"Color schemes for manned V-1 and Ohkas?" Topic

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thedrake	08 Jul 2020 1:56 a.m. PST
Purchased one pack each of 1/300 scale manned V-1 and Ohka rockets from MSD,waiting for them to arrive. Looking for suggestions+pics of color schemes for each. Will be using Vallejo and Testors acrylics for these. Any help is appreciated. Mark
Major Mike	08 Jul 2020 5:51 a.m. PST
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fantasque	08 Jul 2020 6:35 a.m. PST
Is that pic from the Deutschesmuseum in Munich?
skipper John	08 Jul 2020 1:29 p.m. PST
Somebody rode them???
David Manley	08 Jul 2020 1:46 p.m. PST
Hanna Reitsch was one of the test pilots
Ryan T	08 Jul 2020 7:30 p.m. PST
Several postings on j-aircraft.com provide some insight into the colours applied to the Ohka. The metal clad fuselage was a shade of greenish-gray whereas the fabric covered tail and wings were either a robin-egg blue or left in an aluminum paint. The variation between these last two colours probably depended on the sub-contractor for these components. link link link
thedrake	08 Jul 2020 10:06 p.m. PST
Thanks everyone for the great suggestions of where to look.
Sundance	09 Jul 2020 9:11 a.m. PST
From the pictures Ryan provided, it appears that they were the same color as early war fighters – a light sandy green or a very light olive (presumably what the one note refers to as pea green).
PzGeneral	09 Jul 2020 11:17 a.m. PST
Yokosuka MXY7-K1 Ohka Trainer in the World War II Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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