I looked, and indeed do still have most of those Monogram 1:48 decals for Ira Bong's P-38, including the "Marge" name decal:
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Note they are ancient - yellowing somewhat, and some appearing damaged - however IIRC the actual Marge picture, when used only a couple years ago, performed quite well (on my Rangoon Hurricane, re-christened "Snooks"). AND, note, I cut her out so precisely that the square area she once occupied is clearly indicated.
All you need is a woman's face large enough to fill the space, and accordingly I searched for my best-still-available candidate for that, coming up with the reclining lass also shown. Now, she is stretched out rather longer than the space allotted - and exhibiting an, er, distinctly different attitude, one could say - but still you could crop just the optimal part(s), to fill the area:
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So, waddaya think - do those look interesting? (I mean the decals, man!)
Because that, above, is as much of "Marge" as I could uncover - er, I mean…discover, stashed away in my closet, here.
Cheers,
-Matty
Re: Uncovering MARGE
Posted by Don Murphy on February 18, 2013, 7:14:03, in reply to "Uncovering MARGE"
Wow - sounds like that will work out fine.
Cheers,
Don
You're quite the Straight-Man, buddy!
Posted by Matty on February 18, 2013, 8:54:07, in reply to "Re: Uncovering MARGE"
Or maybe my sense of humor is just stupid. Anyway, the whole nude theme is rather a joke - the real Marge Bong portrait is very conservative (scroll down):
Without the "Snooks" overlay, of course. Actually, with underpainting of the background rectangle, as discussed - then giving the decal nude girl a haircut and afterwards some very clever overpainting, to put a shirt on her, you could conceivably end up with a passable "Marge". Unless, of course you have a more suitable woman's-head to use, in your decal spares already.
In any case I'll include the big naked chick, in with the rest of your package.
You can thank me later.
Cheers,
-Matty
I was wondering what you did with Marge's photo...