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1/32 hawker hunter 'Miss Demeanor'
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Posted: Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:09 PM UTC
I am in the process of building revell's 1/32 hawker hunter and it is going to be airbrushed in the 'Miss Demeanor' paint scheme. Im having a problem finding an accurate font for the pilot's name and plane's name and i was wondering if anyone would be able to help as i am going to need to create my own decals for this and i want to be as accurate as possible.
Many thanks
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Posted: Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 01:22 AM UTC
Not knowing what the font looks like, I may be moving in the dark here, but do you have access to Adobe PhotoShop or Illustrator? They have a pretty good font selection, and you can stretch the font vertically or horizontally to get correct letter proportions after you've set the text as an image.

HTH,

Mike
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Posted: Monday, March 13, 2006 - 03:08 PM UTC
Thanks for the suggestion hadn't thought of using that programme
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Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 04:34 AM UTC
Hi Samantha

If you have any true vector-based programme, you should be OK - try "Paths" in Photoshop (you can always use a standard font as a starting point). Contact me direct if you're having problems - so long as you have a decent pic to work from I can create some artwork for you.

All the best

Rowan
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