1-600 WWII RAF Type A Roundels Decals
These 1-600 WWII RAF Type A Roundels Decals provide red-white-blue type a roundels for 1-600 scale aircraft miniatures representing Royal Air Force. The subject covers Interwar / early World War II; select the marking combination appropriate to the aircraft being modelled.
Decal Information
The sheet provides WWII RAF Type A Roundels markings for 1-600 scale aircraft miniatures.
The Type A roundel diameter proportions are 1:3:5.
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: United Kingdom Service: Royal Air Force Time Period: Interwar / early World War II Primary Marking: Red-white-blue Type A roundels Scale: 1-600
Historical Information
The Type A roundel developed from the national markings introduced during the First World War and remained a standard RAF identification marking through the 1920s and 1930s. By the late 1920s, deeper Identification Red and Identification Blue shades were adopted, giving the marking the appearance associated with prewar and early-war RAF aircraft.
As camouflage became standard during the late 1930s, the RAF began reducing the visibility of its national markings. Type B roundels increasingly replaced Type A on upper camouflage surfaces, while Type A continued to appear on appropriate lower surfaces, light-colored aircraft, trainers, and aircraft whose markings had not yet been brought into later wartime standards.
Type A markings can be seen on a wide range of RAF aircraft associated with the prewar and early-war period, including the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Fairey Battle, Bristol Blenheim, Westland Lysander, Avro Anson, and Fairey Swordfish. Exact placement and proportions varied with aircraft type, date, factory finish, and operational repainting.
Because RAF marking regulations changed rapidly between 1938 and 1942, period photographs are especially useful when selecting the correct roundel type for a specific aircraft. Type A is most appropriate when modeling aircraft that still carried the full red-white-blue marking rather than the reduced-visibility Type B or later Type C family.
