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The first combined flag moved the saltires towards the fly and placed a yellow disc with the Scottish lion at the hoist. The lion’s waving tail was brought close to its back to fit the disc. The funnel is confirmed in a photograph of Isle of Arran. Rosanoski tentatively dates the next flag change to the early 1990s and notes uncertainty over whether earlier flags were long, narrow pennants rather than the more triangular published forms.

Haws’s 1994 version lacks upper black edging and shows the lion guardant, including on the funnel. Rosanoski considers this inconsistent with photographs and suggests it might represent a proposal; C39 could alternatively be a subsequent change.

The flag is triangular red with black edging along the top and a yellow disc bearing the red Scottish lion rampant. The earlier FOTW image used dark red and yellow, contradicted by a Caledonian Isles photograph showing ordinary red and golden yellow. The photographed flag does not appear particularly narrow. Isle of Lewis confirms the funnel. Rosanoski suggests the black upper edge might echo the red, black-topped funnel, but does not establish that explanation.