Hangar camouflage?

• Jul 4, 2006

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mosquitoman

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Bit of a weird question, but were british aircraft hangars camouflaged and if so, what sort of colours and patterns were there?

 

• Jul 4, 2006

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mosquitoman said:

Bit of a weird question, but were british aircraft hangars camouflaged and if so, what sort of colours and patterns were there?

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That is weird, but I would guess they were - here's an example from Lockheed and the way they camouflaged a whole plant known as "A1." B-17 were being built there...

 

• Jul 4, 2006

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Excellent pictures FLYBOYJ.

 

• Jul 4, 2006

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wow! I just need to know about the sides of it because I've put one of my models in a box with a "hangar" wall behind it and wondered if I need to paint it. I'll post a pi when it's done

 

• Jul 4, 2006

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Thats impressive joe

 

• Jul 4, 2006

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pbfoot said:

Thats impressive joe

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Indeed it is.

 

• Jul 5, 2006

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Lockheed had most of their plant that way during the war...

 

• Jul 5, 2006

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Impressive Joe! Great pic.

 

• Jul 6, 2006

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What type of hanger is it? I don't think many(if any) were painted, I know that there were a lot with just the concrete or brick on display. There are alot of "C" Type hangars down my way and none of them show signs of the sides being painted.

 

• Jul 6, 2006

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Just a generic RAF hangar, thanks for the info

 

• Jul 6, 2006

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What if a downed japanese plane attemped to land on the plant?

 

• Jul 6, 2006

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The pilot would be in for a very big surprise

 

• Jul 13, 2006

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the RAF just did a sort of sand yellow for the walls and did their brown/green roof..........

as for the cammo didn't they cover the taj mahal in a giant cammo net during the war? not a clue if it's true or not just sumthing i heard years ago..........

 

• Jul 18, 2006

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You might want to take a look here, MM:
British Hangars

 

• Jul 18, 2006

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thanks, I've sorted it out now- there's a pic somewhere in the post your models section with a pic of what I've done