P-40 Squadron in Action Question

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Gray Ghost - 15 Jul 2008 04:57 GMT

Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger for baby
girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't wait to help me
build, last night she wanted me to teach her to airbrush!)

Anyway on the back cover they show a AVG P-40 that is listed as being Dark
Green/Dark Earth over Yellow Sand. Frankly I think it looks kinda cool. My
other refs say the AVG P-40s were built for the Brits and diverted so should
have a 1941 Day Fighter (Temparate) scheme in an American approximations of
Brit colors.

For what I'm doing it for it doesn't really matter, but it does look smooth.
Anyone seen this in the past or have a reference. I have lots of material but
this is the only one that shows this. BTW A/C # is 77.

Frank

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Stephen Bierce - 15 Jul 2008 19:14 GMT

>Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger for baby
>girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't wait to help me
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>
>Frank

It was a mix. Just after Pearl Harbor a group of AVG pilots were sent from
China to Egypt to pick up some P-40E's that were originally delivered to
the RAF. These were in desert camouflage and hastily repainted at
waystations between there and China. I don't think any two or three paint
schemes looked alike in that bunch.

Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922
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tomcervo - 18 Jul 2008 13:18 GMT

> >Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger for baby
> >girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't wait to help me
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> Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922
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Look up the Osprey AVG book, which seems to have the latest, most
accurate gen.

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frank - 20 Jul 2008 02:29 GMT

> > >Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger for baby
> > >girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't wait to help me
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> Look up the Osprey AVG book, which seems to have the latest, most
> accurate gen.

I've heard comments from AVG fliers that spinners were OD only,
squadron colors on P-40s were after they were turned over to USAAF.

Other than that, any generic RAF color scheme will work, or all OD.

If you do enough research, you'll find colors were pretty much an open
question for most of WWII. Especially if you get into shades of OD and
all that.

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tomcervo - 20 Jul 2008 17:05 GMT

> > > >Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger for baby
> > > >girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't wait to help me
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There are a few rare color pictures of AVG planes. Anything else is
someone's guess, some more informed than others, but guesses. Unless
you have a color photo or contemporary painting, your educated guess
is the way to go. Look up the various versions of Roy Brown's Camel to
see how bad it can be.

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willshak - 15 Jul 2008 21:03 GMT

on 7/14/2008 11:57 PM Gray Ghost said the following:

> Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger for baby
> girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't wait to help me
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> Frank
>

This site may help
http://www.cybermodeler.com/history/meteor/cresswell.shtml

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Enzo Matrix - 15 Jul 2008 21:35 GMT

> Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger
> for baby girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't
> wait to help me build, last night she wanted me to teach her to
> airbrush!)

Brilliant! This hobby needs new recruits. :-)

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Gray Ghost - 17 Jul 2008 03:36 GMT

"Enzo Matrix" <enzo55@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6e4g0mF5a86oU1
@mid.individual.net:

>> Was looking at it last night prior to finshing another ceiling hanger
>> for baby girl. She really likes the Spitfire. (She's only 4 and can't
>> wait to help me build, last night she wanted me to teach her to
>> airbrush!)
>
> Brilliant! This hobby needs new recruits. :-)

She also likes my tanks and ships. She's a keeper.

Frank

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