Page 1 of 3
Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 4:38 pm
by Max-U52
I'm sure this info is out there if i look hard enough, but I'm guessing one of you fellas will know this off the top of your head.
I'm going to mask and paint the Balkan cross on the side of my 1/6 scale Hetzer.
How tall and wide should it be? I think it should be square, is that right? I'm guessing about 45mm x 45mm, what do you guys think?
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:24 pm
by jhamm
Hey Max,
there is a wide range
wide cross
tall cross
only the outer sheme in white
and at the end of war
only the outer sheme in brown
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:37 pm
by Max-U52
The color profile I'm using shows a black cross with white borders, and says it's from the Netherlands in 1944. I suppose I could measure the drawing and do the math but I was hoping to get lucky.
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:43 pm
by Max-U52
I'm loosely basing my camo scheme on this tank
In this photo it looks to me like the height and width are the same.
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:45 pm
by jarndice
All of my large scale r/c are aircraft and there is a rich source of decals in 1/6, 1/8 etc which includes the Balkan cross.
So you might find the dimensions for your Balkan Cross in the r/c aircraft section of RCU.
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 6:23 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
I don't think it was that important how perfect it was, take this picture for an example.
Click to open
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 6:29 pm
by Max-U52
Agreed, Mick, I'm not trying to count any rivets, just so it's close enough. I found a couple places that sell the Balkan cross in 1/6 scale and the most common decal seem to be about 2in Square so I'll probably just go with that.
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 6:33 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
I've just found a colour picture on a different site, and obviously can't verify its date and origin because it's in colour, but what's interesting, it has a different cross but the same number
Click to open
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 6:37 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
Max-U52 wrote:Agreed, Mick, I'm not trying to count any rivets, just so it's close enough. I found a couple places that sell the Balkan cross in 1/6 scale and the most common decal seem to be about 2in Square so I'll probably just go with that.
If it's a third or a little less than the height of the side panel, you won't be far off
Re: Some help for a lazy guy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:18 pm
by Max-U52
Thanks, Mick, I think about 2 inches should look right, but I'll print it on regular paper first to test it out.