Olive Honest John Decal Set

[Funkworks]

I’m building an Honest John and I’m going for the easy olive paint job.

Does anyone have a complete set of decals for this color scheme? I see white text on some photos of the real thing but I can’t make it out. Any close-up shots of non-olive markings, or better yet, actual decals, would be great.

My current build is the 23” Estes, but if decals exist for other sizes, I might just get that one too.

 

[K'Tesh]

If you get the decals for the Estes BT-55 version (kit #1919), scan them with a ruler for me... I've got a sim that is held up on that issue only.

 

[Funkworks]

Not sure how decals matter for a sim(ulation?), but I just found this (p 8/8): https://spacemodeling.org/jimz/estes/est1919.pdf

 

[kuririn]

Not sure how decals matter for a sim(ulation?), but I just found this (p 8/8): https://spacemodeling.org/jimz/estes/est1919.pdf

Funky, K'Tesh does OR files of the EXACT kits that are produced. So a dirty decal scan without a ruler will not work.
BTW you may want to try Tango Papa for either an upscale decal print of the BT-55 Hojo(1919) or a downscale decal of the BT-80 Maxi Brute Hojo(1269). Might be a long shot.
Stickershock 23 has BT-60 size vinyl decals in white but cannot replicate the small lettering at that size.

 

[K'Tesh]

Thanks for the link... Like kuririn said they are not clear enough or scaled for my purposes.

This may be one of the few times I have to recreate the decals from scratch. Given the correct wording and scale of the markings. Fortunately, stencils are pretty easy to find.

 

[Funkworks]

I see. My next step may be to catalog every version of the HoJo there is out there. I see there are a few non-flying kits that may suit my purposes too. But if I happen to find a good deal on a #1919, I can surely scan the decals.

 

[stmoon]

Greetings
Found this hathi library online
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004816362&view=1up&seq=9
It's HoJo maintaince manual with pictures of close up of lettering.

 

[Funkworks]

Greetings
Found this hathi library online
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004816362&view=1up&seq=9
It's HoJo maintaince manual with pictures of close up of lettering.

You know, I think I have access to a hard copy of that same book. I just didn't get to go through the 180 pages (yet). Now that we have the page numbers, I might just go take a look at it again.