1-600 Australia 1942 to 1946 Roundels Decals

These 1-600 Australia 1942 to 1946 Roundels Decals provide Australia 1942 to 1946 Roundels markings for 1-600 scale aircraft miniatures. Use them to reproduce the corresponding national, service, or recognition markings on aircraft appropriate to the design and period.

Decal Information

This sheet provides Australia 1942 to 1946 Roundels markings for 1-600 scale aircraft.

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

Nation / Region: Australia Service: Royal Australian Air Force Period: 1942 to 1946 Marking: Australia 1942 to 1946 Roundels Scale: 1-600

Historical Information

This decal set reproduces the blue-and-white Royal Australian Air Force national roundels associated with Pacific operations from 1942 through the immediate postwar period. These markings were created by removing red from the earlier RAF-style insignia to reduce the chance of confusion with Japanese aircraft markings.

In 1942 the RAAF began deleting red from national markings on operational aircraft in the Pacific. The resulting blue-and-white roundels became a defining feature of Australian aircraft in the South West Pacific Area, with official proportions continuing to evolve as units repainted existing aircraft and new machines arrived.

The Pacific roundel appeared on fighters, bombers, maritime patrol aircraft and transports throughout the later years of World War II. Field repainting produced considerable variation in size, white-center diameter and exact positioning.

Representative Aircraft: P-40 Kittyhawk, Spitfire, Beaufighter, Beaufort, Boston, Hudson, Catalina, B-24 Liberator and C-47 Dakota.

Because 1942-1943 was a transition period, use period photographs whenever possible. Some aircraft temporarily carried altered RAF-style markings before receiving fully standardized RAAF Pacific roundels.