Question about VAW-125 sheet

[Vodnik]

First, please don't consider my post as any kind of attack on you - I'm just really curious how an error like this could have happened on your VAW-125 sheet. What I mean is "NAVY" lettering - it is significatly off, both in the font used and in character spacing. The fact that you included nice reference images, only make this problem easier to see. The rest of markings are really great, so it makes it the more strange how could such error happen...
Was it some computer glich that replaced the font before the sheet went to printers? Or was it just a simple human (designer's) error? Either way, it's fully excusable - it was your first release after all. And luckily it's quite easy to replace these markings with more accurate ones and as I already wrote the other markings are superbly done.


Pawel

[VFA-103guy]

Pawel-

I'd imagine it must have been human error because I checked and re-checked the art work several times before we sent the art to Microscale. It must have been something I over looked.

I'll look at the art and refs when I get home tonight and compair them up to see what you're talking about. I haven't even looked at one of the sheets in over a year to tell you the truth..lol.

I doubt seriously we'll do an kind of correction insert (in case anyone was wondering) because I think that was pretty much our last E-2 sheet.

[Vodnik]

Upper photo is from the reference CD included with your decal sheet sold by SprueBrothers. Note different shape of A, V and Y, but most noticeable is different spacing between A and V. Easiest, but partial, fix is to cut the decal in halves and apply VY closer to NA.
I personally plan to print my own replacement decals - being black they are very easy to print on a regular laser printer.

[VFA-103guy]

Yep, I see exactly what you mean. That is inexcusable on our part.

[MHaz]

I'll double-check this as well - I've got both versions of the art file: before it was sent to Microscale and after they printed the sheet.

In case anyone is wondering, though: Hasegawa got this wrong on their kit decals, too (VAW-125 in 1/72). At least we're in good company, lol.

[Fightertown Decals Brian]

Just needed a different font for the NAVY.... There are 3 'regular' fonts that the Navy uses for NAVY titles and it's easy to miss if you aren't looking for it. And even then 1 letter will always be slightly different than the others.

Based on that photo, it looks like the painters did it by hand because the widths of some of those letters is different. Those kookie Navy painters, always makes the decal guys jobs so difficult

[MHaz]

Hmmm... The NAVY marking looks right for the other 2 birds on the sheet. But you're right, it's off for the 2009 CAG bird. Shoulda caught that one!

Originally Posted by Fightertown Decals Brian

Just needed a different font for the NAVY.... There are 3 'regular' fonts that the Navy uses for NAVY titles and it's easy to miss if you aren't looking for it. And even then 1 letter will always be slightly different than the others.

Based on that photo, it looks like the painters did it by hand because the widths of some of those letters is different. Those kookie Navy painters, always makes the decal guys jobs so difficult

We offered to do a 1:1 sheet for them to make sure their markings were 100% correct to our sheet, but they turned it down. So now their airplane has incorrect markings on it - see what happens when you just use what's in the spares box with no thought???