Canadian 5th Armoured Div Symbol

[Tim Bell]

I have this original WW2 vintage 5th Armoured Div symbol vehicle transfer in my collection... stuck in the pages of an album from a veteran's estate.

Is there any benefit from investigating reproductions of this?

Canadian5thArmouredDiv.jpg

Cheers

Tim

[Hans Mulder]

I had some made up for my carrier from pictures, and I would say having an original would definitely make it easier.

[chris vickery]

Tim

Might I suggest a 1:1 template? Even if it is just a photocopy or simple outline drawing or mylar stencil.
Thse were the same size and shape for the various divisions with the exception of the background colour.
I used a photo copy from Barry Beldam's book to do the paint work on my 12 cab years ago...
Nothing makes me crazier than a maple leaf that looks like everything other than a maple leaf. eg a pine tree or cartoon drawing of same...

[rob love]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Nothing makes me crazier than a maple leaf that looks like everything other than a maple leaf. eg a pine tree or cartoon drawing of same...

The worst thing in my books is when someone paints a WW2 military vehicle, and sticks the 1964 Canada flag type maple leaf on it. I cannot count how many times I have seen this, and there are still a few kicking around the collection at work.

[Tim Bell]

I will ask a friend who works in graphic design to see if he can copy this... he should be able to reproduce it to make it look exactly as the original.

For other divisions, will change the background colour in accordance with below:


CanDiv.jpg


Tim

[maple_leaf_eh]

Colours fade when exposed to glue and paper. When you photograph it, try to get a Red Green Blue White Black colour sample card in the shot. A skilled Photoshop worker can use the examples to match up the decal with its correct colours. But it is really hard to properly freehand the details like the points on a maple leaf.