Sunday, May 26, 2013

Estes Bullpup Build Part 9, Decals Information




The Estes instructions say to use the face card picture for decal placement.
The problem is, it only shows one side. 
Viewing from the rear, we'll call this the right side - the nose cone facing to the right.

I did a web search for pictures and came across the Jim Ball scale site:
HERE
That link will take you to the Bullpup page. At the bottom you can visit the home page - lots of great information there.




Here's the "right" side off my re-finished Bullpup.
Decals are applied as the facecard shows.

If you were to apply the right side decals first with the nose cone to the right -
Set the model on a table top and rotate it 180 degrees so the nose cone is facing to the left.
The decals shown here are now on the opposite side.

This second picture is from the Jim Ball's site shows a (slightly elongated) Bullpup with the decal view from the "left" side.

If the real Bullpup were hanging under the wing of a fighter jet, you could read the warnings and U.S. AIR FORCE (right side up) from both sides of the missile.

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