72modeler Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 @tonyot, Was this one of the CC Liberators you modeled a while back? Very interesting history and account of a U-boat sunk by a very gallant Liberator crew via You Tube. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) Was this one of the decal options in the Hasegawa 1:72 B-24J 'Coastal Command' boxing? I built it for a different plane but haven't kept any of the details. Mark Edited July 12, 2021 by Mark Harmsworth Add that I built a different plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 No Mike,...I did model ZZ-K back in my teens but it is long gone mate and I`ve never posted it on line. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tucker Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 ZZ-E Is one of the schemes in the X72188 Yanks with Roundels part 5 Xtradecal set. I'm tempted to do this one for the High Wing GB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudioN Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 8:31 PM, 72modeler said: U-boat sunk by a very gallant Liberator crew via You Tube Secret weapons of WW II ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan R-S Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 The pics in the video suggest the markings "KK-Z" are in red. Also it appears the B24 did not have an upper turret. I guess the decal sheet has some mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 4:38 AM, Juan R-S said: The pics in the video suggest the markings "KK-Z" are in red. Also it appears the B24 did not have an upper turret. I guess the decal sheet has some mistakes. Why? Because they are "grey" on the photos as the red in the roundel? What if they were a grey color? What would they then look like on the photo? Grey? RAF official documents as this page from AIR 15/285 concerning aircraft camouflage and markings (30 April 1942), states that General Reconnaissance aircraft painted white were to have Light Slate Grey code letters. From color photographs we do know that this was not the case. Dark grey, more like black is seen on photos. Medium grey also. But never red. Why the color red is often believed to be the correct color, I don't know. Most probably it is because artists used red when painted box art for model kits back in the 50s and 60s. Before the files like AIR 15/285 became public. And it looks good to! Bengt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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