I'm gearing up to make some Soviet aircraft in RAF markings during the B of B. I know controversy rages about RAF colour schemes of imported aircraft. Would, for eg, a light olive/black/blue schemed Soviet aircraft have been completely repainted or would perhaps the green have been kept but the black replaced with brown, maybe Sky/Duck Egg Blue undersides? Any good examples out there to give some idea?
IMHO any non-standard type would have been re-painted totally in the current RAF scheme, whatever that was. They changed remarkably frequently in the period, what with the black/white undersides and the various roundel sizes etc.
The Air Ministry applied the rules pretty strongly, but in Whiffworld that doesn't mean you have to.......... ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 14, 2015, 08:27:51 AM
The Air Ministry applied the rules pretty strongly, but in Whiffworld that doesn't mean you have to.......... ;D
YAY! Could be fun to do one mid-paint :wub:.
Out of interest, if the IL-2s were to be used predominantly for anti-shipping etc would they have gone to Coastal Command or FAA? I think one would look nice in that scheme.
Quote from: Librarian on September 14, 2015, 09:48:06 AM
Out of interest, if the IL-2s were to be used predominantly for anti-shipping etc would they have gone to Coastal Command or FAA? I think one would look nice in that scheme.
My vote/thought would be Coastal Command. FWIW.
Cheers
Ya Coastal Command would look great like that. And as stated, this is whifworld anything goes !
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Repainted and Coastal Command. Don't forget Coastal and Fighter Commands had different camouflage schemes in place at the time. Especially re undersides
Also top sides. IMHO, if you integrate a foreign aircraft, it would most likely have been repainted completely according to current regulations, and in case of doubt IMHO the land schemes would be preferred - for instance, the Fokker T.VIII torpedo floatplanes that fled from the Netherlands to UK were re-painted in Temperate Land scheme (Dark Green/Dark Earth) - before, they had been painted all over aluminum:
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That does look good, and good news too...no factory layouts to follow, just a bit of freehand spraying. I'm liking this more and more :thumbsup:.