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https://www.eagle-editions.com/product/eaglecals-36-the-blond-knight-erich-hartmann-s-bf-109-g-6s/ Also: https://www.eagle-editions.com/product/eaglecals-132-bf-109-g-6s/ Two different takes on "Yellow 1", probably not the same aircraft. The camo pattern from the plane depicted in EagleCals 36 appears to match the fuselage in your photo.
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Nick Millman specifically addresses the trainer orange-yellow in his "Painting the Early Zero" monograph, available via the website. If you're interested in the Zero, it's an excellent addition to your references...
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WW2 US Navy/Marines - Carrier Ordnance Arming Protocol
Rolls-Royce replied to Ray_W's topic in Aircraft WWII
On most real aircraft (with possible exception of the STOL bush planes with huge balloon tires), noticeably bulged tires are a bad thing. That means they are underinflated and a hazard. The practice of portraying bulged tires on model aircraft, although artistically appealing, is incorrect. As alt-92 has already said, the white streaks are exhaust deposits from additives in the high-octane fuel used, probably mostly lead compounds. -
@MilneBay Sounds familiar. We USAF types used to say that the only difference between the USAF and the American Boy Scouts was that the Boy Scouts had adult leadership...
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Pretty sure I saw that one, too...
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Pages 9 and 10 of the Wingleader Photo Archive Number 1 have period (4 May 1939) photos of the same early Mark I of 19 Squadron that showed the hole, mainly, I believe, because it's in an area of Dark Earth and therefore stands out somewhat against the background.
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Boy, howdy. My junior college Fortran class back in 71 was like that. I never completed it. To my instructor, Fortran was like breathing, but she couldn't help me make the leap to understand what I needed to do. After punching card after card, waiting several days, only to see "Syntax Error" after "Syntax Error", I gave up and have never tried programming again.
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IIRC, the rear hole was a hand-cranking point for when there was no electrical cart available for engine start, and the forward hole had a small-diameter drain tube.
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You can click on the images in the article to see a zoomed-in version of the profiles included with the decals.
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Nick Millman's blog had a review of a Rising Decals 1/72 sheet featuring his markings. It may give you some of what you're looking for: http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2012/07/rising-decals-zero-pt-ii-in-172nd-scale.html
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I understand that photos online may be your only reference. But generally, matching colors to them is not a good choice because of the variations in monitors, graphics cards, etc.
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Flt Lt John Dundas's 609 Sqn BoB Spitfire R6922 15 Sep 40
Rolls-Royce replied to Fatcawthorne's topic in Aircraft WWII
Wingleader's Photo Archive Number I, on the Spitfire Mk I, has a two-page (34 and 35) side-by-side comparison of an early and a later Mk I, K9912 and R7159. Both were photographed prior to the application of squadron codes. R7159, an Eastleigh-produced aircraft, has Sky undersides, aerial wire to the tail, and IFF. No info on the type of gear selector fitted. Note that both aircraft have the same camo pattern despite having odd and even serial numbers, so it appears that the A/B pattern scheme may already have gone by the wayside when the photo of R7159 was taken. -
There was a similar question yesterday here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/spitfire-propellers-t517991.html
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I do believe you and Antti_K are both right. I had seen the HBO series on Chernobyl before I saw the program in question, so its reference to Chernobyl caught my attention. And I do remember that it was described as an over-the-horizon radar.
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I remember seeing on one of those "strange and odd things" kind of television shows about an enormous radar antenna that the Soviets built in the eastern part of Russia, facing West. It looks very similar to the "hoarding radar" shown in one of Blimpyboy's posts above, but much bigger. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, work on it ceased and now it sits derelict and abandoned.
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Yes, indeed. https://www.eduard.com/eduard/posters/?cur=2
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Eduard has recently done that with some of their box art. That for their new Spitfire Mk I could get the same treatment. One can only hope.
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As an aside, removing and reinstalling the gear doors in order to paint them may not have been either a quick or an easy option. I'm not aware of the maintenance procedures for the Spitfire, but with modern military aircraft I've worked on, removing and reinstalling a gear door for any reason requires a "jack and retract" before the next flight to ensure the gear will operate, lock, and unlock properly when extending and retracting. This isn't a trivial exercise, because it requires a team of people from start to finish, including someone in the cockpit to operate the controls, and must be done with care to avoid damaging the aircraft (the jacks place localized stresses on the plane at the jacking points). I think this would have been especially important on the MK Is equipped with the hand-pumped gear setup, since such a system may not have generated the kind of pressure needed to fully close a slightly tweaked or out-of-adjustment door and allow the gear to lock in the retracted position.
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Eduard 1/48th Spitfire Mk.I decals,..... dry transfer?
Rolls-Royce replied to tonyot's topic in Aircraft WWII
There was a thread recently about this very subject, but I cannot recall if it was here or on HyperScale. The gist was that these are digitally printed decals, and that the film can be removed either by carefully peeling it away or using a solvent and cotton buds to dissolve it. EDIT. It was on HyperScale. Here's a link to the thread: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/new-eduard-digital-decals-peeling-off-the-carrier--t517291.html -
I flood it up to the raised edge of the framework, then use the toothpick trick while the masking is wet to clean up the edge. I have also (mostly) done the freehand painting, trying not to go over but using a toothpick - cut on an angle - to clean up before the paint completely dries.
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There's another option, and that is the various liquid masks. You do have to make sure that the surface being covered is clean to enable the masking fluid to stick, and you have to let it dry sufficiently before painting the part. But I used Microscale's Micro Mask for years, and recently began using precut masks. Both methods can work equally well.
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It wasn't on the TOCH forum, since I don't participate there. It likely was in the Merrick volume mentioned in the referenced thread.
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I recently read something - can't remember the source - that stated that the dark-colored wing leading edge undersides and gear doors on the otherwise NMF-with-76 wings was for purposes of ground concealment. The contrast between dark upper surfaces and bare metal or 76 undersides of leading edges as well as gear doors could be seen by attacking Allied pilots, increasing the risk of attack to the planes in their revetments.
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Thanks. I thought that pink was too garish. I've seen a wartime color shot of several PR Spitfires in PRU Pink, and even considering the age of the photo, the pink was quite pale, not the Maybelline shade they showed in the video.
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Just a quick question for the Spitfire mavens here. A couple of days ago, I watched a video on YouTube posted by the RAF Museum about the Spitfire vs the Bf-109. Among other topics, the host discussed the general evolution of camouflage on the two aircraft, with emphasis on the underside colors used by the Spitfire. At the end of that sequence, they showed a Spitfire in what was apparently PRU Pink (in fact, the host specifically said "pink"), stating that this was the RAF's answer to camouflage at higher altitude. It's my impression from my reading that PRU Blue was the high-altitude solution, while the Pink was meant for low altitude, dawn and dusk missions. Am I mistaken?
