Juggernut Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Somewhere in the myriad of reference material I have, I have a text that has the dimensions for the USAAF stars and bars given in percentages of the height of the star and/or circle. But I cannot, for the life of me, locate it. Has anyone run across this and can repost it here...or tell me what text it might be in? I've racked my "pre-alzheimers" brain and can't remember which reference it's in. I've searched through the most likely suspects from Monogram aviation publishing (except the ones I do not have) but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. P.S. I need this for a Mustang build that's coming up shortly. No hurry but the sooner the better. Edited August 5, 2011 by TimC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTroll Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Blue circle with radius = R. White star also with radius = R. White rectangular bars each with width = R and height = 1/2 R; top of bar is even with horizontal tip of star. inner edge of bar conforms to outer edge of circle. Blue border around all with width of 1/8 R. This data from p.146 of "USAAF Aircraft Markings and Camouflage 1941-1947" by Archer & Archer. Hope this helps. Edited August 5, 2011 by OldTroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Brooks Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 This was issued in July, 1943; in October 1943, the red outline was replaced by blue. Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Yes, that's it! Thanks Ron & Edgar! I just wish I could find my reference that has that information in it. I need to do a "Doc Metz" and catalog everything and probably even then I won't be able to find what I'm looking for... Edited August 5, 2011 by TimC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Ok, now for another silly question.... What's the radius of the wing national insignia (or diameter) on the P-51D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Can't you just measure an appropriate decal? Or is there some other reason you want to know? I may or may not have the data you seek, I'll check when I get back from some errands i need to run today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Thanks. I thought was about 35" based on decal measurements but I needed to know if the decal was correct. I too was of the opinion that the dimension given was just for the star diameter. Nice to have my observations substantiated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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