Smithers66 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Hi all- Building a 1/32 Tamiya Phantom as my first ever consignment for an ex-Marine pilot of the aircraft. His squadron markings are not available that I have been able to find ready made Looking for not only the decals, but assistance laying out the sizes, shapes needed. How do I go about this? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 1st - Pictures of the aircraft are required. Custom masks might be a better option since "custom" decals are by-and-large ALPS printed and are subject to the resolution of the printer (mine doesn't work very well for colors other than the primary colors). Also, if you can find them in 1/48, you can blow them up 150% and you'll have 1/32 scale art to work from. There may be some other resources you can tap for modex numbers, serial numbers, etc. I am not aware of any generic set of squadron codes though. Edited February 10, 2022 by Juggernut Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 What he said......... All but save the multi-colored/layered 3D type artwork would you need decals. You could save quite a bit going with masks for most things and save the decals for stencils and smaller things that masks just don't work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Roof Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 First things first, You're not building it for an ex-Marine.......you're building it for a Marine. What squadron and do you have photos? I may be able to help. Woody V, ivanmoe, John1 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithers66 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just now, Dave Roof said: First things first, You're not building it for an ex-Marine.......you're building it for a Marine. What squadron and do you have photos? I may be able to help. Thank you Dave, and thank you for the reminder- still a Marine! His squadron was VMFA112. I have an image of the markings but cant seem to put my fingers on it right now, might be on my home computer. I appreciate your help, the recipient suggested I just use the stock decals but I feel like that is not the right thing to do! Most of what is needed will come from the stock decals, just need the proper markings for the squad. Thank you! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 If you're building a low-viz F-4S, go for masks as doing a good quality custom print in light grey is unfortunately close to impossible. This will be cheaper and better. For stencils this will be more complicated as I'm not sure any low-viz decal set is still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Which do you need ? I think stencils would be best as well. Edited February 12, 2022 by MikeMaben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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