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Old 06-21-2008, 09:33 AM
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My buddy is near painting and is strongly considering a Military scheme with Invasion stripes. IIRC, they were 18" wide on P-51's and such but what is a proportional width for a -4?

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Old 06-21-2008, 10:42 AM
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On my 6.........a, I went with 8" stripes. It looks real good. You just stand in front of the nosewheel for pics, and call it a P-51!

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Old 06-21-2008, 03:15 PM
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Hey Pierre

I am sure mine are 8 inches, you've seen it and it looks great.

I can measure them to be sure if you want
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Old 06-21-2008, 03:45 PM
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According to Wiki, "the stripes were five alternating black and white stripes. On single-engined aircraft each stripe was to be 18 inches wide, placed 6 inches inboard of the roundels on the wings and 18 inches forward of the leading edge of the tailplane on the fuselage." A P51 has a wingspan of 37 feet, an RV-4 has a wingspan of 20 feet, so the stripes would need to be 9 3/4" to represent the same proportions. To be really authentic I understand you shouldn't mask them neatly, but just paint them hurriedly with a big coarse brush!

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Old 06-21-2008, 04:39 PM
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I'll try and remember to measure mine sometime this next week:

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