DennisTheBear Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Good <please select> morning/afternoon/evening/very very a.m fellow BMers. As the title suggests I'm looking for info on colours for Maude Bonney's DH-60G. If there is already a thread on this please point me in the right direction. From the few available images I've seen I would say the wings and tail surfaces were silver. So what were the two fuselage colours and the cheatline, and registration? Also does anyone know if any modifications were done for her flight to England in 1933? Making this a future build as I now live not too far from Archerfield Airport. I have the old Frog 1/72 kit as a basis, and no I won't be buying a newer kit or aftermarket. Any information is greatly appreciated. DennisTheBear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyinoz Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 here ya go mate this contemporaneous eyewitness report should help: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54727752?searchTerm=vh-upv my little ship lores bonney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 @wallyinoz Thanks for that mate, it'll help enormously in getting things in order to start. Building in the One True Scale makes some things easier and some things more difficult such as hairy stick painting the fuselage. That is going to take some thought as to masking. On a related note while flying up to TSV I was thinking about why these earlier aviators were (and still are) lauded for their acheivments. While flying through severe weather was and is dangerous in small aircraft, that could not be the whole of it. I'll put some more thoughts on this in this thread later as I need to attend to my daughter's rather more prosaic shoe addiction.😅 DennisTheBear (not sitting in a forest) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyinoz Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 designing decals shouldn't be too hard I will give it go for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 Hmm, I might (empasis on might) be able to do it myself. Since I'm also planning on converting the old Airfix 1/72 Avro Anson to a civil converted airliner (Townsville and Country Airways, of which I've found a total of 2 photos with only 1 showing the company name on the aircraft) I would like them printed in one go. Haven't tried designing before but I can take my time to either get there or realise I'm hopeless at it. If I need help I'll let you know. DennisTheBear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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