Warbird Information Exchange

Greetings fellow WIX'ers...

You may have seen some posts from me over the past several years regarding our restoration of the F-4 Phantom at Newark Heath Ohio airport; its a true veteran with combat history.

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDos ... rial=15860

The adverse Ohio weather and UV have faded our USAF, ejection seat triangles and other stickers; Im looking for any recommendations on where to go for replacements. There are a few good sign companies in Newark-Heath but figured I would ask around for any speciality graphics shops.

In addition, we are looking for ideas on upgrades for this bird...perhaps night cockpit lighting, nav/landing lights, etc. We also need a new front left windscreen as its really crazed...the rest of the glass is good.

Within small groups and six feet apart...of course....

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Rauhbatz
Commemorative Air Force
CAF Ohio Wing/Airbase Georgia Member
PT-19/26, T-34 CAF Pilot


Favorite quote from Wind, Sand & Stars - A. St. Exupuery "friends are like trees...when they are gone we miss their shade"

It's a stretch but this guy was helpful a couple years ago and might be able to provide a vector file of certain markings that you could then take to most any graphics shop for printing. info@caracalmodels.com

One other thing to remember, if the ejection triangles don't need to be 1000% authentic, many airplanes in the Vietnam era used a painted triangle and had the words "EJECTION SEAT" or "ESCAPE SYSTEM" stenciled over it using only paint. Would look good to the average person and likely last longer.

Ken

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"Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves."

I've got the Adobe Illustrator files for the stencils we used on Pima's F-4C. They are set up for a stencil cutter. I'll send you the ejection seat triangles if you want them. All you need to do is to print out 4 copies on a stencil cutter and you're ready to paint. If you want them send me a PM with your email.

James

Several years ago when researching a paint job for our F-84F James (intucson) sent me information on the stenciling. I thought the ejection triangles would be easy as they are standard. Except they are not. I found variations between aircraft types and time periods. So, I started drawing each variation in Corel Draw. Here is the end result:



I used the ones for the F-84F to print my own stencils and that is what I would suggest for anyone painting an outdoor display.

I will be happy to send the vector file to anyone interested. As stated it is done in Corel Draw, but can be imported for Adobe Illustrator.

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

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