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  1. I was very kindly sent some kits from Arma Hobby, thank you @Wojtek Bulhak @GrzeM including this one So this looked a good reason to build it, and a interesting contrast to the Frog Hurricane I just built, which was, erm, basic https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235136191-hawker-hurricane-iic-f171f188-novo-78104/ box contents 2024-03-17_01-54-09 by losethekibble, on Flickr and, inspired by @Cookenbacher I started painting still on the sprues 2024-03-17_04-21-21 by losethekibble, on Flickr All Tamiya, the X-16 Aluminium I was thinning with water/flow improver, which wasn't quite working so tried adding isopropyl, and almost flowing it on, which worked well and gave a decent smooth finish after a couple of coats. Then XF-4 yellow green, and I tried painting in the stringer lines in the wheel roof, will need a touch up. I need a stronger work light. I suspect once washed and in place there won't be much too see though... The ANA 611 Interior Green is a @Casey mix 27 parts XF-4, 5 part XF-11 J.N. Green, 1 part XF-1 black Though my JN Green is very old, 23ml Jar old, so maybe a different colour, as my test mix strip had a 1:1 mix of XF-4 Yellow Green and XF-5 Green which looked very close by eye. I didn't go an dig out my Elliot US Navy Camo book with the chips to check though as I did the mix at night, and was on a roll in the afternoon doing this. see https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235135141-help-needed-with-tamiya-paint-mixes-for-usn-ana-colors/#elControls_4866760_menu for more mixes I really need to tidy up the desk, part of the reason I just did some painting but it's a very impressive kit. Many years ago I got a load of Aeromaster decals cheap off Squadron, they were $2 a sheet, and was long enough ago I was able to send them to a friend in the US to forward them as Squadron wanted some ridiculous price. One was a 72nd Mustang sheet..... Thanks for reading.
  2. If you are lucky @Mike Starmer will see this. They will mostly be mixes https://mafva.co.uk/?p=2607 This is chapter and verse, with Tamiya mixes. Vallejo mixes are here https://alliedarmour1940.wordpress.com/vallejo-paint-mixes-for-british-armour/ SCC2 70826 German Camo Medium [145] Seems good to me. AK make these colours, or claim too, I'd not trust their "matches" though. See here for Vallejo mixes used https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235095700-matchbox-176-morris-c8-mk-ii-17pdr-gun-willys-jeep-set/#elControls_4128713_menu The Morris C.8 is SCC2 with SSC.1 disruptive. The tarp is SSC14 disruptive. HTH
  3. No, common misunderstanding. The XVIII had wing with revised gun bay panelling. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235014550-spitfire-mkxviii-mk18-photos-of-wing-panelling-differences-confirmed/ The Airfix XVIII kit just a rebox of their XIV kit. Redoing the wing is not a major job though. HTH
  4. Nick has not posted on here for a long time, you maybe able to contact him via his Aviation of Japan blog though. This may help, listed as being Don Geffene http://whalens.ca/geffene.html Hurricane BG827 30 Sqn P/O ‘Jimmy’ Whalen Ceylon August 1942 see also HTH
  5. there is a reason why I say never trust a profile without a photo but they did have some interesting schemes another neat one here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235110850-aims-148-do-217-n-2r22-conversion/ Hope of interest/use
  6. Bill Koster had worked for Monogram in the 70's I believe. I have 3 of his kits, a Nell, A-20 Havoc and Ju-88 that is really impressive for the amount of versions, IIRC a A, D, G, S and T can be done. I did mean to order some kits years ago but never did which was a shame as I wanted his XP-47H and XP-72 conversions. The Ju-88 came off @SafetyDad cheap, as injection kits have made it 'obsolete' The panel lines are a bit heavy is the main issue. AFAIK all the kits he did were 1/48th, i was fortunate enough to get his B-24 nose job set from the last order I made with Collectakit, which fixes the split seams on the Monogram turrets and allows other versions to be made. I also have a similar P-38 set as well. Impressive work @LorenSharp
  7. Private group, so only visible if a member.
  8. Caption is wrong, as this shows aircraft after the switch from Temperate Land Scheme (Dark Green/Dark Earth over Sky, which would be Sky by this point) to Day Fighter Scheme, Dark Green Ocean Grey over Medium Sea Grey, though this looks to be a good candidate for a mixed grey, note the outline of Dark Earth remaining around the roundel. DFS changed the code letter colour from Med Sea Grey to Sky. There maybe some more information about when exactly the photo was taken, which would pin down the colours used, but Z3437 would have been in TLS prior to this photo, but from what I can see this is after the change from TLS to DFS. Brief aside, "Type S" refers to a smooth paint formulation, which was the paint standard by 1941, ALL the colours used were Type S, just for some reason Sky gets the type as added frequently. OK DK Decals show Z3437 as still in Temperate Land Scheme the same image above is in this in better quality. There is also a close up of Kucera in the cockpit with one kill marking, which looks to be TLS. this one, less cropped but not by much, the edge of the K is just visible. Back to the Sky band colour, given in the photo of Z3437, the code letters and band look a very similar tone, I'd suggest just plain Sky. You could use Sky Blue if like, it's possible but IMO less likely. The two photos are from here https://allspitfirepilots.org/pilots/1566 which also has Z3437 in DFS and, as you are in the USA, you may not have seen this https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Camouflage-Markings/Hawker-Hurricane scanned in the link, and still the best run through of the main changes in camo and markings. HTH and makes sense. Any questions?
  9. do NOT trust Vallejo colour names to be what you hope they might be. They tend to do this, call some random paint with a actual name, which inevitably causes confusion. (eg Model Color Oxford Blue and Middle Stone, neither are anything like the British colours with these names) If you get on with enamels, and colour accuracy is of interest, Colourcoats are the only company that actually seems to bother to do research to get them right. It should be noted their owner @Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies is both a modeller and a poster here. Everything else varies in what they claim colours to be and what they are. Many threads on here discussing this. IMO it's a not very funny joke as to how many of the "matches" sold are not very good, in particular the Spanish acrylic companies, Vallejo, AK and Mig Ammo are serious offenders in this area. Why? These blog posts by Soveriegn Hobbies are well worth reading, in particular about use of existing paint standards to match older ones https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/blogs/sovereign-about-us-research-and-development/references-how-to-tell-the-good-from-the-bad https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/blogs/sovereign-about-us-research-and-development/research-and-development-fs-ral-bs Anyway, you have a list of possible from the work that @Casey has put in, so you should be able to find something very close from that data. HTH
  10. I'd not trust anything in Valiant without checking elsewhere. Osprey? Which one? If you can give serial and code I'll have a look. Serial will give an idea of the "Sky" was factory applied. Note, DK Decals do actually bother to ask about schemes. It should also be noted that colour images show both Sky Blue bands and spinners, and Sky that just is slightly different, as on variation between factory and MU or unit level application. HTH
  11. Tamiya don't do an insignia blue, if using Tamiya it's mix. @Casey has done various ANA mixes. I'll add in link if I find it before you get an answer
  12. The XVIII wing externally has outer gun bay panelling removed, and a equipment bay added. see this is still a very useful discussion on the two rudders, and how the fin differs, and where they were used @Denford you likely will have seen these in the past, but just in case, and of use to others reading this who perhaps will not have seen these before. HTH
  13. Re L1592, was restored by Hawkers in the 1950s, and served in Training Command. Good as it is, they don't mention everything. I don't know. @tango98 may. Again my cynicism of it not being a Spitfire. Would require scouring photos I suspect. Also, I wonder what survives and is in the production records, it maybe just no nerdy modeller types have tracked these down, as opposed to the Spitfire type documents that periodically get quoted on here about when a modification came in. great find Dave. runs from 0.25 to 1.10. The spraying of the inside if the UC door and leg is of note. I presume underside being also, 2.35-3.00, aircraft park with a variety of roundels, mostly overpainted C type, but still Sky bands visible. Vengeances, Hurricans and P-47's Needs some screenshots, which I'm not about to do right now... cheers T
  14. It IS propaganda, so cuts out all the lining everything up, and how long all the bits too too make. Interesting to note how much of the internal wing structure is still painted post NMF, and the Neutral Gray ball turret. @tomprobert @vppelt68 New too me. Great find. Probably could if building B-17's, complex as they are, nothing like the complexity of modern tech. And the cash flow was on as well. And we just don't (fortunately) need that amount of warplanes. Anyway, fascinating, and period color is always a treat, thanks for sharing cheers T
  15. Not yellow for tail flash Yellow was the Axis recognition colour, the La-7 at Monino may or may not be Kozhedub's but white is far more likely. By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK - Lavochkin La-7 ’27 white’, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64800954 Far more indepth discussion here https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/la-7/la-7colors/27kozhedub/27kozhedub.htm The rest of your colours look believable though HTH
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