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CanMilAir Decals
Customers Gallery 10
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Photos and descriptions of finished models
built by customers using CanMilAir
Decals.
(See the bottom of the page for submission
guidelines)
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Cal Faber of Victoria, British Columbia sent in
several group photos of his growing collection of 1:144 scale Canadian
military aircraft. I will post more of his photos later, but for now
here are two.
In the top photo are five T-33 Silver Stars and from left-to-right, they
are:
Snowbirds support using set # 232, Red Knight using set #
012, Natural metal RCAF+3 using set # 010, Golden Hawks support using set #
192, Two-grey using
set # 212.
In the lower photo are three CF-104 Starfighters and from left-to-right,
they are:
Sym camo using set # 019, Tiger Meet using set # 275,
Natural metal Sym using set # 017. |
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2009 will mark the 100th Anniversary of
powered flight in Canada To commemorate this historic milestone, a
specially painted F-86 Sabre will appear at airshows all across Canada
along with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the 2009 demo CF-18 Hornet.
This Sabre has been christened "Hawk One" (not to be confused
with the CF-101 Voodoo that used the same nickname).
CanMilAir Decals became involved in the project back in early February
2008 when Jim Belliveau at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, asked by if I could
supply him with full-size vector artwork of the red and white Golden
Hawk motif for the fuselage sides. Meanwhile, over in Gatineau,
Quebec, an F-86 Sabre belonging to Vintage Wings of Canada was readied
for a flight to Cold Lake where it would be completely re-painted in
Golden Hawk colours.
Once the F-86 Sabre leaves Gatineau for Alberta, Vintage Wings wanted a
scale model built to put on display to illustrate to visitors,
volunteers and staff what the Sabre will look like when it finally
returns in early 2009. The model shown above was built by Wayne Giles
of Ottawa Ontario. Wayne is a volunteer at VWoC and offered to build a
1:48 scale F-86 Sabre and obviously needed a set of decals. This set has
not yet been placed into the CanMilAir catalogue, but will be made
available soon.
The differences between this decal set and a standard Golden Hawk Sabre
can be found on the tail and rear fuselage. The Red Ensign and full
military serial has been replaced with a specially modified
"Century of Flight" logo on either side of the fin with the
civil registration in white on the red band under the tail.
2009 is going to be a tremendous airshow year ! ! |
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David Campbell from Stanwick,
England, built this Hawker Hurricane using the Sweet 1:144 scale kit. It
depicts Douglas Bader's Hurricane on 7th September, 1940 and will be
part of a larger diorama containing another Hurricane and a Bf-110. The underside
is airbrushed Tamiya Sky and the upper surfaces are Humbrol spray can
acrylics. Weathering was done with Tamiya Powders.
Excellent work, David! |
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This RCAF VC Era Lockheed Ventura was
sent in by Massimo Santarossa of Calgary, Alberta. Massimo sent
along the following comments:
"This kit is the 1:72 Minicraft Lockheed
PV-1 Ventura. It is built straight out of the box, with only
some antenna wires being added. I used your set #318 to complete
an aircraft from 1 Air Armament School, and painted the model
with various shades of Alclad II and Humbrol bright red and satin
black. The model was built for the 2008 Northern Wings model
contest, which has as a special award the best Ventura model.
The kit has some nice qualities, such as fine
recessed panel lines, but it shows its age (1987) as there are fit
issues here and there. Once put together it does look the part
however. Your decals went on without any troubles, settling into
the panel lines nicely. I admit I was a bit concerned about
the opacity of the decals, especially on the wings where the roundel
would cover both the red and natural metal. I was bracing myself
for the under colours to show through but the decals covered
perfectly. Well done Bill!"
Wonderful job, Massimo! I hope you place well in the contest! |
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This fine looking Piasecki H-21
"Flying Banana" was built by Doug Fuller of Huntsville,
Ontario. Doug sent along the following comments:
"The model is a 1:48 H-21 by Fonderie
Miniature. Paints are all Tamiya acrylics,
custom mixed to get the right shade. Needed lots of work to turn
it into a decent model.
I met you at the Model display this summer at CFB Borden. Keep up
the great work!"
A very nice build, Doug! I hope to see you at Borden in 2009! |
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Andy Durtnall from Calgary,
Alberta, sent in this photo of his 1:48 scale Accurate Miniatures
Canadair CF-5A depicting the pedestal mounted gate guardian at the
Museum of the Regiments in Calgary. Andy's comments are below.
"Hi William,
please find the attached photo of my Accurate Miniatures CF-5. Some
months ago, you were kind enough to mail me the first set of decals
specifically depicting this aircraft after I had sent several photos
to you. As promised, I said I’d send you a photo when complete. Hope
you enjoy. The decals were great."
An absolutely stunning
build, Andy!
Just to let everyone else know how closely this resembles the real one in
Calgary, here is an image of it PHOTO |
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From LCol Brian Darling (ret) comes
this fine looking 1:144 scale Revell Germany 412 Sqn Canadair CC-144B
Challenger 601. This particular Challenger wears the special 60th Anniversary of D-Day
markings used in 2004. The "VZ-F" codes on the engine nacelles are in
honour of WW II 412 Sqn Spitfire pilot Charley Fox, DFC and Bar.
Charley, a veteran I had the pleasure of knowing personally, was the
Honorary Colonel of 412 Sqn from 2004 until his passing in an automobile
accident on October 18, 2008 at the age of 88.
Charley was probably best
known locally as a tireless volunteer who spoke to schools and service
groups about military service. In a broader sense, he was known for strafing German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel’s staff car in 1944,
which affected Rommel’s ability to return to active duty, at a
critical moment during the invasion of Normandy.
Lest We Forget. |
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This little beauty is a 1:144 scale hand
carved McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee by Lou Vautour of Kingston, Nova
Scotia. The markings are that of a "Banjo" from Royal Canadian
Navy fighter squadron VF-871 circa 1962 with HMCS Bonaventure.
Lou's plans include carving seven more of these Banshees and placing
them on the deck of his scratch-built 1:144 scale HMCS Bonaventure.
Bravo Zulu Lou! |
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This 1:18 scale P-51 Mustang was finished
by Al Petrie of Victoria, British Columbia. The following
comments from Al were copied from the Aircraft Resource Center forum
HERE
for more photos and a bit more description.
"I had a guy who was in the RCAF 402 Squadron in the late
50s ask me to do a Mustang he worked on. He gave me the 1/18 scale
"Flying Undertaker" P-51 in USAAF markings to start with. I
sanded off the markings and repainted it with a Testors Metallic Silver
spray paint can and applied CanMilAir decals.
I really cannot say enough good things about the decals from CanMilAir.
He was really fast to get them to me, he did the specific number of
aircraft I requested, and they settled down on metallic silver paint,
which is a real bear to work with. Even after a topcoat of gloss
spray, the carrier film barely was visible, and being as I was a bit
rushed doing this, the carrier was left around the registry codes
instead of trimming them back all the way. I was pleasantly surprised
to see they worked out as nice as they did.
The "City of Winnipeg" logo on the cowling also went down
perfectly. Frankly, I was terrified to apply a yellow decal over
black, but he had it based over white decal, and as a result, there
was no bleed through of the black. Absolutely fantastic!"
Thanks for the kudos, Al! And a darn nice job you did, too! |
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Submission Guidelines:
 | I encourage all my customers to send in photos of completed models
they have built using CanMilAir Decals. |
| If sufficient numbers of photos are received, I may print up a 12
month calendar to showcase these models, with the featured builders
each receiving a complimentary copy. |
| Photos should be in JPEG format, minimum of 640 pixels wide at 72 dpi. |
| Please include a short description containing at least the following:
| the scale, brand and name of kit used, |
| what brands of paint and which colours were used, |
| what additional modifications were made to the kit to make it a
Canadian version, |
| if you wish to add any other information, comments or details, that would be
great. |
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| To submit, click on the envelope below. |
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