Anyone building Lou IV out of the new Revell P-51 kit?

[pennausamike]

Well, OBVIOUSLY LOU IV was blue.....

 

 

The eyewitness accounts in combination with the photos are why I accept that LOU IV was over painted in a dark blue.

This is the old Revell P-51 with the fin fillet cut off and filled.

 

Mike

Edited February 11, 2018 by pennausamike

[Martinnfb]

[Guest Smitty44]

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It looks like these photos also prove that all ground vegitation is blue also. ;-)

 

Looking at it makes WWI lozenge make sense

[Guest Smitty44]

SO many have said why would they paint it blue, and I look at the pic and say why the heck would they not? 

[John1]

The forum is hosted by a new owner, Tapatalk, who are, according to Brett,

migrating to a new platform.

We'll see.

From posts on HS, looks like they are getting pretty close to the new format.  Hooray, HS is about to finally become a useful modeling forum. 

 

On a semi-related note - Dana's article was titled "Show and Tell #7".   If found a couple of earlier "Show and Tells" by Dana but not all of them.  They were all pretty interesting.  Anyone know where the remainder can be found?  HS Reference Section has some really good stuff, especially on Late War Luftwaffe camo schemes.  Sad that so many articles are just dead links, missing pictures, etc, etc. 

Edited February 23, 2018 by John Irwin

[thierry laurent]

Personally, I am not arguing about the difference in color between the planes on the picture but I think Ray probably hit the nail. It is not the first time I saw some OD color with a blueish hue. Planes were possibly not painted at the same time with the same batch of color. I don't think we need anything else to explain the difference (KISS principle!).

 

if you want to be sure: mix dark blue with OD and the problem will be solved!

[Dana Bell]

Hi John,

 

I'm glad you like the series.  I've found a number of items that I thought folks would find interesting, and every now and then I get around to posting one of them.  (I should have posted a few dozen more by now, but everything takes time!)

 

Anyhow, here's the list to date:

 

#1 - Yellow Green - http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell1yellowgreendb_1.htm

 

#2 - Secret insignia - http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell2recognitiondb_1.htm

 

#3 - Droop Snoot - http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell3droopsnootdb_1.htm

 

#4 - Navy 1930s camouflage tests - http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell4db_1.htm

 

#5 - Navy Reserve colors - http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell5db_1.htm

 

#6 - Navy prop tips - http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell6db_1.htm

 

#7 - Blue Mustangs? - http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell7db_1.htm

 

Cheers,

 

 

 

Dana

Edited February 23, 2018 by Dana Bell

[CANicoll]

Thanks Dana,

 

Is this going to be part of your talk at Model Classic in April?  Looking forward to doing a build following your discussion here.

 

Chris

[Dana Bell]

Hi Chris,

 

We'll have the room for about an hour.  I figure on pulling together a talk of about 35 minutes, then using the rest of the time for a very general Q&A - very informal stuff, just for fun.

 

Cheers,

 

 

Dana

[John1]

Hi Chris,

 

We'll have the room for about an hour. I figure on pulling together a talk of about 35 minutes, then using the rest of the time for a very general Q&A - very informal stuff, just for fun.

 

Cheers,

 

 

Dana

Where is this being held? MA by any chance?

[Dana Bell]

Hi John,

 

Not quite - if you take the leg off either side of that "M" you're left with VA - then you found us.

 

At the risk of further hijacking this thread, here are the details, halfway down the page:  https://www.novaipms.org/

 

Cheers,

 

 

Dana