jacksdad Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 A number of the stretched RAF Hercs have a neoprene coating on the bottom. Can anyone tell me if it is dark green or black? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I've certainly seen it as Dark green - it was chosen that colour as the aircraft it was painted onto was to be painted Dark Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 All RAF J Hercules have the under belly/ stone protection. This is due to the amount of damage encountered when landing on beaches/ unprepared runways. All of this comes as a roll and as all of the aircraft will be painted in the dark green, as and when they go through the Major servicing programme at Marshall's. Most of the short aircraft have not reached the Major milestone yet and so therefore are still in Grey with the dark green patches all over it. So you can see many variations of colour scheme at Lyneham. I can almost down to each aircraft (Shorty's) look and know which one it is at the moment. Also there are two aircraft with black radomes which further helps in identification. Hope this helps Simon Fisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Thanks guys. That's exactly what I was looking for. Simon, I am planning to stretch the Italeri 1/48 to build ZH879, which has a great patchwork paint job which should look good, if I get it right. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatal bert Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Here's a pic I took the other day showing the colour of the neoprene coating on a very faded Mk5... As an aside, does anyone make aftermarket resin LAIRCM blisters for the J yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Great pic and very helpful. Resin blisters would fantastic. Anyone any ideas? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) As a footnote to the last post's,the laircm blisters are being removed from the short j's due to aerdynamic problems. Edited January 23, 2011 by fatalbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Here's a pic I took the other day showing the colour of the neoprene coating on a very faded Mk5... As an aside, does anyone make aftermarket resin LAIRCM blisters for the J yet? Thats a good shot of the wear and tear on the prop blades too. Regards Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatal bert Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Here's a couple more of the tatty old girl.... The blisters are indeed being removed from the Mk 5s due, as my namesake says, to the aerodynamic issues of turbulent airflow over the elevators. As for the neoprene covering, Simon is quite correct as to the whys and wherefores of the stuff. Worth noting that due to the direction of the prop rotation the covering extends all the way up the fuselage on the starboard side but not on the port (first picture above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Looking at these photographs it looks like the top one 882 has been "strip prepped" which means a lot further protection is applied around the bottom of the fuselage and undercarriage. If you look at the aerials under the belly they have taped up with many layers of black tape for protection. ZH879 is now in the Dark green by the way and looking very smart indeed. Simon Fisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatal bert Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Very smart until the first engine change leaves it with a grey engine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Great pic and very helpful. Resin blisters would fantastic. Anyone any ideas? Steve Specter resins Out of stock though Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hi Shaun, Thanks for that. However, I will be stretching the 1/48 kit. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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