oz rb fan Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 are there current decals covering these subjects?...in either 1/72 or 1/48 ive been wanting to make these to go with a 263 Sqn Whirlwind. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossm Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Only 1/72 that I've found:- https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/PSL72062 https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/X72239 But if there's no nose art or tricky graphics you can use generic roundels and lettering from the Xtradecal range to make any code/serial combination you want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The PrintScale decals depicts the Gladiator in a non-existent colour scheme. The decals seem ok though, but it should be Temperate Land Scheme. Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I concur with Nils. The Printscale scheme is based on misinterpretation of a single over-exposed image. The correct scheme is TLS with the 4-pattern shadow compensation scheme (the high fuselage demarcation on the Printscale sheet is indicative of the divide between the Dark Earth/Dark Green uppers and Light Earth/Light Green fuselage sides and upper surfaces of lower wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I also think that Gladiators had shadow shading 4 colours TLS. Perhaps here it is well seen Regarding Typhoons there are also decals by Techmod in 1/72 1/48 and even 1/32: cheers j-w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz rb fan Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 thanks for all that guys....a bit of buying to happen soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The markings for most 263 Sqn Gladiators are pretty generic and can be created by mixing and matching standard serial and code letter decal sheets. There's a rather good softcover booklet about 263 Sqn's Gladiators in Norway if you can find it...has the best list of serial/code letter tie-ups that I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossm Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, mhaselden said: I concur with Nils. The Printscale scheme is based on misinterpretation of a single over-exposed image. The correct scheme is TLS with the 4-pattern shadow compensation scheme (the high fuselage demarcation on the Printscale sheet is indicative of the divide between the Dark Earth/Dark Green uppers and Light Earth/Light Green fuselage sides and upper surfaces of lower wings. Presumably with Black/White undersides ? Or maybe Aluminium? The Camouflage and Markings booklet can be found online with a couple of photos of 263 aircraft https://www.scribd.com/doc/202420943/Camouflage-and-Markings-5-Gladiator-Gauntlet-Fury-Demon Edited April 11, 2018 by rossm added booklet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I would recommend Alex Crawford's book on 263 Squadron Gladiators. At least for the photos and drawings. http://mmpbooks.biz/ksiazki/283 Nils 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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