Hey, folks
Does anyone know if there are any transfer sheets that have any 1/32 RAF pilot's wings, cap badges and cuff stripes?
There aren't a lot of mainstream figures and fewer that aren't in flying suits, so I suspect not, but you never can tell.
I'm trying to paint my own onto a clear transfer sheet and though it's going ok, if there's something aftermarket available it would be a lot easier. And neater!
Thanks for any thoughts.
How about scaling some RW photos of the insignia and printing them onto the decal sheet?
It should work quite well in 1/32, anything smaller and it'd be difficult to see the details of course.
Now Eduard do 1/35 scale etched rank insignia and unit badges and Archer Fine Art Transfers do 1/35 scale rank insignia etc, but I'm not sure if they do RAF (they do British Army amongst others) so the type of thing you want is out there, but in 1/35. Now I swear I've also seen some printed resin unit and rank badges together with decorations, but can't remember who by.
Eduard does these in 1/48, is this like what you're after?
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-49043-raf-ranks-wwii--117716
Also these;
https://www.eduard.com/eduard/photo-etched-parts/photo-etched-set/aircraft/1-48/raf-insignia-and-medals-wwii-1-48.html
If you could find them you could scan them and scale them up.
Thanks gents - very useful data which gives me some ideas for options.
Robert - yes, that's the sort of thing. More than I'll ever need on the fret, of course, but isn't that always the way?!
The scanning idea should work well. Even if I got it printed photo quality onto paper, that would be fine.
I will have to take some screen grabs of the frets, and maybe some full size badges, too.
Cheers, one and all!