "Grid" Caldwell, 74 (Tiger) Squadron