All,
I've always portrayed my boats (cold war nukes) as they would appear on patrol, w/o those bright white Hull numbers painted on them. I've decided after all these years to stop that practice and go ahead and add them, appearing as if she just left the yard for a photo op. Photo being the "key" word here as I now want my models' of the boats they portray to be ID'd as that boat.
So here's a multi-part question.
1-I remember the GRANT (on which I served) had intermittent weld marks spelling out 631 on the sail, but we never had them on during my rotation. So can I assume they're a standard size to be visible from some specified minimum distance?
2-Size? Looking at a lot of old photo's, I'm thinking 3'. Is that correct?
3-If indeed larger than 2', I'm in trouble since at my scale 1:48, the biggest set of dry transfers from "Woodland Scenics" has a max height of 1/2".
4-Is there an alternate dry transfer Manufacturer with 3/4" numbers in the appropriate font?
5-Alternative method's w/o a huge $$ investment? Blue tape mask, Xacto, airbrush? Print your own decals? Sign-O-Rama??
Thanks!
I've always portrayed my boats (cold war nukes) as they would appear on patrol, w/o those bright white Hull numbers painted on them. I've decided after all these years to stop that practice and go ahead and add them, appearing as if she just left the yard for a photo op. Photo being the "key" word here as I now want my models' of the boats they portray to be ID'd as that boat.
So here's a multi-part question.
1-I remember the GRANT (on which I served) had intermittent weld marks spelling out 631 on the sail, but we never had them on during my rotation. So can I assume they're a standard size to be visible from some specified minimum distance?
2-Size? Looking at a lot of old photo's, I'm thinking 3'. Is that correct?
3-If indeed larger than 2', I'm in trouble since at my scale 1:48, the biggest set of dry transfers from "Woodland Scenics" has a max height of 1/2".
4-Is there an alternate dry transfer Manufacturer with 3/4" numbers in the appropriate font?
5-Alternative method's w/o a huge $$ investment? Blue tape mask, Xacto, airbrush? Print your own decals? Sign-O-Rama??
Thanks!
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