By: Dave Homewood - 24th January 2006 at 21:09
I just meant it was an ugly paint job, a bit rough compared with the Nazi paint applied.
By: T6flyer - 24th January 2006 at 12:36
Now that’s ugly.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but then I would be biased, wouldn’t I? 🙂
Suppose here its trying to depict one of the French T-6 (Tomcats) that saw service in Algeria, a number of which featured the psuedo Shark’s mouth.
Martin
By: Dave Homewood - 24th January 2006 at 08:50
Now that’s ugly.
By: Glenn_Alderton - 24th January 2006 at 08:20
Yes, I have some images of it to. But while I was researching ZK-ENK, discovered I had also taken it in these colours as well. But that paint job is very very noticeable 🙂
By: Dave Homewood - 24th January 2006 at 08:15
At that same show, 2002, Spitfire TB863 was rolled out in Johnny Checketts’ colours too, as J-MC, after a ‘quick change’. It’s a common thing here now. The Catalina has posed as a Russian and a French Cat in the past at shows, and the Warbirds Mustang dressed as an RAF one last year, while the AFC P-51D has dressed up too.
By: Dave Homewood - 24th January 2006 at 08:11
To confuse the issue a little, this was not the only Nazi Harvard though, there was another one in yellow too with the number 7 on it. It’s seen in the book too on the runway next to ‘9’ (1099)
By: Glenn_Alderton - 24th January 2006 at 08:10
Actually, I just answered my Question. After I said it, I thought I’d go check it and yep, you can see the paint over the top on a close up.
By: Dave Homewood - 24th January 2006 at 08:09
I would wager it is one and the same aircraft actually. I just looked up the 2002 official book from the airshow and a good side-on photo shows temporary yellow paint over the 0 and 9. Very well done, but it is a repaint.
They are notorious for doing repaints overnight at the Wanaka shows. It has happened to the Spitfire and the Mustang, and others.
By: Glenn_Alderton - 24th January 2006 at 08:01
I’m with you though, I thought that they were the same aircraft until I was going through the images and noticed there were differences 🙂
As there is one day difference between these two photos, do you reckon it was a slap up overnight job ?
By: Dave Homewood - 24th January 2006 at 07:55
Ah, in that case. I’m stumped at the moment but will endeavour to find out.
By: Glenn_Alderton - 24th January 2006 at 07:51
ZK-ENK was also there at the same time 🙂
Still yet to see it in Australia, although I know exactly where it is 😉
There was also another Harvard painted up in the same colours. Number 7 I think from memory. I’ll get to that one later
By: Dave Homewood - 24th January 2006 at 07:43
Not certain but I think that’s NZ1099, which was owned then by Charles Darby and Jim Pavitt I believe. It was registered ZK-ENK. The aircraft was restored beautifully at Ardmore. A member of my forum,Bruce, worked on it so he could confirm. Feel free to drop a line there at http://rnzaf.proboards43.com/
NZ099 is now living across the ditch.
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