PAXCON Decal Sheet

[Andy WhiteParticipant @whitey]

SQMD Members…

For our upcoming contest (PAXCON), Chris Meddings, decal artist for “Inside the Amour” publications in the UK, has offered up his services to design a decal sheet for our show. With printing of the decals being done by  Decograph in Ukraine (they do the decals for Dora Wings, Modelsvit, Foxbot, Wingsy etc).

We’re going to do tail markings/logos from NAS Pax River in 1/72, 1/48, and 1/32nd scale on a standard A5 sized decal sheet (the size of Superscale, Microscale, Caracal, etc.). When it comes to the tail markings, I’m thinking the Naval Air Test Center “Gear” logo, the stylized “W” of the old Weapons Test  Division, the “S” of the Service Test Division, and anything else some of you might think of. I realize there are decals sheets out there covering several subjects from NAS Pax that encompass these markings (some of the recent Caracal sheets come to mind) but for other subjects there are no decals available. With a specific tail logo, and some simple letters and numbers those other more obscure subjects can be modeled (Cougars, Tigers, A-4s, S-2s P-2s, etc.).
If room permits, I can have them do fuselage and tail lettering such as “NAVAL AIR TEST CENTER”, “NATC”, “SERVICE TEST”, ETC.

What I need most, is good reference material! There are only so many images on the interwebs. And anything like actual size (from there we can scale appropriately), and colors would be helpful in designing the placement guide. Contacts with photo archives on base, or the museum would be welcome as well. There is A LOT of history here at Pax, much of it stuffed away in file cabinets I’m sure!

Attached are a few images depicting the tail markings I have come across.

Thank you for any assistance in making this decal sheet come together.

 

v/r

 

Whitey

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[Vince MankowskiParticipant @vincem]

I sent a note to Mike Wilson. He’s been photographing Pax aircraft forever so I asked if he had any images we could use in designing/sizing the graphics and lettering.

Vince

[Vince Mankowski]

On Vince Mankowski said

I sent a note to Mike Wilson. He’s been photographing Pax aircraft forever so I asked if he had any images we could use in designing/sizing the graphics and lettering.

Vince

Yes! Thank you! I was trying to think of the name of that guy who was the photographer.

[David FullerParticipant @davef]

Whitey,

Here’s a link to my flickr page of pictures from the Pax River airshow in 2011.  For Pax specific stuff, there are pics of the P-8, the Lakota, the T-2 from the P-8 program, the Beaver, a Firescout, and the E-2. You can use whatever you need.

Pax River Walkaround photos | Flickr

-David

[Kirk BonnevierParticipant @kirkb]

I had some luck at the Navy Historical site at the  following link searching on NATC or Patuxent River.  Nice profile of a NATC F6F attached/ Aviation (navy.mil)

I spoke to Chad Miller who has a role at the Museum. He’s getting me a POC at the Museum re: photos.

 

 

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[Kirk Bonnevier]

On Kirk Bonnevier said

I had some luck at the Navy Historical site at the  following link searching on NATC or Patuxent River.  Nice profile of a NATC F6F attached/ Aviation (navy.mil)

I spoke to Chad Miller who has a role at the Museum. He’s getting me a POC at the Museum re: photos.

 

 

Kirk,
Thank you very much. Re: the Pax Museum, I spoke with the Collections/Exhibits folks today and will be meeting with them tomorrow  (Fri 31 Mar) over at the museum to have a look at what they have, and to also get close to the aircraft for photos and possibly measurements of some of the markings.

[Kirk BonnevierParticipant @kirkb]

Sad face.  Just saw this.  Let me know if you need assistance. If you met up with Dan Macone or Pete Butt, I used to work with them.

[Kirk Bonnevier]

On Kirk Bonnevier said

Sad face.  Just saw this.  Let me know if you need assistance. If you met up with Dan Macone or Pete Butt, I used to work with them.

Kirk, thank you! I have sent Inside the Armour preliminary photos to see about the scope of work they’ll have to do. Awaiting work back on what they may need further from us. I’ll certainly hit up the troops here if I need more source data.

 

Whitey

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