Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
Dark blue of the US Naval planes was pretty nice, too....
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Did the Brits use the same USN blue for their lend lease aircraft when choosing a solid colour rather than FAA camo? It would seem the easiest thing to do, everyone gets USN blue and then just change the roundels and marking.
Did the Brits use the same USN blue for their lend lease aircraft when choosing a solid colour rather than FAA camo? It would seem the easiest thing to do, everyone gets USN blue and then just change the roundels and marking.
Edit: the FAA scheme above looks more greenish blue than the USN below.
Did the Brits use the same USN blue for their lend lease aircraft when choosing a solid colour rather than FAA camo? It would seem the easiest thing to do, everyone gets USN blue and then just change the roundels and marking.
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Edit: the FAA scheme above looks more greenish blue than the USN below.
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All I said was the USN dark blue was pretty nice.For later deliveries of the Corsair, yes the FAA did use the USN blue colour.
Since both machines are restored warbirds, there's no guarantee that either shade is even remotely close to the colour applied during WW2...and that's before we consider different lighting conditions, different camera settings, any filters fitted to the camera etc. etc.
Skipping the primer and paints also saves on both weight and production time. There must have been an issue with reflected light? I think an unpainted Spitfire might give aways its position against the countryside below.Natural Metal Finish would be my favorite
...and they called her, GirtySkipping the primer and paints also saves on both weight and production time.
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EXACTLY what I was thinking. (Great Minds Dept). A late Hellcat aviator friend would endorse the sentiment. Like totally.Dare I suggest the most beautiful for many would have been any rescue plane such as this Catalina in a scene like this:
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If they were NMF nothing would say "this is a fighter Airfield better than a dozen polished aluminium Spitfires parked in the countryside.Skipping the primer and paints also saves on both weight and production time. There must have been an issue with reflected light? I think an unpainted Spitfire might give aways its position against the countryside below.
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Then the OS2U was a beauty as well.Dare I suggest the most beautiful for many would have been any rescue plane such as this Catalina in a scene like this:
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Ditto. The Yellow wings were superior in their markings. Some of my favorite "plumage" of the pre-war markings.I have always appreciated that light blue that the first Spitfire was painted in.
Some of the pre-war paint schemes, while bordering on gaudy, were rather delightful, as well....
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Nice but so is the pink and desert pink.Okay, now we have to ask. Which WW2 aircraft had the most beautiful paint schemes? I don't necessarily mean effective camo, just your favourite. And no aerial demo teams, postwar racers or other garish schemes, we want warbirds.
I'll go first. Spitfire PR blue.
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I think it ironic that in late WWII, the USA was the country most able to paint its aircraft anything it wanted and the only one that did not paint so many of them at all. The Japanese did not paint some, or not very much, but I think that was because they were out of paint.asked the class to discuss how the planes' paint schemes reflected America's self-perception at the time. It