Steve N Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Greetings! I recently purchased Xtradecal sheet #72321 "SAAF Fighters Pt. 1." I want to build Major Hauptfleisch's Kittyhawk 1A, and these are the only decals I've found that got the colors of the "Springbok" squadron emblem correct. It's almost always shown with Africa in red with a white border. But I'm curious about the pose of the springok. All illustrations, kits, and decals I've seen featuring these markings show the animal leaping towards the nose of the aircraft. That is, a mirror image on each side. But on the Xtradecal sheet (shown below) it's jumping to the right on both sides, meaning it's facing aft on the left side of the aircraft. And naturally, the few actual photos I've found only show the right side. Any idea which is correct? Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I found his photo here: https://biltongbru.wixsite.com/ww2-saaf-heritage/photo-albums Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicni komisar Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 How about this one? They look fine and the quality of these decals is also top notch. https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/SAAF-Kittyhawks.html Samo/P.k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet133 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Yes despite the claim above, the Xtradecal sheet is not the only source for the Green/Yellow wing badge. DK did the sheet linked above years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefaan Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Hi. Bokkies always faced forward. Xtradecal is wrong. Sorry Stefaan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcastle Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Since Stefaan did not comment on the colours of the badge - green-gold (yellow) would be the "national" colour for the springboks so likely correct! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve N Posted May 21 Author Share Posted May 21 Thanks for the info, fellas! That's what I was afraid of. Looks like I'll need to "spring" for the DK sheet. 😉 Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet133 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 The Green/Yellow colours were identified when one of the SAAF researchers (I think it was Stefaan) found an original menu for a dinner during the war (likely Christmas) which had the wing badge on it in Green/Yellow colour. There was info about it on one of the Forums several years ago (but I cannot remember which one). Stefaan was the main supplier of info for the schemes used on the DK sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Aereo Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Please see: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235057073-quick-saaf-kittyhawk-questions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet133 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Thanks Super Aereo OK that was the post that gave the info. To give credit where due it was apparently Piet van Schalkwyk who identified the correct colour info from a drawing on the front of a logbook and a description in the wing records. So my memory was slightly faulty (all I had as I did not know the location of the post). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefaan Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 No. It was a pilot who was with the pilot in the squadron that had the logbook with the badge as cover who told me the colours already in the 1980's. Mav decals changed the colours to the green/yellow before Piet found the War Diary entry that described the colours. Stefaan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve N Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 On 5/22/2024 at 6:19 AM, Super Aereo said: Please see: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235057073-quick-saaf-kittyhawk-questions/ I had forgotten I started that thread with a similar question years ago! I never finished the kit, and just pulled it out the other day with the thought of wrapping it up. I had ordered the Xtradecal sheet, but didn't notice the issue with the squadron emblem until I received it. SN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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