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Camouflage painting
They tried some of those on aircraft too! The Americans were quite keen on it for a while. This 'Vindicator' sports one of the McClelland Barclay experimental schemes. If you Google "McClelland Barclay camouflage" all sorts of his schemes will turn up on various aircraft. Fortunately for us...- stona
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Camouflage painting
They were exactly specified. That's not to say there were not some small variations in the application between the various datum points. US built aircraft were finished to British specifications, in agreed substitute colours.- stona
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Camouflage painting
"Were secondary duties aircraft in WW2 painted yellow underside and camo uppers? Was THAT a regulation?" No. They were supposed to conform with the relevant regulations for their type, role and organisation. Training aircraft were supposed to have yellow undersides and received the disruptive...- stona
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Camouflage painting
This doesn't tell us what the colours were, but it does give stores references which might help an interested party track them down. The various classes of bombers went straight to disruptive schemes. NIVO (Night Invisible Camouflage Orfordness) was developed to be precisely that, and was...- stona
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Camouflage painting
The investigations and trials into camouflage schemes began in 1933. These were conducted in various areas over various terrain. The drawings for the Temperate Land Scheme (the classic Dark Earth/Dark Green disruptive scheme, were finalised in June 1936 and presented in the Air Diagrams I...- stona
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Camouflage painting
I heard my name! So, 'A' and 'B' schemes. These were laid out in camouflage scheme drawings prepared in June 1936, in Air Diagrams for all the main types of aircraft. For example A.D. 1158 was for 'Single Engine Monoplanes' and 'Medium Bombers'. All these drawings illustrated TWO disruptive...- stona
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Andrew's 1/72 Airfix FW190 A-8 and F-8 'Wurger Double bill'
'Red 2' was a lot more mucky than in your profile! The white winter camouflage was rather roughly applied.- stona
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Favourite plastic cement?
As the title suggests, I was wondering what everybody uses to stick their plastic together, as in plastic cements? I've always used either Tamiya Extra Thin or the EMA Plastic Weld, which have such similar properties I'm never sure which I'm using once I've decanted the Plastic Weld into a... -
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Steve's 1/32 Scale P-39 in Soviet Service from Andy & Karls Russian aircraft GB
I hope that this in in the right place. I'm sure someone will fix it, if not. (It is now ;) ) This is a P-39 Q-30 Airacobra of 213 GIAP of the 22 GIAD (Guard Air Fighter Division) of the VVS in early 1945, when the white diagonal recognition marking (and white nose) were introduced. It's built...- stona
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I know literally nothing about how the Russians treated their aircraft. In the RAF it was forbidden to alter the surface finish in any way, and instructions for the cleaning of the surfaces were detailed. Some senior figures, who effectively had a personal aircraft, may have bent this rule...- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I'm over the last, past the elbow and into the finishing straight! I've made this one very matt, because that's how they seem to be once they've been in Russia for a while. I even broke out the oils and did some filters to knock everything back even further. I should have some time to get...- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I've made some significant progress, the end is in sight! I've applied a lot of decals, the Americans certainly like their stencils. All the national markings, walkways, etc. have been sprayed. The decals are just the dozens of stencils, the Russian slogan and emblem on the doors. Here is...- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
It is! I'm close to completing the major construction phase. It's actually quite a nice looking little aeroplane, much smaller that most American fighters. I'd never really thought about it before. If (big if!) I can get the rest built tomorrow I should be on schedule to finish next month...- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I've got the wings on this morning. Not an entirely straight forward enterprise, and still some work to be done underneath, but overall not too bad. I'll put the control surfaces on next, hopefully on the correct sides ;)- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I stuck the wings together and joined the fuselage halves. It seemed sensible to see how those two would go together. Overall the fit is not bad, it's a kit originally produced in 2007, though there are some issues at the front underneath, mainly due to some 'interesting' kit engineering...- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I've had a good go the last couple of days That's it for a few days, I might get another chance over next weekend.- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I've been a bit busy of late, a bit of a contradiction for someone who is trying to cut back on work and at least semi-retire, but there you go! I have made a start and am still planning to get this done in time for the GB. There's not much to show, just this, though I have made and fitted...- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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A 'soldier's hitch?'
I don't know whether many nautical types will read this, but it made me smile. For context, I was reading the Report of proceedings from HMS Sabre covering her exploits during Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk evacuations) and came across this. Sabre made ten round trips over the course of nine... -
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Steve's 1/32 Special Hobby P-39
I've used vinyl masks a fair bit in the past. I do quite like the vinyl masks in a larger scale, but I can see why they might be tricky at 1/72. I used to buy generic masks or sets of masks from Maketar, but I think they have ceased trading. There's been a rather ominous message on their site...- stona
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- Forum: Karl & Andrew Soviet wingy thing GB: Oct - Dec '23
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