I am trying to make scale replicas of all the aircraft in the Army Air Corp Historic Aircraft Flight but I am having some trouble with their DHC-2 Beaver:
Does anyone have any photos they can share with me that show the camo pattern on the wings and tailplane?
No pics I have seen clearly show this and I have noticed some slight variation in patterns meaning I cannot rely on pics of other earlier AAC Beavers. In particular it appears that, for some unknwon reason, the pattern on the wing does not quite match up with that of the ailerons and flaps! http://www.airliners.net/open.file/434561/L/
I would also be interested on any other pics of XP820 anyone can provide especially close up ones showing the markings of the tail (the two blue markings).
I actually saw this aircraft perform at Waddington last week, but unfortunately I was trying to change my camera film which got jammed somehow so I missed out on the photo oppurtunity, d’oh!
Anyway thank you for your time and I hope someone can help me 🙂
Best Regards
– Joe
By: JDK - 6th July 2004 at 14:55
Er.. Read the thread?
By: Yak 11 Fan - 6th July 2004 at 14:54
Sorry what are we talking about here?????
By: JDK - 6th July 2004 at 14:47
On the Beaver (few flying, lots of spare) I’d agree that part swapping is most likely. Culture of modern forces is to pull and replace, not repair. Anyone near a Beaver to see if the flap goes “booing” or “thunk” when tapped (joke… – don’t try this at home kiddies).
By: MANDRAKE_POE - 6th July 2004 at 14:44
Interesting. I’d never noticed that. On older types than the Beaver, control surfaces (and sometimes flaps) would be a different colour because they were fabric skinning, giving a different take when the paint was applied, or a different fade rate. I presume that the Beaver has metal flaps a and aelerons though?
Cheers / Salut
Thanks for the info James certainly an interesting idea.
I still suspect there is more to it because I would of expected Fabric surfaces to fade faster than the rest, whereas the photo suggests the reverse.
Also it does not explain the paint mismatch so I still think that the control surfaces were replaced at some stage, There are actaully a few other sections that may of been replaced (look at the starboard cockpit door) but again can’t be sure.
Regards
– Joe
By: JDK - 5th July 2004 at 21:16
Interesting. I’d never noticed that. On older types than the Beaver, control surfaces (and sometimes flaps) would be a different colour because they were fabric skinning, giving a different take when the paint was applied, or a different fade rate. I presume that the Beaver has metal flaps a and aelerons though?
Cheers / Salut
By: MANDRAKE_POE - 5th July 2004 at 21:11
Thank you very much guys you have been very helpful.
Certainly proves my theory that the wing camo does not match up with the control surfaces. I suspect that the control surfaces may actually be scavenged from another Beaver as the camo on all later models seems to be alittle out of sync with eachother. Furthermore if you look carefully at the ailerons (refer to Damiens first pic) they appear a slightly different tone of green (less weathered/faded perhaps) which would certainly back up my suspicions. Anyone care to comment on this?
The underside of the wing does appear to be very camera shy though! However I have some pics of other later Beavers and they clearrly show that that port wing undersides roughly follows the same pattern are the upper sides. I guess I can assume that the starboard wing is the same.
Thanks again and best regards
– Joe
By: darrenharbar - 5th July 2004 at 14:31
Another angle for you. hope it helps
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