Skuzzy - What we talked about

[Kev367th]

Top one of the two.
Finding 'different' Spits is difficult, so maybe that one?
Wasn't a combat aircraft, but at least it is different.
Was used for trials in the U.S. , noseart painted in Iceland during its return to the U.K.



It is do-able, quick test (would do new weathering layers, remove leading edge stripes etc).

[Pooface]

i think they're great. i've never seen or heard of any spits that had nose art that personal on them. i think if skuzzy will allow em they'd be really great:aok

[Kev367th]

Bottom one already done and sent in, it was a combat Mk V.
Used to be on the old V.

Was wondering about the top one.

P.S. Still looking for LF IXe's (for the XVI) with invasion stripes.

[gnubee]

That looks soooo sweet kev <>

[DoKGonZo]

For this crowd, shouldn't the lady in the first scheme be saying: "baa-aa-aa-aah" instead of "hello"?

[Kev367th]

OK Skuzzy so the 3 questions are -

1) As per original post on the trials Spit IX (upper one) with the noseart.

2) OK to put Seafire LIII skins on the IIc?

3) I know it's OK to do the LF IXe on the XVI.

But got a snag with one specific one, probably applies to others -
Some IX's had field mods to make the Universal 'c' wing into a 'e' armament wing. i.e. it's still basically a 'c' wing but with the 50's and 20's armament.
These usually still have the original Spit IX rounded tail.

What would it be more appropriate on?
F IXc - correct tail, wrong engine and armament
or
LF XVIe - correct armament and correct engine but wrong tail.

Bearing in mind the only way of getting a D-Day LF IXe will be on the LF XVIe.

Specific planes are Johnny Johnson's JE-J or JE-J jr, both were field modded from LF IXc to LF IXe armament (July 44), but retained original rounded Spit IX tail.

Thanks