I cheated 
. I masked and sprayed first and then messed them up a little afterwards.
Sky, like US OD is apparently another one of those shades of controversy. No one can settle on what it looked like or exactly what sky it was meant to replicate. Only time I’ve seen a sky that shade of green it was accompanied by a tornado warning.
Just in case you’re worried about your green matching, I found 6 other shades you can compare to…
There are at least 6 different shades … I believe mine is real close to the reference i have . This is one Im really comparing to for the finished piece
That’s honestly the single most crapped out LSVW I think I’ve ever seen. If you listen carefully you can here a RCEME WO2 crying into his beer.
The best thing about Canadian vehicles is that whatever the hell paint we use fades the second it rolls out of the spray booth. As long as you start with something that resembles NATO Green, the sky is the limit after that.
I’m looking forward to seeing how you make this kit your own. Also Ultracast does a fantastic set of modern Canadian tank crew 
Having fun watching this kit come together! Making me want to crack mine open
Anyone know where I might find RCAF decals for 417 squadron spitfire in Italy? I think I am going to do a second model for this campaign. I just ordered a spitfire and it comes with apparently bad decals from what I’ve read. So I thought why not take the opportunity to do a Canadian spitfire
Try Ultracast. They’ve got a back catalogue of all kinds of stuff.
Really you’d just need to change up the squadron letter codes to make it 417. Roundels and stuff would be standard.
Yeah I realized that after I asked lol. Silly question on my part. Probably just need a standard markings sheet, and a serial numbers/ squadron numbers one
Hi all,
Here’s my latest update on the CF-18;
Take care!
Dennis
Here’s some Squadron codes and serials. 417 Sqn was assigned AN as their unit identifier.
If you can, try and find a reference photo to confirm the serial. AN V is accurate for sure but it was the only aircraft I could find clear photos of when I marked my Spit earlier this year.
When I went to find serials for my 430 Sqn Mustang I actually ended up pulling the squadron log from the National Archives at Kew because I was looking for a very specific aircraft on a specific day.
The serials in the flight logs are completely different from those listed on the corresponding RCAF Association page
Thanks for that link. I am thinking I am going to do this one AN U. It apparently form discussion I’ve seen was a former USAAF spitfire and for that reasons has a semi unique paint scheme combining the USSAF desert camo with the rcaf one. It has a red spinner, azure underside and ocean gray and dark green top.
Curious where you found your AN and serial number decals. I can’t seem to find any generic unit marking and serial number decals for the spitfire
Just thought this fit the campaign…
Now that is funny
They’re painted on. I had the same dilemma as you and my spit is 1/24 so the after market options out there were even more limited.
My wife has a cricut so I’ve taken to bugging her to make stencils for me. 4mm seems to be the limit for characters without mangling them
What scale?
Ultracast has letters in stock for both 1/48 and 1/72 in both sky and grey
As for serials, your just going to need to find some roughly scaled letters/numbers. Maybe Archer?
Perfect, looking at 1/48 scale stuff.
Don’t know how I missed those on ultracast website
Curious if these work for serials
They also have 6” ones but i am not sure what I’ll need
The ones I just did are almost 8” in scale and they look a little big so the 6” would probably be bang on
Still some construction to do . I did do some of the preliminary paint work for the built parts at this stage .
Looking good! I’m excited to build mine seeing these results!
The Mexas is a BUFF for sure (see B-52 nickname)
@Mead93 . It has some issues , nothing that’s not easily remedied.
Mostly there are a few small gaps , those could have been M I E . A few parts are mis numbered. I found that it was better to skip around and see how components would for before adding many small details .
Overall I would build one of these again . it is a fun build.
