Official drwaings are a very good reference source as a starting point, but period photographs cannot be wrong at the end of the day. If there is a period photograph of the subject aeroplane, taken at the time period that it is to be portrayed as, then there is no argument. There are numerous errors and deviations from the official drawaings prevelant in nearly all colour schemes, even in service. When the unit I was on in the RAF became a reserve Squadron with a winged camel as it’s badge, No.45, the RAF painters managed to paint the Squadron badge with the wings on upside down on the first aircraft they did. Now if you restored that particular aeroplane to those Squadron markings, it would have to be wrong to be right. 🙂 Whether the “Walkway Inboard” stencil is correct to drawing or not, you can guarantee that some tw*t having a “sit in it” will ignore it and stand on the u/c bay bulge anyway, they usually do…:rolleyes:
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