Author Topic: Does it bother you when a War Bird is restored wrong? (Read 812 times)

cpxxx · « **Reply #30 on:** March 07, 2004, 03:30:55 PM »

Bodhi,

I fully agree about flying aircraft. A static aircraft in a museum is like a stuffed Tiger. I hate to see sad aircraft in a museum with a drip tray collecting the oily result of it's geriatric incontinance. Some significant historical aircraft and one offs are better off in museums. But as a pilot I want to fly them and see them fly.

you're dead right about researching paint schemes, although I was thinking more of the actual painting itself rather than the research.

Oddly enough I have researched paint schemes like anyone who has made model aircraft at one time so I do understand a little of the difficulties: 'The underside was grey' Which grey? I'm sure you've had the problem once or twice. I also found that it was difficult to find photos of aircraft of even quite famous aces so I could make a model of it. Researching colours of Irish military aircraft for example led me to the conclusion that you could use any colour you liked because frankly no one really knows!

I have read endless arguments about the colour of the underside of RAF fighters, even the actual colour of the ubiquitious Olive Drab. Don't even get started on late war Luftwaffe colours LOL.

It's and endless problem and you just know as soon as you paint something, someone will point out your error or you find another photo contradicting your scheme. You just can't win.

Bodhi · « **Reply #31 on:** March 07, 2004, 04:31:36 PM »

Well put cpxxx. Although I have found that:

a: olive drab is dependant on who mixed and where.... I believe there are like 50 or 60 shades of the stuff, then leave it in the sun for awhile, and whammo, it is different again!

b: each squad had different color preferences, as in tones, and it changed REGULARLY

c: No one ever wrote down crap when it came to how they painted. Except factories, but that changed everytime a new batch of paint arrived.

So color is a *****, but placement, that is completely different. That was standardised at the factory.

Swager · « **Reply #32 on:** March 07, 2004, 06:59:17 PM »

It bothers me more when they use these beautiful warbirds for that pylon racing crap.

P51s, F4Us, F8Fs, basically gone to waste.

NATEDOG · « **Reply #33 on:** March 07, 2004, 10:27:03 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM

Adjusted for grammar: I could NOT care less if this car is a replica, or what kind of instrumentation the pilot uses. I am however green with envy since the same guy owns both these beauties.

How do you know....... Maybe he could care less.

Rino · « **Reply #34 on:** March 08, 2004, 02:51:01 AM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
Well put cpxxx. Although I have found that:

a: olive drab is dependant on who mixed and where.... I believe there are like 50 or 60 shades of the stuff, then leave it in the sun for awhile, and whammo, it is different again!

b: each squad had different color preferences, as in tones, and it changed REGULARLY

c: No one ever wrote down crap when it came to how they painted. Except factories, but that changed everytime a new batch of paint arrived.

So color is a *****, but placement, that is completely different. That was standardised at the factory.

Come on Bodhi, we all know that military aircraft end up being
bare metal and dirt color eventually