Jennings Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 The T.O. gives precise instructions on how to place and align the insignia. And as we know, T.O.s are always followed, especially at the factory... Or not... :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 good find! makes me smile Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tankcommander Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Do I see a bit of silvering under that decal. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 It wouldn't be a stretch, Tankcommander. it wasn't uncommon to see air bubbles in the decals on full sized aircraft. You could also see the clear outline around some of them too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 My favorite is the VF-101 F-14 with the top wing insignia on...upside down. Oops! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I like the torn fuselage insignia on the VA-76 Skyhawk on the Med cruise,,,,even though they tore it, they still stuck the broken piece on,,,,,and didn't line it up right with the larger piece. I had to quit building RAF Spitfires, because I kept getting the fuselage insignia on upside down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Not sure if it's parallax but not the fuselage stars are in different locations too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I had to quit building RAF Spitfires, because I kept getting the fuselage insignia on upside down. I had exactly that problem building anything Japanese... :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Not sure if it's parallax but not the fuselage stars are in different locations too. The photo is turned 90 degrees. The airplane is actually banking away from the camera, so it's not a perfect belly view. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) I had to quit building RAF Spitfires, because I kept getting the fuselage insignia on upside down. I had exactly that problem building anything Japanese... :D/> Yeah, the French insignias throw me off as well...... Edited August 3, 2014 by Johnopfor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Not aviation related - but it reminds me of a photo I saw in a magazine many years ago. Two council workers were painting white lines at a road junction - along with the large white letters 'SLOW'. They must have had a tea break between the letters SLO and the letter W - because they ended up with a huge 6-foot instruction painted in white on the road that said........ SLOM made me chortle anyway.... Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Not sure if it's parallax but not the fuselage stars are in different locations too. I think you are right - the starboard one seems to be a tiny bit further forward than the port one. I can sympathize - on our Harriers it was not too uncommon to have the "VMA-331" legends out of alignment with each other, also the aircraft numbers on the nose. We were able to keep the aircraft numbers on the flaps more or less balanced, though. ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Not aviation related - but it reminds me of a photo I saw in a magazine many years ago. Two council workers were painting white lines at a road junction - along with the large white letters 'SLOW'. They must have had a tea break between the letters SLO and the letter W - because they ended up with a huge 6-foot instruction painted in white on the road that said........ SLOM made me chortle anyway.... Ken We'd always have a problem with school crossings around here..... North Carolina New York A gud eguwmakasion is a baad ting to wast..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 They had one job. One!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Proving there's no I in team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 A couple of other examples: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/06/markings-cautionary-example.html http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/11/f7u-1-cutlass.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrvark Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Here's an example to have a little fun with! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 So are you saying that I didn't make a mistake when I applied these markings nearly 10 years ago? :o And what's that brown crud that's formed over the years? Yech! Steven Brown Scale Model Soup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Picture copyright Chris Ishmael and is taken from: http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=20867&p=95274 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 ...holy @#$%...ya KNOW someone was called on the carpet for THAT one.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Picture copyright Chris Ishmael and is taken from: http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=20867&p=95274 Uh.....national insignias for the dyslexic.......? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I think you are right - the starboard one seems to be a tiny bit further forward than the port one. I can sympathize - on our Harriers it was not too uncommon to have the "VMA-331" legends out of alignment with each other, also the aircraft numbers on the nose. We were able to keep the aircraft numbers on the flaps more or less balanced, though. ;-) Man, I'm glad to hear that. I was actually just decaling an AV-8B last night and later noticed the VMA-231 squadron number is not aligned side to side. :( I did get the nose number aligned though. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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