Author Topic: Pink P-40 (Read 800 times)

Lye-El · « **on:** April 13, 2005, 08:50:19 AM »

Pink on top, purpleish blue underneath, this P-40 is on display at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. I think it's supposed to be a desert camo.

How about skinning one for the ladies?

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2005, 09:43:33 AM »

looks to shiny to be a war paint but who knows.

hogenbor · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2005, 12:45:57 PM »

Some hi-alt recce Spits were a pale pink, but never heard of a pink P-40.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2005, 01:47:50 PM »

That's Sue Parrish's old bird painted in "Desert Pink"

Some of the desert camo used by the USAAF in North Africa faded to a desert pink if I remember right. So it's meant to represent the Sand color that faded and since the owner of that particular P40 was a female warbird driver, it fit to go with the faded Desert Sand color that looked pink

Dan/CorkyJr

john9001 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2005, 02:23:08 PM »

the "shark" mouth needs more lipstick.

frank3 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2005, 03:05:57 PM »

Look at those girly eyes! Lol it's hideous

Though it must've been highly effective in the desert

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2005, 09:03:52 PM »

The usaf always wanted to paint fighters pink,stateing it was the best and most effective color "at range" to blend into any other background color, altho to this day with alot of Booo and hiss'es from the pilots and ground crews,i guess it just never caught on.

"uh frank,the pink on your planes pealin' yah might wanna talk to a crewmen about geting that patched up"

"aaaaaah #@^% that thing,let er' peal to the tail...."

MiloMorai · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2005, 10:39:10 PM »

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Originally posted by hogenbor
Some hi-alt recce Spits were a pale pink, but never heard of a pink P-40.

Mountbatten pink was the name given to the color. It was also used on ships used in the North Atlantic with other colors. Some Aussie tanks, post ww2, also were painted pink. (lets have no jokes about the Aussie tankers.

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Bodhi · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2005, 11:09:39 PM »

The pink coloring that is being refered to, is actually from the effects of sunlight on the OD colours applied to early US aircraft. After a short time in the North African sun (also in the High Arctic Summer) the OD pigments used in the early paints would fade to a "pinkish" hue. This coloring was quickly realised as the benefit that it was, and how well it bleded in, and was appiled to other aircraft as a "pinkish" hue.

Oweing to the desire for more speed, paint was generally adhorred late in the war, as pilots sought every advantage, and manufacturers cut every corner, so painting, both interior primers, and exterior camoflauge was obsolete.

NOTE ** Ms. Parrish's aircraft wears a gloss pink, which was NEVER applied to US fighters.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2005, 11:17:04 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
The pink coloring that is being refered to, is actually from the effects of sunlight on the OD colours applied to early US aircraft. After a short time in the North African sun (also in the High Arctic Summer) the OD pigments used in the early paints would fade to a "pinkish" hue. This coloring was quickly realised as the benefit that it was, and how well it bleded in, and was appiled to other aircraft as a "pinkish" hue.

Oweing to the desire for more speed, paint was generally adhorred late in the war, as pilots sought every advantage, and manufacturers cut every corner, so painting, both interior primers, and exterior camoflauge was obsolete.

NOTE ** Ms. Parrish's aircraft wears a gloss pink, which was NEVER applied to US fighters.

Phablulus!

SkyWolf · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2005, 06:43:50 AM »

MY God. Somebody please paint that thing.

Woof

Kegger26 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2005, 11:13:16 AM »

That plane use to sit on the ground in the back with the other aircraft in the Airzoo. Did you go on the tour? You get to see more aircraft that way. I volunteered there one summer, back when I lived in Battle Creek. When I was there we were working on an F-18.
One of my many jobs there was changing the kitty litter under each aircraft that leaked oil. What I always liked about the airzoo is almost every aircraft there is in flying cond. So they planes dropped oil all the time. Which is why we had a box of kitty litter under each one.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2005, 03:16:07 PM »

It is all shiny tooo. It needs some dirt.

I hate shiny warbirds lol.

Lye-El · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2005, 04:57:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Kegger26
That plane use to sit on the ground in the back with the other aircraft in the Airzoo. Did you go on the tour?

One of my many jobs there was changing the kitty litter under each aircraft that leaked oil. What I always liked about the airzoo is almost every aircraft there is in flying cond. So they planes dropped oil all the time. Which is why we had a box of kitty litter under each one.

When I was there, oh, 10 maybe 15 years ago that P-40 was flying. Last weekend was the first time to the new building. The old hanger, a short walk away, still has the flying warbirds.

The P-40, the P-47 and the B-25 have been retired to the new museum.

All the Cats, A-1 ect. are still flying

The kitty litter pans are still under the birds that fly in the old hanger.

GREENTENERAL · « **Reply #14 on:** April 14, 2005, 06:31:08 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
The pink coloring that is being refered to, is actually from the effects of sunlight on the OD colours applied to early US aircraft. After a short time in the North African sun (also in the High Arctic Summer) the OD pigments used in the early paints would fade to a "pinkish" hue. This coloring was quickly realised as the benefit that it was, and how well it bleded in, and was appiled to other aircraft as a "pinkish" hue.

Oweing to the desire for more speed, paint was generally adhorred late in the war, as pilots sought every advantage, and manufacturers cut every corner, so painting, both interior primers, and exterior camoflauge was obsolete.

NOTE ** Ms. Parrish's aircraft wears a gloss pink, which was NEVER applied to US fighters.

I think you are right Bohdi. I am an artist, and i have noticed this affect in my early years of painting. when you mix superior pigments with inferior ones, the inferior will fade, leaving the superior pigment with more power. In that case it looks as though the red in the mix was the more lightfast and the umbers and yellows got burned out. I have even noticed that certain pigments will darken in storage over time. This is a common problem with old paintings. If the current color technology existed in those days, they probably would have used an exterior metal patina to acheive the colors desired, as they add virtually no weight and are very lightfast.