He-51: Code sizes?

[sean]

I am currently building Hasegawa's old He-51A, and have reached the decal stage. Unfortunately the decals are

​rubbish, yellowed beyond saving and full of dirt, so I'll have to acquire some new ones. I need to know what size the

numbers were on the fuselage and wings, as I have none in the spares. I have found the letter in amongst the spares,

but can't get the right font for the numbers, which is 21+21, so that's a lot of 2s and 1s

TIA,

Sean

[Arthur Driscol]

Not exactly what you are asking for but these look nice.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Print-Scale-Decals-1-72-HEINKEL-He-51-German-Fighter-/360799892618?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item540159748a

And these seem to be exactly what you're looking for.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hasegawa-decals-1-72-Heinkel-HE-51-B-2-A-1-M12-/400872326997?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d55da4755

Art

Edited March 13, 2015 by Arthur Driscol

[JWM]

You can do something out of the box, here are some painting schemes:

http://www.gaetanmarie.com/en/he51.htm

Also interesting are on Russian wing palette web page

Cheers

J-W

[sean]

Thanks fellas, but...I already have the paint scheme done in the box illustration, plus half the decals are on, it's really just the numbers I need. Thank you anyway

for taking the time to reply,

Regards,

Sean

[Black Knight]

To answer your main question; the only reference I have says that the letter/number is to be 6/10 the size of the adjacent cross. This height was then divided into 7, and from that the width of the letter was 5 of the 7 parts, and the number 4 of the 7 parts [both had certain exceptions]. The stroke is 1/7 wide.

Fantasy Print do a wide range of Luftwaffe code numbers and letters in all the common sizes and proper font.

hth