"British Camouflage for the Battle of France" Topic
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| Terry37 | 19 May 2013 4:37 p.m. PST |
I am starting on two models of Hurricane Is for the Battle of France and have no problem with the upper-surface colors and patterns. But I am wondering what the proper color would be for the under-surface. I know they used a black and white half and half scheme in various forms, but would part of the under-surface be a light gray as might have been used in the Battle of Britain and prior to Sky Type S, or possibly aluminum? I have also noticed in the old Air Profile on the Hurricane I that the rudder flash was not used and the rudder was either plain camouflage or fully painted like the French aircraft. Correct? It also seems that the combination of squadron and aircraft letters were not sued during this time? Lastly, the Profile also shows one plane with the WWI style or WWII under-surface roundel on the under-surface of the wing as well as on the fuselage. Would it also have been on the upper-surface of the wing? Any help is appreciated for information or details for this theater. Thank you, Terry |
| Onomarchos | 19 May 2013 4:49 p.m. PST |
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| Onomarchos | 19 May 2013 4:52 p.m. PST |
And another good one. link Mark |
| (Stolen Name) | 19 May 2013 4:55 p.m. PST |
Wow had no idea about the balck and white paint job – painted mine blue/grey |
| King Monkey | 20 May 2013 6:20 a.m. PST |
Black and white undersides used from April 1939 to June 1940, under wing roundels applied to RAF day fighters from 4th June 1940. Sky undersurfaces introduced from 6th June 1940, this may vary from Sky type S to Duck egg green or blue.Official colour becoming well established by December 1940. Night (black) port underwing introduced in December 1940. a useful book to get hold of is Camouflage and Markings N0.2 The Battle for Britian – RAF May to December 1940. link |
| (Stolen Name) | 20 May 2013 4:35 p.m. PST |
Duck egg green – thats closest to mine – was that tied to a specific time or theatre? |
| Etranger | 21 May 2013 5:10 a.m. PST |
TT – the underside was meant to be Sky Type S, the various 'duck egg' names were hang overs from other older schemes. (IIRC Mike Starmer wrote quite a long post on the FOW forum at one point.) It's a confusing tale though, as these two links show! In reality a range of tints were probably seen, until adequate stocks of the correect paint were issued. link
link &, to confuse you further link You're probably good for mid 1940 onwards. Ahh, here's Mike – page 3 link & an older TMP discussion TMP link |
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