60 Sqn Javelin Fin Stripes Colours

[Mike N]

I've recently received the Alleycat T3 conversion, very nice it is too, but one thing that I'm unsure about is the decal sheet for the 60 Sqn markings. In colour profiles and most period photos (some are inconclusive) the lighter stripes are silver: the decal sheet has these as white. Was white also used?

Supporting evidence:

A fantastic photo of a weathered Javelin in flight:

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x199/chugalug2/GlosterJavelinEscort1.jpg

A couple of photos here too in the second row:

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/javelin/gallery.php

It's not the end of the world if they are silver, I have some Xtradecal silver stripes...

Mike

[sloegin57]

They were horizontal White/Black/White/Black/White stripes across the fin/rudder, the White being half the width of the Black.

From Roger Lindsay's "Gloster Javelin Marks 7 to 9R".

Dennis

[Antti_K]

Hello Mike,

at first those stripes were black and white. For example a picture of XH842 "A" shows this quite clearly. Later on and especially on FAW9R:s the stripes were black and silver. Originally No 60 Squadron Javelins carried also a Flight Colour (Light blue, Red or Green) around their individual codes and "Markhar Head" insignia. Good examples are XH722 "PS" (Red), XH908 "S" (Light blue or Green) and XH956 "W" (Light blue). A detail that has been ignored by decal makers unfortunately.

But you asked especially about T.3. Warpaint series no 17 "Gloster Javelin" has a good photo on page 9 showing T.3 XH390 "O" carrying black and white stripes.

Best Regards,

Antti

[Mike N]

Many thanks for the replies. I'm actually going to do the T3 in 64 Sqn markings, but use the 60 Sqn ones on an FAW9, so silver it is!

Mike