twin engine Fleet Air Arm

[thedarkmaster]

I'm in the middle of a project and i have a small snag.


Does anyone know how and where the demarcation line for the paint went on a high winged twin engined royal navy Aircraft and how it went on the engines ?

[Jschmus]

It's not high-winged, but I found this.

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/seahornetf20sn_1.htm

There don't seem to have been a lot of twin-engined FAA aircraft to begin with.

[pyro-manic]

I'd go with that. See these as well:
http://www.aircraftmodels.co.uk/l.aspx?k=1100644
http://www.mediastorehouse.com/image/de-havilland-sea-mosquito-tr33_1881415.jpg

[philp]

Can't get much higher wing than a Catalina but think they were all RAF.

Pics I find show everything from full fuselage camo to the waterline to complete white fuselage.

[NARSES2]

Depends what period you are looking at ? If post war then the demarcation would be very high, probably with only the upper surfaces (plan view) of the aircraft including the nacelles in the darker colour. With a high wing the wing surface would probably be the bottom line of the dark colour. The Sea Hornet below gives an idea although it's not high wing as such.

[Weaver]

A Shorts Sturgeon is probably the closest you'd get to real high-wing FAA aircraft. Can't find a really decent pic (most of them were painted as target tugs) but this pic of an ASW one supports the high-demarcation-line idea:

[thedarkmaster]

Thanks lads going with a high demarcation line level with wing and tail, hopefully have it done soon   

[Mossie]

Fairey Barracuda is the only high wing aircraft I can think of off the top of my head, although single engine.  I think the demarcation line is at the 3/4 mark, rather than being level with any of the flying surfaces.

[NARSES2]

That Sturgeon pic shows what I think it would be. I could only find target tugs and natural metal ones 

[thedarkmaster]

Well got her painted, a bit of a mixture of the sturgeon and the Barracuda also wenr RCN so that could explain any discrepansies. Hopefully will have it decaled tonight and posted tomorrow.....fingers crossed     

[thedarkmaster]

Here she is





rest of pictures etc......   http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21290.720.html

[kitnut617]

Now that is interesting tdm, I like that. 

[Captain Canada]

It's like I was on some other planet for awhile or something...... What a neat looking aeroplane ! Couple of beauties in this topic.

[NARSES2]

You've been watch Dr Who again Capt, haven't you ? 

[Captain Canada]

I have ! lol....I wonder if there's a connection ? But it's just the 2005 series that's on Netflix. I really should ask which ones are best to watch ? I'm sure I can find them somewhere out there !