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Anyone know of a good source for decals for a 1/48 scale C-47 aircraft? Sprue Brothers is no help, it only has decals for 1/72. I have looked at Hinnants.
 
Good morning,

What should the decals for the C47 look like? Do you have a sample? If you can't find any in 1:48 scale, you can make them yourself. You will need a good printer and water-soluble decal film. But first we can look for the decals on the net. I would be happy to help you.

Greetings
Günter Ship-1
 
Here is a photo:

This shows typical markings. Usually a number and letter are on the nose behind the cockpit windows.

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GIG1810 said:
Good morning,

What should the decals for the C47 look like? Do you have a sample? If you can't find any in 1:48 scale, you can make them yourself. You will need a good printer and water-soluble decal film. But first we can look for the decals on the net. I would be happy to help you.

Greetings
Günter Ship-1
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Thanks. I can get decal paper from Micro-Mark of Sprue Brothers. Its the sizing that I would need to get correct.
 
This may be helpful. Pricy though. You may want to consider "Generic" aircraft numbers and insignia's in the 1/48th scale that you may be able to adopt to your needs.

www.ultracast.ca

Eagle Strike 48238 - Skytrains at War, Part IV

High detail aftermarket resin and metal accessories for the advanced scale modeler. Thousands of new, rare and out-of-print decals available.
www.ultracast.ca

Rob
 
Rob444 said:
This may be helpful. Pricy though. You may want to consider "Generic" aircraft numbers and insignia's in the 1/48th scale that you may be able to adopt to your needs.

www.ultracast.ca

Eagle Strike 48238 - Skytrains at War, Part IV

High detail aftermarket resin and metal accessories for the advanced scale modeler. Thousands of new, rare and out-of-print decals available.
www.ultracast.ca

Rob
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Thanks. I agree, these are a bit pricey!
 
They are VERY nice and if I was to build a "fleet" of C-47s, it might be worth the expense. However, I'm building just this one in honor of my father who was an AAC C-47 navigator in what was called, in WWII, "Southeast Asia" or "Indo-China." I wish I could find out more about one of the planes he may have flown in but there is very little historical info about specific crews and aircraft. So, I am just going for photos as much as I can to make a decent representation. Too bad he is no longer around to judge my work. This may be a good opportunity to teach myself how to make my own decals.
 
GIG1810 said:
Good morning,

What should the decals for the C47 look like? Do you have a sample? If you can't find any in 1:48 scale, you can make them yourself. You will need a good printer and water-soluble decal film. But first we can look for the decals on the net. I would be happy to help you.

Greetings
Günter Ship-1
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Thanks!! Help away! I'm looking for just the star-and-bars logo. I can mask in the stripes but decals are not something that would be to mask.
 
Hallo Uncchains,

Wow, das ist ja mal was Historisches. Dein Vater war Pilot im Zweiten Weltkrieg, was für eine Ehre! Schön, dass du dich über das Flugzeug informieren möchtest. Hast du schon mal bei der Luftwaffe recherchiert? Die haben bestimmt noch alte Unterlagen. Vielleicht ist da ja was dabei. Dein Vater hätte sich bestimmt riesig über das Modell gefreut. Vor allem, weil sein Sohn es gebaut hat. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn du das Modell zeigen würdest. Vielleicht machst du ja einen Baubericht? Mit den Decals ist das ja nicht schwer. Probier es einfach mal aus.

Beste grüße
Günther
Schiff-1
 
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Hello Uncchains,

Wow, that's something historic. Your father was a pilot in World War II, what an honour! Nice that you want to find out about the plane. Have you ever researched the Air Force? They probably still have old documents. Maybe there's something there. Your father would have been very happy about the model. Especially since his son built it. I would be happy if you would show the model. Maybe you're doing a construction report? It's not difficult with the decals. Just try it out.

Best regards

Günther

Ship-1
 
Hi Uncchains, very interesting article. Am I right in thinking that your father only flew in the Far East? If so I don't think that his plane would be carrying 'invasion stripes' as shown in the pic. and models. To my knowledge these b/w stripes where applied after D Day in Europe to identify friendly forces and stop impersonation by the enemy, the same way as allied armour, regardless of the country of origin of the troops and vehicles all carried white stars.

Have a look at this site; https://www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/the-history-of-invasion-stripes.php

All the best JJ..
 
Jack Jäger said:
Hi Uncchains, very interesting article. Am I right in thinking that your father only flew in the Far East? If so I don't think that his plane would be carrying 'invasion stripes' as shown in the pic. and models. To my knowledge these b/w stripes where applied after D Day in Europe to identify friendly forces and stop impersonation by the enemy, the same way as allied armour, regardless of the country of origin of the troops and vehicles all carried white stars.

Have a look at this site; https://www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/the-history-of-invasion-stripes.php

All the best JJ..
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Thanks. I did quite a bit of research before "decorating" my Dakota. This was one of the sites I looked through. I even found him in a registry of WWII vets but it gave no description of the particular C-47 he flew. I have found a web site that lists plane numbers for a variety of aircraft and how they ended up, museums, scrap, etc. You may be correct but then...I'll never know and wont be in a position to correct any error when I get to ask him. I did the best I could with what I had to work with. He did not enter the AAC until after D-Day so who is to say that C-47s with striping didn't make their way to Southeast Asia? Regardless, I think my dad would have been pleased with my effort. The friend of mine who gave me the kit seemed to like it. I know the Germans flew C-47s that may have been captured as I found photos of one that was showing the Luftwaffe logo.
 
Edmund said:
Foxbot produces decals for C-47:
foxbot.com.ua

FOXBOT

Decals and masks for scale modelling
foxbot.com.ua foxbot.com.ua
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Thanks. I did look at this site. There were some very interesting sheets (4). Prices were pretty high and three of the 4 sheets were out of stock. There was a lot on the 4th that I would not use and just be wasted. Also, Foxbot is in the UK and I chose not to order from it because of possible tariff issues and timing. I got suitable decals from another vendor. I'll keep the Foxbot site in my files for future reference. I have an A-10 I just started on and will build it as having been a Myrtle Beach, SC, bird or, if I can find the build number, as a "tribute" to an A-10 pilot who crashed his plane just north of Charleston, SC. in 1982 or '83. After that, an EA6-B Prowler to add to my group of A-6s. Those are after the VICTORY cross-section and the VASA I am building.
 
The reason the "Eagle Strike" decals are so expensive, is they are rarer than hens-teeth... also it's Canadian dollars, so 30% less in USD.
 
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