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REAL military vinyl lettering

Unread post by m3a1 » August 9th, 2020, 3:44 pm

Gents, I'm looking for a source for the correct military 3" tall, vinyl stickers, in order to freshen up my Goat's USMC markings as seen below (letters and numbers)...or, if you know the correct font, that would be useful information as well. What I want to do is put new vinyl stickers directly over the old.
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Unread post by mutt and jeff » August 9th, 2020, 4:15 pm

I'd go right to Rick Larsen at Military Stencils. He offers a vinyl letter kit as wel as a stencil kit. I don't know about Marine yellow, but if anyone did, it would be he. He may want to see your photos to make sure his correct font will fit over yours. I just sanded off my Army vinyl lettering in preparation of painting stencils on my A1. The Bubba vinyl was missing in spots and coming off the jeep in others, so I was not interestinged in placing my new letters over his old and having them fall off the jeep due to his poor adhesion. If you are comfortable with your current letters and numbers adhesion, go for it.
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Unread post by Redlight » August 10th, 2020, 7:05 am

I would suggest that you look at this firm, Much better prices, great service and a quality job.
I have used them on over 20 trailers with no problems


http://www.deltateamdecals.com

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Unread post by 1SGCAV77 » August 10th, 2020, 7:33 am

I have bought from this company also. Nice products. However, I use a local company for stencils. 2” Gothic numbers and letters. Cost is much less for my needs.
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Re: REAL military vinyl lettering

Unread post by m3a1 » August 10th, 2020, 3:36 pm

Thanks for the input, fellas. Delta Team has an interesting and informative bit on MV markings on their website.

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Unread post by mutt and jeff » August 10th, 2020, 5:43 pm

Delta Team certainly seems affordable. I did not see them offered, so I emailed them about M151 sets and anything in decals in US Marine yellow. I will let you know what they say. Gret option as I have one mutt and two M37 projects in the shop for markings. They offer M37 sets, but did not show a M151 option.

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Unread post by mutt and jeff » August 10th, 2020, 8:26 pm

Delta emailed and said they can do a MUTT set and they can do yellow. Of course if you just wanted paint masks, it doesn't mattery to them what color you spray. But if you want the US Marines decals, then, yes, you would need to specify the yellow.
I think I'll give them a try on my MUTT paint masks as I haven't decided what color I will paint the unit markings on the bumper of a camo jeep.

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Unread post by Mark » August 10th, 2020, 9:31 pm

Gold is the proper word, though what the difference in appearence is subject to debate.
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Unread post by acudanut » August 11th, 2020, 1:43 am

In the early '80's They were are all re-stenciled in flat black (USMC) not sure about Army. So both would be correct. Cheers
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Unread post by mutt and jeff » August 13th, 2020, 11:10 am

I have emailed Delta again to see what their options are on vinyl. If I can get a flat black, that might be way to go on a camo scheme and just make sure the background color is light green or sand. I don't know about flat black stars, though. Seems kind of evil. Even though a camo vehicle would not have stars at all, I am leaning towards side rear quarter panel stars and two on the front cowl aprons. Probably not a large hood star. We'll see what Delta comes back with.

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Unread post by Mr. Recovery » August 13th, 2020, 12:25 pm

acudanut wrote:
August 11th, 2020, 1:43 am
In the early '80's They were are all re-stenciled in flat black (USMC) not sure about Army. So both would be correct. Cheers
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Unread post by rickf » August 13th, 2020, 2:56 pm

I saw them stuck in Vietnam, usually on the side of a road in a ditch where it was swamped on one side and the other side was basically not touching the ground.
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