Who here is looking forward to the SH Whirlwind?

[adameliclem]

I am really looking forward to this kit. Realistically, it’s the best chance I’ll get to model the first prototype. She was a sexy beast.

 

Adam

 

[ssculptor]

I have always liked the airplane but I was always disappointed that they stuck an inferior engine it so it could never reach its full potential. Just like the Grumman XF-5F that was rejected by the U.S. Navy at the beginning of WW2. Both were my favorite fighters.  

[Grunticus]

On 3/28/2021 at 11:23 PM, adameliclem said:

I am really looking forward to this kit. Realistically, it’s the best chance I’ll get to model the first prototype. She was a sexy beast.

 

Adam

 

 

Nice! Is that overall black?

 

[adameliclem]

18 minutes ago, Grunticus said:

 

Nice! Is that overall black?

 

According to some sources, overall glossy dark blue-grey, with the starboard wing under surfaces in white and the port wing under surfaces in black. L6844 has also been profiled with glossy dark blue upper surfaces. I tend to agree with the dark blue grey school. Super cool either way.

 

Adam

[brewerjerry]

Hi.  

    Just to throw a random in,

 

A photographer many years ago told me it might be a photo taken in Ortho film,

    due to the lighter colour blue of the roundel, which would make the aircraft possibly still in a yellow primer colour 

 

However I still personally still like the gloss grey idea 

 

   Cheers 

      Jerry

 

 

Edited April 1, 2021 by brewerjerry

[adameliclem]

7 hours ago, brewerjerry said:

Hi.  

    Just to throw a random in,

 

A photographer many years ago told me it might be a photo taken in Ortho film,

    due to the lighter colour blue of the roundel, which would make the aircraft possibly still in a yellow primer colour 

 

However I still personally still like the gloss grey idea 

 

   Cheers 

      Jerry

 

 

Hi Jerry,

 

There are other photos of the first machine, taken at different times in different conditions, that clearly indicate a dark upper surface. Also, IIRC, the yellow roundel appeared during the time the first Whirlwinds were being produced, the second, silver-doped prototype had the yellow ring, but the first did not.

 

Needless to say, if your friend has a line on color negatives, for the love of all that is holy, get ‘em.

 

Cheers,

Adam