i am working on a typhoon w/ stripes. how big were these stripes??
There was a thread within the last month or two that this was discussed. Right now, the search page looks like its down for a bit of maintenance.
IIRC, the stripes were 18" wide each. In a post I made in that thread, I gave some other dimensions as well, like distance from wing root and tail that the stripes started. Once the search function comes back, I’ll try and post a link to that thread.
From the article in the July issue of FSM the invasion stripes for single engine aircraft were 18" wide… so here they are for the following scales:
1/24: 3/4"
1/32: 5/8"
1/48: 3/8"
1/72: 1/4"
Any smaller scale you’re talking small as [censored]
Have to check which one: D-day issue of MAM or SAMI brings profile top bottom views of the Typhoon stripes. For the record, they are not all alike. Some bigger, some smaller and IIRC there was a specific reason to paint them like that. Will have to check the issue for more info on that.
Typhoons first entered service in September, 1941, as the “car door” type. Some wore white and black I.D. bands on the lower surface of the wings. I have some great B&W pics in a mag, and I painted these bands to match them, using panel lines & gear doors for reference points. These are on a 1/48 Hasegawa kit of a Typhoon in service in 1942. As I went by photos, I didn’t take measurements.
Are these the stripes to which you refer?
Hope this helps.
I remember the article also mentioning they weren’t all straight since they were rushing to get the stripes on all the planes with just about anything, including mops, in the waning days before the invasion.
Makes me feel a little better about the invasion stripes on my Mustang! [;)][:D]
Here you have it:
and read this text too:
http://www.198sqn-raf.co.uk/198sqn_008.htm
The correct model magazine I mentioned is model aircraft monthly. Pages and Pages of D-day stipes, including copies of the original orders that show crude drawings but clearly name the band width . A stunning article, worth a look
March 2003 FSM has an article telling about “identification stripes”, which the British used on some aircraft from Dec. 1941 to Feb. 1944. There were 4- 12 “Black stripes separated by 3- 24 " white stripes on the bottom of the wing. Then for the big bash of June 6 the stripes were generaly called “invasion stripes’ and were 3-18 " white stripes separatedb by 2-18” black stripes. Many planes were painted the day of the invasion. Some were put on neatly measured and masked, some were put on with whatever would spread the paint. Many were just eyeballed. Some were 18’ wide at one end and 12” at the other end. The crews used what ever black and white paint they could find. Some used white wash,which came off if they had damp weather or rain.
Dave