Very interesting pic

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I did a skin of that very plane, which should be in the next batch to come out cuz I recently heard from Skuzzy about it. I even worked from that very same pic, except in B&W--didn't know it was in color, too. Going from the B&W, I got the blue and camo areas reversed on the rudder, I see. Oh well, guess I'll fix it eventually

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I'm kinda glad to see the blue being rather light. I've always suspected it was, because:
a. The painting was done while aboard ship in transit to the launch area
b. The ship was the USS
Wasp so the paint would have been contemporary USN colors.
c. This happened in the spring of 42, prior to Midway even. Therefore, it would have been the light blue used on all upper and side surfaces of USN planes at the time.
d. The dark blue didn't come out until late 42 and early 43.
Interestingly, this light USN blue is a bit lighter than the Azure on the belly

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