LF363 goes back to Conningsby from Duxford.

Roobarb
You beat me to it, its not money but good research, we had some good original photo’s showing all the detail required, Arco did the rest and as you can see the end result is excellant

Fluffy, I enjoyed the detective work of filling in a few gaps and going the extra mile, but without the wartime photographs you supplied and some from my own sources it would have been a different story. There is a well known “Camouflage and markings” publication that illustrates the chosen machine and the details are substantially wrong. Also a well known painting has several inaccuracies. A photograph of the aircraft at the time cannot be argued with, even by “experts”. 🙂

Roobarb
You beat me to it, its not money but good research, we had some good original photo’s showing all the detail required, Arco did the rest and as you can see the end result is excellant

It’s called Money!
If you’re paying a lot of spondooliks for something, then there really should’nt be any question of it being anything else other than correct now should there?

Bomberboy

I don’t think money is the reason at all. It boils down to the requirements of the operator and the enthusiasm of the person putting the paint specs together to get it right. The information is all out there it’s more a case of whether someone can be bothered to try to get it right. I’m sure Mark V would have similar thoughts. MH434 was painted by a perfectly competant and enthusiastic team. The person supplying the information for them was not so thorough and we’ve all seen the result 🙁

Some service work and a repaint job. She is now in the markings of No.17 Sqdn as the aircraft (P3878) flown by Harold “Birdy” Bird-Wilson.
These are some shots of her back in the hanger at Coningsby.

To me it looks like the medium sea grey is somewhere close to right, and it’s just the ocean grey is waaay too light.

I also note that the cannon fairings are the Mk.Vb type, with the straight taper and barrels exposed…

There was a spitfire rolled out a few years ago and they had the got the underside grey on top and dark sea grey underneath, it looked ridiculous.

Tom Blair’s PL344?

(Pic from www.warbirdregistry.org)

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And yet some still manage to get it wrong… :rolleyes:

There was a spitfire rolled out a few years ago and they had the got the underside grey on top and dark sea grey underneath, it looked ridiculous.

It’s called Money!
If you’re paying a lot of spondooliks for something, then there really should’nt be any question of it being anything else other than correct now should there?

Bomberboy

And yet some still manage to get it wrong… :rolleyes:

Looks like someone really did their homework on getting the scheme as authentic as possible 😉

It’s called Money!
If you’re paying a lot of spondooliks for something, then there really should’nt be any question of it being anything else other than correct now should there?

Bomberboy

is the Hurricane just been fixed from its crash from D-Day 04.
James

No, it was in action last season (2005).

Nice pictures Usernameunchanged, you must have been just down the barrier from me?

The BBMF website has the historical details behind the new scheme.

‘Birdy’ often commented after the war on being shot down in YB-W, ‘I was Galland’s 40th victim, so I was the sucker ( 😉 ) who got him his Oak Leaves to his Knight’s Cross.”

The “Nice Beaver” was bringing some visitors to Historic Flying. The Hurricane had been at ARC for an overhaul and repaint. The BBMF website has the historical details behind the new scheme.

The Hurricane has been serviced i think, dont know about the Beaver though.

brilliant shots, Can i ask what was the Hurricane and beaver doing at duxford is the Hurricane just been fixed from its crash from D-Day 04.

James

more pics with a beaver for good measure

Looks like someone really did their homework on getting the scheme as authentic as possible

They certainly did! 🙂

Looks like someone really did their homework on getting the scheme as authentic as possible 😉 The artwork on the door looks very like the original too. Great pictures Darren, I only managed the odd 5 rolls of the old fashioned stuff. Hope they all come out as well as yours!

Looking lovely – especially like the “wavy” camouflage line on the wing l/e.

Damn, Damn, Damn,
I drove past Duxford today and I spotted the Dakota parked near the Superhanger, I did not have time to stop so missed them all.
Why is it that work interferes with the good things in life 🙁