1-300 Guinea-Bissau – Senegal – Guinea – Ghana Air Force Roundels Decals
These 1-300 Guinea-Bissau – Senegal – Guinea – Ghana Air Force Roundels decals reproduce the aircraft identification markings represented by this sheet for use on 1-300 scale aircraft miniatures. They are intended for historically appropriate aircraft, units, and periods associated with the marking.
Decal Information
The sheet includes Guinea-Bissau – Senegal – Guinea – Ghana Air Force Roundels markings suitable for use on 1-300 scale aircraft miniatures.
They are printed on clear-background waterslide decal paper. They need to be individually cut out. Apply over a properly prepared and gloss-coated model surface using normal waterslide-decal techniques.
Key Historical Details
Region / Nation: African Bush Wars Service: Military Aviation Time Period: Period Appropriate to the Marking Primary Marking: National Aircraft Roundels Scale: 1-300 Application: Historically appropriate aircraft and aviation subjects
Historical Information
1-300 Guinea-Bissau – Senegal – Guinea – Ghana Air Force Roundels
These 1-300 African air force roundel decals provide national aircraft markings for Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Guinea, and Ghana. The four designs represent air forces that developed in the post-colonial era and followed very different political and military paths during the Cold War.
As these countries gained independence, newly formed national air arms replaced European colonial markings with insignia based on their own flags and national symbols. Their fleets reflected a broad range of foreign relationships: Guinea and Guinea-Bissau received considerable Soviet and Eastern Bloc support, while Senegal maintained close military ties with France and Ghana operated aircraft from several Western and later other international suppliers.
These roundels are appropriate for a wide range of subjects, including MiG-series fighters in Guinean service, French-built trainers and light combat aircraft in Senegal, and trainers, transports, and combat aircraft used by Ghana and Guinea-Bissau. They are especially useful for modeling African air forces of the 1960s through the late Cold War.
Because the four air forces used aircraft obtained from different countries and changed markings over time, exact roundel size and placement can vary. Period photographs are recommended when modeling a specific aircraft or campaign.
