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Possible roundels for Viking/Celtic/Norse/Scandinavian stuff

Started by ChernayaAkula, May 24, 2012, 08:21:58 AM

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ChernayaAkula

Just came across THIS REVIEW of Revell's recent (I think) re-pop of the Viking ship. The decal sheet looks rather interesting.



Now, as you can see, each shield design is included twice. Get two kits and - hey, presto - four roundels for your Viking aircraft! Okay, for six roundels you'd need three ships.  :-\ Or find someone to swap.
There's a hole in each of the decals for the shield boss. I reckon you could paint the hole in a metal colour of choice, arguing the Vikings replicated the shield boss in their roundels.
Maybe the woodgrain drawn into the decals is a bit of a put-off, but again you could argue they simply wanted to replicate the shields.

EDIT: Forgot about the scale! The ship's scale is 1/70, so I guess the shield decals should be a good size for a 1/72 roundel.
Cheers,
Moritz


Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

PR19_Kit

Excellent idea, but what do you Whiff the Viking ship into?  ;D :lol:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

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RussC

Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 24, 2012, 09:41:22 AM
Excellent idea, but what do you Whiff the Viking ship into?  ;D :lol:

Missile Frigate! or a Q-ship..
"Build what YOU want, the way YOU want to"  - Al Superczynski

Daryl J.

Traditional Norwegian clothing uses a lot of black and white or red and white.   Roundels of matching patterns on the port/starboard but one side is red/white and the other black/white.

Daryl J.

What to whiff the Viking ship into?  Easy.  Put it in Scottish blue and whit and make a back story about how the Viking ship was really invented in Scotland.