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This is a complicated one, so bear with me. Some time ago, I was browsing on the DK Decals site and came across a profile for a Wellington in three-colour desert camouflage, so I started this thread to find out if it was legit. While I did eventually find a photograph to prove it was, in the process I unearthed a photo of another Wellington, also in the three-colour camo, but a rather more interesting looking aircraft. While I have also got a photo of this aircraft pre-crash, it’s copyrighted so I can’t post it here. What I can do is link to the post-crash photo here, which was originally posted in this thread, and apparently is from Airfix Magazine Annual No 6. I realise that photo doesn’t show a lot, but the pre-crash photo did, and you can read a lot of the discussion on that photo in my thread I linked at the start of this one. What I can say is this aircraft is a Ic and coded “R”, sadly without a unit or serial, so I’ll leave the serial off unless more info comes to light. The lack of guns also indicates it’s being used as a transport rather than a bomber. It also wears C1 roundels. Colours are always hard to deduce from b&w photos, but we have a few clues (plus my own assumptions): Firstly, standard camouflage for transports in the desert was TSS over azure, so it’s a reasonable assumption to say that’s the likely start of the scheme. Secondly, from the way the blue of the roundel shows up (or rather doesn’t), it indicates a type of film that’s less sensitive to blue. If we assume TSS over Azure (which I am), that ties in well. The lower colour is very light in the photos, indicating a lack of blue sensitivity in the film, which also suggests the lightest camo colour is Extra Dark Sea Grey. Thirdly, assuming a field applied scheme, it’s reasonable to assume the third colour is either Middle Stone or Dark Earth. This third colour shows up lighter than the Dark Slate Grey of the TSS scheme, which would suggest it’s more likely Middle Stone. Finally, when looking at the pattern of light/dark/medium of the camo (admittedly far easier on the pre-crash photo), we can work out that this is a standard Wellington camouflage pattern with every other area of Extra Dark Sea Grey overpainted with Middle Stone. Phew! This is where I have to extend my thanks and gratitude to a number of people far more versed in decoding b&w photos and in the standards of schemes used in theatre than I am. Those people are (in no particular order) @Graham Boak @Ed Russell and @KRK4m. Without the input of you guys I wouldn’t have been able to get to this point with my detective work, so thank you all very much! To build this wonderfully odd aircraft, I’ve got the recent Airfix kit. While I’ve got the GR Mk VIII boxing, all of the parts to build the Ic are in there: All of the sprues are still bagged: To assist, I’ve got Montex canopy masks, Aires wheels, and the DK Decals set I found the original aircraft in, but also conveniently has the right decals for this one: If you've made it this far, bravo for sticking with me! I’m a bit snowed under with group builds at the moment, but I’m determined to get this one built this year. Even better if I manage it by Telford. Expect a start at some point either after I’ve cleared the decks of some of the current projects, or when I get impatient. TL/DR – I’m doing a Wellington Ic transport in TSS + Middle Stone over Azure 🤣 James