Swedish Spitfire S 31....

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Lucky13

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S 31
Typ: Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX
Tillverkad av Vickers-Armstrong Aricraft Ltd,Woolston,Southampton,Storbritannien
c/n: 6S.594685
Tillverkningsår: 1945

Ex: PS861 (RAF), G-15-24

1949-01-22 Till F11 Märkning 11-33, 11-13
1949-02-14 Godkänd
1955-08-20 Kasserad,fpl-typen utgår.
Gångtid: 360 timmar
Skrotad på Kolbäck.

To F11 1949/01/22, marked as 11-33, 11-13.
Approved 1949/02/14.
Written off 1955/08/20, type no longer in use.
360 flight hours.
Scrapped at Kolbäck.

I haven't found a photo of her yet....
But, using #24, which is best used for this blue colour?

 
Jan ... IMHO the colour looks like or was similar or just was the same as the PRU Blue BS381C 636 used by the RAF ... for teh fadded variant of the colour yuo may use the mix of the Tamiya XF-18 (70%) and the XF-2 (30%).


the pic source: the net.
 
Lucky13 said:
I also just read that we repainted our S 31's in a somewhat darker blue later on....
I'm quite happy with the looks of the Vallejo 113....
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IMHO the PRU Blues was still in use. The darker tone of the paint could have been because of either applying the fresh (new) coat or getting darker due to the weather. Our aviation uniforms always got the slightly draker and more greyish tone when was exposed to sunlight for long time. For the reason the windows of our dressing room had the window glasses painted blue to protect the uniforms agianst the fading. Anyway the Vallejo paint looks fine.
 
Same plane different lighting.

Aircraft Photo of 31051 | Supermarine 389 Spitfire PR19 | Sweden - Air Force | AirHistory.net #714600

Aircraft photo of 31051 / 11-51 - Supermarine 389 Spitfire PR19 - Sweden - Air Force (F11), taken by Alastair T. Gardiner at Linköping - Malmen (ESCF) in Sweden on 10 April 2024 at the Flygvapenmuseum. In 1948 the Flygvapnet bought fifty Spitfire PR Mk.XIX, receiving the designation S 31 (S for...
www.airhistory.net
 
I believe you're overthinking it. I've never seen anything indicating that these were painted in anything other than PRU Blue and have always liked the version from Xtracolour.
 
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