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Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:59 pm**

What would be the proper scale width of D Day stripes as applied to aircraft for?

1/72nd scale
1/48th scale
!/32nd scale

Jeff

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:04 pm**

You forgot 1/144th Jeff! :evil:

How about a really crappy picture?

1/144th Scale: (1 bar= 1/10th an in.) All 5 stripes = just under 1/6th an in.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:35 pm**

If one stripe is 1/10th of an inch (.1"), then 5 of them would be 1/2" (.5"), right? 1/6th of an inch would be .16667".

So at full scale the stripes would be about 14" each? Wasn't there a Tech Order for application of these stripes?

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:06 pm**

From Wikipedia:

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. National markings and serial number were not to be obliterated. On twin-engined aircraft the stripes were 24 inches wide, placed 24 inches outboard of the engine nacelles on the wings, and 18 inches forward of the leading edge of the tailplane around the fuselage.

So, 18" is 9/16" in 1/32, 3/8" in 1/48, and 1/4" in 1/72
24" is 3/4" in 1/32, 1/2" in 1/48, and 1/3" in 1/72
6" is 3/16" in 32nd, 1/8" in 48th, and 1/12" in 72nd.

Hope this answers your question.

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