A Brief History

In the pre-war years (1930-41) the U.S. Millitary had some of the most colorful aircraft ever flown. This period known as "The Golden Age" was also transitional period for millitary aircraft, evolving from Bi-Planes to monoplanes. These brightly colored aircraft, though not very practical from a modern millitary perspective, reflected the times and the invulnerability the U.S. thought it had during this period. Pearl Harbor changed all that.

Colors

The high visibility Orange-Yellow paint of the upper wing surface of these aircraft (used as a search and rescue tool) along with painted tail sections, fuselages, wing chevrons and belly bands added to the color of these planes. During the decade of the 30s these brightly colored aircraft, known as "Yellow-Wings", filled the skies.

Our Goal

Our goal at "Yellow-Wings Decals" is to replicate the colorful markings of these aircraft. Using historic records, military archives and published reference materials on the subject, we hope to bring you the most accurate and authentic markings possible. Yellow-winged aircraft will be our primary subject matter, although we may occasionally depart from this theme to do a decal sheet of an unusual or unique aircraft from the time period 1930-45. We believe our decals will help both novice and serious modeler build a model with museum quality markings. Our decals are custom printed by Microscale and we highly recommend the use of their decaling system, which can be found at your local hobby shop.