Anyone wanna skin this Spitfire?

[Krusty]

Any chance you could try it more yellow than sky blue, like in the color profile? Who knows if it's right, but it'd make me drool for sure

[1K3]

zomg i'm droooling

[Kev367th]

Originally posted by Krusty
Any chance you could try it more yellow than sky blue, like in the color profile? Who knows if it's right, but it'd make me drool for sure

It's probably the way the light is hitting it, it's actually Duck Egg Green, which seems to be a perfect match for the profile color.

[Krusty]

I'll have a Pavlov to go, please, thank you.


(*drooooooool*)

[Kev367th]

This is what White 78 (LF IXe) looks like on the XVI -

[Bruv119]

hmmm i dunno kev it just doesnt look right.

Its like LGAYS have invaded an untouched beautiful British creation.

[Tilt]

Unless you have pictures to the contrary then I would assume that there are no stars on the upper wing surfaces.

I realise that in the picture from the article "spitfires over the Kuban" there is a faded star on the upper wing surface of the first spit.

I believe this has been put on by Brits who are "preparing the Spits for take over by the VVS"

Faded probably because this star erroniously placed has had a wash coat applied over it.

The VVS did not put Stars on the upper wings of their fighters from 42 onwards and would not have preserved any stars on aircraft so delivered.

[Squire]

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CBAA31927#LargeImage

Corgis version of the a/c with no upper stars, for what its worth.

Ya, it could be many modellers apply the upper stars erroneously, and then somebody else sees the 1st modeller do it, and so they apply them too...

[Tilt]

I doubt the VVS would use yellow leading edges on the wings either............

Lightening bolts were very common within  VVS regiments and divisions.

303 IAD flying over Prussia and Northern Poland in late 44 early 45  required all its regiments to use them.

just as we see the Normandy invasion wing bands on Allied AC we can refer to these arrows as the 303 IAD "Bagration" lightening bolts

Hence you will see a large crop of such air craft P39's La5FN's La7's Yak 9s and Yak 3s (including the NN Yak 3s) all with this 303IAD identifier.

[Krusty]

On the spit16 with stars above the wings, how "worn" or white-washed do you think the stars should be? They're quite eye-catching, and it would be a shame to reduce them to 5% or something where you can barely see them.

[Squire]

Ya, I dont think they had yellow edges either, that was an RAF day fighter code.

On page 73 of "Spit V Aces" (Osprey) it shows a b/w photo of Spit Vbs in Iran in 1943 being handed over to the VVS, they have no yellow leading edges. Unfortunately, they photo does not show the upper wings, but I did find another source that stated the VVS would "paint over upper markings with matching colors" on lend lease a/c, so it seems they made sure the upper stars were either painted out or left off.

*My vote would be for "538" with the lightning bolt, no upper stars and the leading edges with no yellow*.  

[Guppy35]

I've seen a good photo of a Soviet Spit IX with the bolt down the side, but I can't see it on the image of 538.

Heres another photo that goes with the one in the Osprey book showing the stars on the wings.

[Guppy35]

Different angle of that bird.

[Guppy35]

Interesting read on the wreck of a Soviet Spit LFIX that is waiting it's turn to come back to life at Duxford.  Note the comments on original RAF paint and notice on the remains of the wing where the roundell was painted out.

http://www.fighter-collection.com/pages/aircraft/spit_ix_2/index.php

[Guppy35]

Someone else's profile attempt.  No lightning bolt.