You guys recognize this?

[Cthulhu]

Ha.. I still can't believe that's a WWII scheme and not something out of a modern day fashion catalog.

That's a late-late-late-war whateverthehellpaintwecanfind scheme. You see the purple-gray wing underside?

[moot]

Must've been one hell of a hurry to get it done..

[Cthulhu]

Must've been one hell of a hurry to get it done..

You ever paint while being shot at?

[moot]

You have the actual exact story behind the paintjob?

[Cthulhu]

You have the actual exact story behind the paintjob?

Seem to recall reading it somewhere. I'll look.

[Cthulhu]

Nothing on the paint, but still a bit enlightening about the manufacture:
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/cit-stansfield.html

Update:
As far as the colors:
The underside of “Yellow 10’s” wings were natural metal with RLM 75 on the leading edge and RLM 76 on the ailerons.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhorta/jgrlm.htm

Now to find out why....

[moot]

Thanks, let me know if you ever come across the why.

[Bodhi]

If it is a Dora engine, it is sitting upside down.

As for arguing paint schemes... WOW... just WOW

[moot]

Bodhi, just saying it looks like something off a fictional GI joe jet fighter, literally.  It's nothing like the beautiful camos you find pretty much anywhere else in WWII. It's just my taste.. that camo's pretty much what I'd do if I wanted to make fun of luftwaffe schemes.  It prolly only personaly bugs me because the plane itself is dead sexy.  It sure looked freakin beautiful when I saw it IRL at Champlin, I guess that's also why I'm disappointed that the camo's not so nice.. That and it being shipped out of Phx before I got to really stare at it long enough - so not only is it the last of its kind, but I missed the only chance ever of seeing it in full glory.

[Bodhi]

moot, bottom line is that the only real force to use glossy schemes were naval fighters using all blue (often polished) paint schemes.  Depicting WW2 fighters such as a Dora with anything like is inaccurate, mind you it is way cheaper to maintain.

[moot]

I thought you were pointing out it's not worth complaining about, like the orange 152 camo.