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Offline whiteman

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F6F Tri Color Paint question
« on: July 25, 2008, 11:52:32 AM »
is this plane a misinterpretation from a bad photo or did they really have tri colors this brite?


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Offline Saxman

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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2008, 12:31:00 PM »
Probably just plain wrong colors while trying to look tricolor. You'll also notice the paint is more glossy, which IIRC the tricolor birds were all non-specular.
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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2008, 12:32:44 PM »
thats what I thought and not that it looks bad just didn't think it was correct. thanks.
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Offline Bosco123

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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 04:50:10 PM »
what probably happend there is, that it was refurbished and was painted with car paint.
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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2008, 09:32:02 PM »
VF-6) #19 "Gadget" skin that Alex Vraciu flew





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Offline Motherland

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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2008, 09:43:15 PM »
Just FYI those screenies are from Il2...
Our F6F is better now :D
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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2008, 09:55:59 PM »
I know :D
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2008, 12:45:10 AM »
Quote from: whiteman on July 25, 2008, 11:52:32 AM
is this plane a misinterpretation from a bad photo or did they really have tri colors this brite?

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That's a warbird, 'restored' Corsair.  Using most modern warbirds as a template for a paint scheme for a WW2 bird, is not the way to go. Glossy paint is often used for ease of maintenance.

There are some that are done with matt paint schemes to replicate the real deal, but not many.

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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2008, 02:24:34 AM »
Quote from: Guppy35 on July 28, 2008, 12:45:10 AM
'restored' Corsair.

Whoah!!! Corky, you might wanna look into getting a pair of glasses! :P
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2008, 03:19:12 AM »
Hey, I had just gotten home from work, and yes i should.  The point is the same :)
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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2008, 03:29:45 AM »
Quote from: Guppy35 on July 28, 2008, 03:19:12 AM
Hey, I had just gotten home from work, and yes i should.  The point is the same :)

Had to get you for that one, lol.
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: F6F Tri Color Paint question
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2008, 03:46:20 AM »
that background has a strange colour cast - got to be wary of old colour photos, even with fresh stock processed carefully early colour reproduction was pretty dreadful. correct official colours here: http://colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?fs=37880%2C35042%2C35164 :)
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