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Needing 1/48 USAAF Yellow Serial Numbers

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  • From: North Pole, Alaska
Needing 1/48 USAAF Yellow Serial Numbers
Posted by richs26 on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:01 AM
A friend of mine is almost completed on a AMT Stinson Reliant SR-9, and wants to do it as one of the two impressed USAAF SR-9F's. We are having trouble trying to find yellow serial number decal sheets. Does anyone know where to get them?

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:53 AM

If nothing else, you can do inkjet decals.  Unfortunately, light colored decals, such as yellow, that go over a dark background color are much harder to make than dark numbers for a light colored bacground.  But not impossible.

The trick is to use white decal paper.  Now, the trick is to set the background color to the color of the paint the decal will go over.  Then you do not need to cut each number out perfectly.  However, color matching with a personal computer and inkjet printer is not  the easiest thing in the world.

I will be building that kit as an American Airlines route survey plane, with AA decals over the old AA dark blue paint scheme.  First, I have to come up with the right paint mix, then, much harder, get that color loaded into my graphics program.  This is necessary because the AA logos contain white, and I will have to use white decal paper.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Cat Central, NC
Posted by Bronto on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 3:58 PM

What size and numbers do you need?

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Posted by RobGroot4 on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 4:36 PM

Woodland Scenics [CLICK HERE] makes dry transfer numbers and letters in various colors and fonts.  One sheet will have multiple sizes so that might be worth looking into.  As they are dry transfers the colors will be pretty good, but they will be ever so slightly raised as they are thicker than decals, but with a little rubbing in with a rounded toothpick they conform nicely to panel lines and such.

Groot

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  • From: UK
Posted by antoni on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 4:54 PM

Techmod have US serial numbers in yellow in sizes from 6 inch, 1/72 and 1/48 scale.

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Posted by AndrewW on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:44 PM

What about using pre cut masks?  Then you chose the color. shop.maketar.com/.../aircraft-insignia-markings-148

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