Morning all,

Just to let you know, I had a very nice reply back from the Royal Australian Navy Historic Section regarding the colouring of the Austers.

They have no record of the two tone blue being used by the Navy. All of the images they have show them in all over silver, and on the image they sent me, there is no Roo in the roundall!
Regards
927

Well this is interesting, as I have a 1/32 scale Lincoln/Kadar Auster Autocar kit that I was intending finishing as an RAN aircraft and did wonder about the two-tone blue scheme? If civilian owners are going to go the trouble of recreating a military scheme, I do wish they would ensure it’s authentic and not just use ‘owners licence’ and adopt a pseudo-military scheme! No Roo in the roundel – sacriledge. This is the photo on the RAN Museum website and it certainly has Roos in all six positions (err, on the roundels, that is :o)