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Model Forum / General / Models / June 2006Weird paint schemes, what-ifs?
A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went with a SIOP over a gloss black belly and under surfaces. What other cool 'what-if' schemes have youguys and gals ever done? I'm planning on building one of my nu- merous 1/72 scale Abrams tanks as a NASCAR unit based on Marlboro Cigarettes. The red and white with the Marlboro across the glacis would be cool I think! Then I also want to build a PBY Catalina and paint it in the '60's gull grey/white of the US Navy and paint it in some cool-*ssed carrier squadron colors too. Heck, maybe mount a couple of Mk46 torps under the wings, create a radar nose and throw a pair of Harpoons under there too. :) Tell us your grandiose plans! -andy How about a B-36 in European 1 scheme, nice low vis wrap round How about a B-36 in European 1 scheme, nice low vis wrap round Drew Hill offered me a plate of cheese and whispered: > A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tell us your grandiose plans! I'd like to build an early mark Spitfire in USAAC colours, with OD uppersurfaces and NG lowersurfaces. That's always assuming that there were none in Real Life! :-D  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > Drew Hill offered me a plate of cheese and whispered: > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > uppersurfaces and NG lowersurfaces. That's always assuming that there were > none in Real Life! :-D But there were. There is one at the USAF Museum in Dayton Ohio, but it is grey. http://www.stevesairshow.com/dayton03/usaf-museum/usaf-museum-6.html near the bottom There are a lot of scale models of OD Spitfires in US markings. Google - USAAC Spitfire SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY To Email, remove the double zeroes after 'at' willshak offered me a plate of cheese and whispered: >> Drew Hill offered me a plate of cheese and whispered: >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > But there were. > There is one at the USAF Museum in Dayton Ohio, but it is grey. That's a PRXI and the colour is PRU Blue. The USAAC used a number of Spitfires. The pressure of operations in the areas in which they were used meant that there was rarely time to repaint them so they invariably saw service in RAF colour schemes with Stars and Bars painted over the roundels. What I'd like to see is specifically an OD/NG scheme. I think that would suit the early mark (short nose) Spitfires very well. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. And I've always had a weird idea to paint a P-51 in EDSG over MSG with 1942 stars. I have absolutely no idea where that comes from. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. What ifs can be a lot of fun. Terry Moore and I have done a couple of April Fool's and had a great time with it. This was a particularly successful one: http://www.internetmodeler.com/2003/april/aviation/P47.htm with my model, and the accompanying 'documentation' with model by Terry: http://www.internetmodeler.com/2003/april/aviation/Sinai_Jugs.htm In 2007, at IPMS Seattle, there will be a new category called "Jasta Schweinhimmel" (Hog Heaven Squadron, I understand) courtesy of Mike Millette and Mike Medrano. Their concept of the project is that the modeler would build whatever WWI subject they want in 1/48th scale, and put it in whatever markings, with whatever modification they want. It'll be a category at IPMS Seattle on April 21, 2007. --- Stephen Tontoni I seen the Marlboro scheme on a 1/35th Merkava at a Hobbyshop on Yadkin Rd in Fayetteville, NC back in 1990. Looked rather sharp. >A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -andy I always thought it would be fun to do a couple of Phantoms in the 1930's schemes of the Boeing F4B-4 and P-12-E... Jack G >A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -andy My favorite has always been the P-40 with the markings of all of the countries that ooperated Curtiss aircraft. Does anyone know if there is a 1/72 scale decal sheet for this aircraft? Tom >A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of >'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >-andy closest i've come are allied in nazi schemes captured ac stuff. i'm almost finished with the canvas nosed stirling. > A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went > with a SIOP over a gloss black belly and under surfaces. Take a look at <www.whatifmodelers.com> (and especially the forum on that site) for loads of ideas. I've done a USAF Gripen, an EDSG-over-white Eurofighter, a low-vis gray EE Lightning, a black F-22 and more. SignatureHarro de Jong remove the extra Xs from xmsnet to mail me >A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -andy Seen in a local hobby shop {Some years ago, shop now closed} A "Next Gen" era Romulan Warbird, in Late-War Luftwaffe splinter/mottle camo. Marked as a GeschwaderKommodore. A Panther, Panzerkampfwagen Mk. V, marked in Black, Goodwrench, 3. Good for a giggle -Kevin in Indy If I could find the decals I wanted to do a plane in each era the Blue Angels theme. Peashooter, DH-7, Stealth, etc.... Craig Craig, How about the opposite - a Blue angels set - F/A 18s each one done in a different "Golden Age" pre-war scheme for the different carriers in say 1938. Felix the cat with a bomb as nose art. Silver fuselages, chrome yellow wings, chrome green tails etc. Would be cool if the Navy actually did something like that for a specific anniversary of Naval Aviation. Val Kraut > If I could find the decals I wanted to do a plane in each era the Blue > Angels theme. > > Peashooter, DH-7, Stealth, etc.... >Craig, > How about the opposite - a Blue angels set - F/A 18s each one done [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >so suggest it. they may have never even thought of it. a great idea is kaka if left to die alone. >If I could find the decals I wanted to do a plane in each era the Blue >Angels theme. > >Peashooter, DH-7, Stealth, etc.... > >Craig So make 'em! There's kits out there to print decals onto special paper from a regular inkjet, including a fixative to spray on the paper once you've printed them. How to edit the images? Download GIMP, a freeware image editor similar to Photoshop. I believe it's available at sourceforge.net. > A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -andy The only one I've been thinking of doing is a NMF operational squadron's colors or SEA camo on a F-107. -- Chuck Ryan Springfield OH Always wanted to do a B58 in Thunderbirds colours for some reason . . . >A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -andy Hi all.I'm currently building the Otaki P-40E in the proposed desert scheme developed by the USA Corps of Engineers for the N.W.African Air Forces,in WW2.There were a number of color schemes,as they were specific for the color of the terrain the aircraft operated over(Red,Green,Yellow,Sand,etc.).My bird is wearing the Yellow Earth base with the disruptive pattern of Earth Brown.The bellies of these schemes was suopposed to be a mix of one pint of insignia blue added to 1 gal. of insignia white.A very pale blue,I'm using 35622"Duck egg Blue".Looks good to me.Anyway,i think i will do a bird of each scheme.I have not found any info on weather any of the units in the field ever complied with the tech order of March 1943.I'd be interested to know.Anyone? The T.O. covered the A-20,B-17,B-24 and the P-38 as well.The colors listed in the T.O. were Corp. of Eng.colors(think armor colors!).Thanks for letting me share,Kelly Voyles >A while back (several years ago) I started a thread of > 'what-if' paint schemes for a B-36. I eventually went [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -andy |
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