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                        Hawker Hunter - a decal question.

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                        Viper Has The Lead
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Southampton England
                        Hawker Hunter - a decal question.
                        Posted by Viper Has The Lead on Thursday, December 13, 2007 3:22 AM
                        Hello all,
                                      Just a little info question really. Revell 1:32 Hawker Hunter fuel tank decals.
                        As you can see from the image below, nothing wildly difficult here, but I am unsure why there are  A-B-E and C-D in the little circles. There are 3 possible aircraft schemes in the kit. This lettering doesn't seem to apply to any in particular. Any ideas ? At the moment I'm assuming that decal 143 goes on one side of the pylon and decal 56 on the other side.
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                        All the best,
                        Mick.
                        P.S. I still think they should be called 'transfers'.
                        "All modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR.2 simply got the first three right." Sir Sydney Camm
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                        chris hall
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK
                        Posted by chris hall on Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:03 AM

                        Hi Mick,

                        If, as appears to be the case, these images are from the new Revell GmbH 1/32 Hunter F.6, then finish options 'C' and 'D' are for Dutch AF machines (two finish options, aircraft from two different squadrons. Only one used Sidewinders). Maybe, in the late 1950s/ early 1960s, the Dutch AF stencils for explosive bolt warnings were different from the triangles used by the RAF and the Belgian AF? It can't be that one style of stencil goes on one side and the other on the other, because the decal sheet provides enough stencils for both sides of both pylons.

                        Cheers,

                        Chris.

                        Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!
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                        Viper Has The Lead
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Southampton England
                        Posted by Viper Has The Lead on Friday, December 14, 2007 9:31 PM
                         chris hall wrote:

                        Hi Mick,

                        It can't be that one style of stencil goes on one side and the other on the other, because the decal sheet provides enough stencils for both sides of both pylons.

                        Cheers,

                        Chris.

                        Hello there Chris,
                                               LOL, well having looked at the Dutch scheme page on the insructions, there they are, the C and D options marked at the top of the page. Typical Revell as the other 2 UK schemes and the Belgian scheme do NOT have the letter option printed there, so I missed it.
                        Thanks for pointing it out Chris, as you say it seems the Dutch had a different marking for the explosive bolts. I actually prefer theirs lol.
                        Cheers for the info.
                        Mick C.
                        "All modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR.2 simply got the first three right." Sir Sydney Camm
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