Author Topic: Info on E2/Sugar (Read 1825 times)

Guppy35 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 12, 2005, 09:44:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Raptor01
Is that white paint on the fuseloge around E2 or bare metal? Hard to tell and had the same question when I saw another picture.

Polished metal on the restored E2-B. Matt OD camo on the top of fuselage and wings.

Dan/CorkyJr
Pretty bird isn't it?

Guppy35 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:46:13 AM »

Anyone see anything remotely blue in the image outside of the star and bar?

I talked to Urban Drew at an airshow years ago now about the "blue" camo. He said they never had it. He's flying E2-S in the photo.

Dan/CorkyJr

Raptor · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:07:36 PM »

here is what it looks like olive drab. I just got PSP9 today and it has some nice effects I'm playing around with. I like the look of E2-A over E2-S and might change it to that bird if I can get ahold of some more detailed pictures.

Widewing · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2005, 07:55:03 PM »

A brief note of what appears to be blue paint applied to Mustangs.

Aging Kodachromes from the late '30s and 1940s have dye issues. Greens frequently develop a blue hue from exposure to heat and light.

To my knowledge, no P-51s had blue paint applied.

My regards,

Widewing

sullie363 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2005, 09:16:58 PM »

Example of what Widewing said.

Blue 38

BBQ_Bob · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2005, 10:36:06 PM »

Check this out......

Widewing · « **Reply #21 on:** August 14, 2005, 08:10:04 AM »

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Originally posted by BBQ_Bob
Check this out......

You would think that after spending better than a million bucks buying and maintaining a P-51D, the owner would spend $50 on a book that showed the proper paint scheme colors.

I recently saw a Ferrari with a tacky after-market wing bolted on it, proving that money cannot overcome bad taste...

Here's two more examples of P-51 owners who got it wrong big time: Both use blue where vintage Kodachromes undeniably show OD green.

There are 5 or 6 P-51s that have been painted in 361st Fighter Group colors where blue was substituted for OD green.

My regards,

Widewing

BBQ_Bob · « **Reply #22 on:** August 14, 2005, 03:19:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
You would think that after spending better than a million bucks buying and maintaining a P-51D, the owner would spend $50 on a book that showed the proper paint scheme colors.

Just goes to show you that you can't even get realism in the real world.

Citabria · « **Reply #23 on:** August 14, 2005, 03:25:12 PM »

damn I want to build Lou IV! I love that one!

Dux · « **Reply #24 on:** August 14, 2005, 07:31:50 PM »

I wonder if they're not allowed to paint real camo colors because they're civilian aircraft...?

Jnuk · « **Reply #25 on:** August 14, 2005, 08:44:41 PM »

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Originally posted by sullie363
Example of what Widewing said.

Blue 38

Now, as far as the P-38s go, or actually F-5s I guess, I think there WERE blue ones. Haze Camouflage or haze paint, something to that effect.

Citabria · « **Reply #26 on:** August 15, 2005, 01:05:53 PM »

I've started skinning LOU IV (E2 C)

I love that plane.

sullie363 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 15, 2005, 01:36:33 PM »

The haze color was used on recon 38s, but that one is no recon bird. Also the blue puddles sort of give it away as a color shifting photo.

SkyWolf · « **Reply #28 on:** August 15, 2005, 04:49:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Dux
I wonder if they're not allowed to paint real camo colors because they're civilian aircraft...?

Naw... they can.

Skydancer · « **Reply #29 on:** August 17, 2005, 04:32:52 AM »

The blue ones look nice though don't they!

Now someone please skin the Lancs!