1/700 Tamiya USS Saratoga CV-3

[hamchuck]

Maybe you can tone it down with thinned base color sprayed? I mean really thin! Looks great to me though.

That's what I'm thinking. The number itself is still too dark and in some photos part of it is gone, worn through I guess.

 

[Rhino]

Heavier airplane traffic on the fantail, perhaps? How sure of your font are ya?

 

[moon puppy]

well that paint job would have been refreshed often so who's to say you're wrong?

 

[hamchuck]

Heavier airplane traffic on the fantail, perhaps? How sure of your font are ya?

Comparing against this shot I think it's close enough. I went digging around on different sites and drew it up in Paint, then pasted it into Publisher to do the sizing and shading.

 

[hamchuck]

well that paint job would have been refreshed often so who's to say you're wrong?

Good point! Even so, I'll blend it in a bit better. Hey, if I mess up I can make another decal!