hello guys, i was wondering if u guys could help me with the markings on a Paladin s.p. howitzer.
im tryin to salvage whats left of my halfdone kit. and the problem is i cant seem to find the decals. must have thrown them away by accident when i was clearing my stuff.
can somebody please help me out?

When do you want it to depict? Let me know and I can probably describe the markings for you.

thanks Gino, i have it painted in desert color. any ideas on the marking??

If you want to do it as an OIF Paladin, you could do any of the following 3 ID FA units.

1-41 FA

Left side: 3I 1-41F
Right side: A, B, or C 11 through 16
Unit # on side of hull: A Btry 91, B Btry 92, C Btry 93
They also had the platoon chevron in front of the unit #; 1 PLT ^, 2 PLT>

1-9 FA

Left side: 3I 1-9F
Right side: A, B, or C 11 through 16
Unit # on side of hull: A Btry 61, B Btry 62, C Btry 63
They also had the platoon chevron in front of the unit #; 1 PLT ^, 2 PLT>

Also had large roman numerals in green tape on the rear of the turret that corresponded with the section #. A11 = I, A12 = II, A13 = III, A14 = IV, A15 = V, A16 = VI

1-10 FA
Left side: 3I 1-10F
Right side: A, B, or C 11 through 16
Unit # on side of hull: A Btry 31, B Btry 32, C Btry 33
They also had the platoon chevron in front of the unit #; 1 PLT ^, 2 PLT>

1-9 and 1-41 drew their vehicles from PrePo stocks. They had draw grid markings on the front hull and rear hull sides, similar to those seen on tanks and Bradleys. Front would look like below:

QTB 075
9502 FA Bn 1

Rear sides would have just the QTB #; QTB 075


1-10 FA brought them from Ft Benning , GA. Their vehicles had movement numbers on the front hull, such as:

WAGTRS 0009732

They also had movement stickers on the front upper hull and the left side front. These are about 3" x 5" stickers with UPC-type bar code scans and movement data for shipping.


You can see some of the markings here:


4ID Paladin


1AD Paladin


Good luck.

thanks Gino. looks like i got to hand paint those number slowly. its confirm that i threw away the decals by accident.
damn!