nmayhew Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 well as i said i will email them and ask for their references i am not of the "prove it didn't happen" school to each his own, but that isn't for me Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Yes mate I agree, I am like you. I would like clear evidence of a scheme before I slap paint on a $200 model. Alburymodeler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David66 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 The dark green / dark earth over azure blue camo looks great and I was all set to finish my Airfix 1/24th Mossie in those colours when I stared making it many moons ago. Maybe it's a good thing the project got put aside for a while, although I'm still tempted to finish it in those colours. Maybe I'll just replace the azure blue with medium sea grey, not as appealing but, hopefully more accurate. And who knows; maybe a colour pic showing a Mossie in dark green /dark earth over azure blue will emerge before I finally commit to paint........ Alburymodeler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alburymodeler Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Can we assume that is MSG in the big flakey area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Lapin Mal Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Can we assume that is MSG in the big flakey area? It certainly does look like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Brown Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 It's the Azure Blue underside that is more flakey ie. much more unlikely than the Med Sea Grey in my opinion. It all comes back to SEAC's interprepation of what role the Mosquito FBVI fitted into. If it was classed as a fighter ( which in my mind it was) then the underside colour from 4th April 1944 would certainly be Med Sea Grey. It must be remembered that the Mosquito FBVI replaced the Beaufighter in most Far East Squadrons and nobody questions the Med Sea Grey on the undersides of Beaufighters in SEAC, and the Beaufighter was a heavy fighter. If it was classed as a bomber then no colour is actually specified but it is highly unlikely to be Azure. In most black and white photos Azure Blue appears quite dark, ( I suggest you look at photos of desert camoflaged aircraft to see this) much darker than the lightish blue in the centre of SEAC roundles (which by the way would be slightly different from aircraft to aircraft). Once again it's worth studying photos as one published photo shows HR493 UX-C of 82 Sqn shows the upper surfaces in Dk Green / Dk Earth, the underside colour is slightly lighter than the light blue in the roundel, Med Sea grey I think. David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I went with the Azure...I still sleep at night! http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=29230&hl=mosquito Tim W nmayhew and David66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 dave, have you seen the footage / pictures mentioned in this old Britmodeller thread? http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234938938-627-sqn-mosquitos-strange-colours/ supposedly AZ-B... and supposedly azure blue? having said that, as a follower of a German armour all i can say is 'Afrika Tigers' to indicate how people can see wildly different things in the same pics, and also how what was Gospel for many years can be overturned so easily (hope you didn't paint those Tigers green, or even in a single colour - they had two tone camo!) cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 He he Just kidding guys! This is the kind of stuff on which legends / profile artists' fantasies are born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 In seriousness, it did not really occur to me that the azure color was wrong until far too late.... I'm assuming this would also apply to Spitfire VIIIs? My Barracuda decals have similar painting instructions, IIRC. Cheers to all, Tim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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