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I am starting to gather information for my Beaufighter project. I plan to build three and I will probably discuss all three in these forums. The first one I had my eyes on for some time is the 1/48 Beau VI flown from Coomalie, Northern Australia by Butch Gordon of 31 squadron to his two victories over Ki 45's over Timor on October 9 1943. The machine is a Beau Mk VI and it was written off right after this mission. Supposedly its wreck is still lying around somewhere in Australia. My questions are. The non standard "G" font, are there any decent decals available or I will have to end up free-handing that one? Secondly, am I safe to assume the colors were standard RAF DG/DE scheme as late as 1943 over Australia. Did by that time some "local" interpretations of the colors emerge being so far and so long removed from the BoB standards? How about the undersides?
