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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2008Grumman Panther color scheme?
I've just been watching the computer colorized version of "It Came From Beneath The Sea". The film was originally shot in black & white in 1953 and used a great deal of stock footage. One thing puzzled me, were the carrier jets in the movie (which I assume were Grumman Panthers) or any other US carrier jets of the period ever painted in green camouflage as added to the movie, I assumed they were only ever dark blue? TIA. (kim) > I've just been watching the computer colorized version of "It Came From > Beneath The Sea". The film was originally shot in black & white in 1953 and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > (kim) They were dark blue. > I've just been watching the computer colorized version of "It Came From > Beneath The Sea". The film was originally shot in black & white in 1953 and > used a great deal of stock footage. One thing puzzled me, were the carrier > jets in the movie (which I assume were Grumman Panthers) or any other US > carrier jets of the period ever painted in green camouflage as added to the > movie, I assumed they were only ever dark blue? TIA. Apparently, you didn't catch the real oddity in the movie... that the giant eight-armed octopus only has five arms. Harryhausen topped out at the seven heads on the Hydra in "Jason And The Argonauts". That drove his entire stop-motion team nearly over the edge of insanity as each head had a crew of animators dedicated to it as their particular head moved around and snapped at things with its terrible jaws. :-) Pat >> I've just been watching the computer colorized version of "It Came >> From Beneath The Sea". The film was originally shot in black & white [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > their particular head moved around and snapped at things with its > terrible jaws. :-) I recently watched the remake of "Mighty Joe Young" with Charlize Theron and Bill Paxman. Ray Harryhausen has a cameo role as one of the diners at the benefit dinner which Joe trashes when he goes harpic.  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. "Enzo Matrix" <enzo55@hotmail.com> wrote > I recently watched the remake of "Mighty Joe Young" with Charlize > Theron and Bill Paxman. Ray Harryhausen has a cameo role as one of > the diners at the benefit dinner which Joe trashes when he goes > harpic. mmmmmm... Charlize Theron.... RobG (the Aussie one) >> I've just been watching the computer colorized version of "It Came >> From Beneath The Sea". The film was originally shot in black & white [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Apparently, you didn't catch the real oddity in the movie... that the > giant eight-armed octopus only has five arms. I was trying to keep it on topic :o) Harryhausen explains on the commentary track there were actually six tentacles but you were never going to see them all on screen at the same time so there was no point in having eight. There are some gems for planespotters in the movie including a rescue sequence involving a Martin Mariner flying boat. I had to look that one up on Google images as I'd never seen one before. (kim) > There are some gems for planespotters in the movie including a rescue > sequence involving a Martin Mariner flying boat. I had to look that one up > on Google images as I'd never seen one before. > Revell used to make a model of one of those way back in the late 1950s- early 1960s: http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/kits/images/Aviation/lodela-mariner.JPG Pat > > There are some gems for planespotters in the movie including a rescue > > sequence involving a Martin Mariner flying boat. I had to look that one up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Pat And re-released under the SSP in the '90s. That's when I got my second one. I wore the first one out years ago. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > And re-released under the SSP in the '90s. That's when I got my second > one. I wore the first one out years ago. > Was it a regular scale or "box scale"? Pat > > And re-released under the SSP in the '90s. That's when I got my second > > one. I wore the first one out years ago. > > Was it a regular scale or "box scale"? > > Pat 1/110, IIRC. It fits nicely with some die-casts and the Aurora/Comet F3D. Pretty close to Revell's P-3A too. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. ". One thing puzzled me, were the carrier > jets in the movie (which I assume were Grumman Panthers) or any other US > carrier jets of the period ever painted in green camouflage as added to > the movie, I assumed they were only ever dark blue? TIA. I have to believe this will eventually show up at a contest where somebody saw the movie didn't realize it was colorized and puts a Panther in painted green. There's been some really good stories over the years on mis-information like the Pink Emily ending up at a contest - or the dark brown deck on the Hornet for Doolittle Raid, which I've seen a lot of. If you want to see some good vintage Panthers in color there's a movie called "Bridges at Toko-Ri. Val Kraut > I have to believe this will eventually show up at a contest where somebody > saw the movie didn't realize it was colorized and puts a Panther in painted [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > "Men Of The Fighting Lady" has them in it also. Pat Pat > > Val Kraut |
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