perdu Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hi I wonder if anyone knows of a source for lettering in this style? I will need it for a scratchbuild I'm contemplating, but Hannant's don't seem able to supply U.S.Army style letters I cant find a MS Word font that I could use either, were I to print my own All leads gratefully followed up bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pte1643 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 These are pretty damn close. As an example, they are 48th a/c letters, but they do other sizes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 (edited) This site as downloadable fonts and other bits you can use for making your own stuff US Stencil is there for example Amarillo is the one usually used http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/forum37-photoshop/ Edited July 30, 2012 by garryrussell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Look like standard US 45 degrees lettering to me. If you're looking for a font, try one named "amarillo usaf", can be found easily on the web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Yes they're pretty close but the M is too bloomin wide But definitely a good start I tried searching Hannants for US letters... No luck You have had more practice perhaps Thanks for that b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 I found the Hannants Lettering decals Some not bad but all have the wider style of letter M I think I will order CAM72A07 in the hope it will look OK when on the model Or conversely, maybe modify the M using Word Thanks for your help chaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Have you tried Fantasy Printshop? Linky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 oh that's mean I'll be spending hours of valued leisure time now, simply drooling Thanks for that, it could provide the answer I have just down loaded two Truetype fonts, Amarillousaf and usn stencils The M from the Navy set looks just right and if the Truetype is "true" I may be able to get exactly what I need I'm not messing tonight though That is a secret pleasure for tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 You can find the font easily enough. The problem is that on most aircraft that had that lettering it was in Insignia Blue, not black. A few had it in black, but that wasn't the standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks Jennings The picture above is the actual machine I'm working on (and it is in colour) As you can see the M is wider on the decal sheets than on the 'plane I will work round it now I have the font name thanks all b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 The US letter style is known as Machine IIRC. Fantasy printshop do US letter sheets. John HiI wonder if anyone knows of a source for lettering in this style? I will need it for a scratchbuild I'm contemplating, but Hannant's don't seem able to supply U.S.Army style letters I cant find a MS Word font that I could use either, were I to print my own All leads gratefully followed up bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks John, I'll delve around in there later I've been working with the Amarillo font on Paint Shop Pro, seems easy enough to use two Is and shift them across to pop a V in between Off to look up "machine" font now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 The 45 degree USAAC/USAAF/USAF style lettering doesn't have a name. The fonts that exist came into existence *long* (many decades) after the real thing. Amarillo is fairly good, but doesn't match the standard USAF style in some ways (the number 7 for instance). "Machine" is probably just someone else's version of it. If you have Adobe Illustrator or Corel (or some other vector software) you can turn the font into a vector outline and modify the "M" to suit what you see in the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 If you don't mind using paint masks rather than decals, then Maketar have a set that seems to fit the bill: http://shop.maketar.com/store/aircraft-ins...a-markings-148/ The added bonus is that you have full control over the colour as well. cheers, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks Jason, unfortunately it will need to be in 1/72 I expect I will follow Jennings's advice and play with it in Inkscape Thanks everyone for the help This is a great place for good advice and info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Fan Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Thanks Jason, unfortunately it will need to be in 1/72I expect I will follow Jennings's advice and play with it in Inkscape Thanks everyone for the help This is a great place for good advice and info Hello, I have some generic Microscale/Supersale decal sheet, what size should be the lettering? Bye. Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Hello,I have some generic Microscale/Supersale decal sheet, what size should be the lettering? Bye. Marco Hi Marco I am not certain of the size yet They will be on the side of the aircraft on a 1/72 scale aeroplane The picture shows them in-situ on the fuselage Probably about 2.5 - 3 cm long I will be printing my own now as I'm making them in Inkscape in with the rest of the numerals and letters I need cheers b I'm not announcing a build for this one, it may take me a year or so. At my present rate of production Edited August 2, 2012 by perdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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