andyf117 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 ....with this picture? Take a close look (enlargeable photo), and see if you can spot the mistake... ....for the record, it's a 475th Air Base Wing UH-1P somewhere over Japan in 1978 - and you don't have to be a rotorhead to figure out the error... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Tapsell Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Orientation of the insignia on the cabin roof? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Got it in one. Just goes to prove it's not just us modellers who sometime apply decals the wrong way around... ....all US military markings specs - TM 1-1500-345-23, MIL-STD-2161, and TO 1-1-4 - quite clearly indicate that when worn on upper and/or lower surfaces, the 'top' point of the US national insignia's star always faces forward... ....whoever applied this one got it, as we Brits say, "arse about face"... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 And I was just glad to see that the vehicles were driving on the British side of the road. 😏 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 6 hours ago, Dutch said: And I was just glad to see that the vehicles were driving on the British side of the road. 😏 And by "British" you mean, of course, 'correct'... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I was gonna say the color saturation was really low..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 5 hours ago, andyf117 said: And by "British" you mean, of course, 'correct'... Andy, By British, I meant left. 🤪 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 Just found this small photo of the same aircraft, which indicates that the insignia was the wrong way around underneath too: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Tapsell Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 If you're going to get it wrong, at least you should be getting it consistently wrong... 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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