As the one who researched the scheme and supplied all the drawings and measurements to the painter of TA805 I would like to say that it is absolutely spot-on. I will however check it with a rule the next time it’s back from Biggin Hill. I CAN tell you that the markings on MH434 are about as innacurate as they could get and MKV will be with me on this. The centre portion of the top roundel is far too big and the white on the fuselage is also too large. the codes are too close to the roundels and the colour of the lower roundels is different to the others! The paint shop at Cranwell are not to blame as they were not supplied with any drawings or measurements and are now aware of how wrong it actually is. Bear in mind they usually do Jetstreams etc for the Navy and Dominie’s for the RAF so Spits aren’t the norm! They CAN do a good and accurate job, just look at TD248 (also one of “mine”). They were not supplied with the required info for the MH repaint by the person tasked to administer the job from the DX end, and had only a photograph to work with, so we at Roundel Police HQ just have to grimace at it when it sits beside better renditions of camouflage accuracy. I believe an OFMC operative was made aware, but it’s still not been corrected. 🙁

I think it’s where Bentwing bomber sleeps most of the day 😀

There was hardly anybody at Duxford yesterday so i’m wondering if I was the only person there taking any pictures. I was certainly the only person standing by the Area 51 corner when all this was happening.

That’s because I was on top of the tower for the first run and then out on the airfield as the target for the formation for the second run 🙂
The pilot of IAC161 was indeed Cliff Spink and his passenger was the owner of the Global Express (he is also the owner of a number of more interesting aeroplanes 😉 ). There is indeed a planform painting of a full size MkIX Spitfire on the centre lower surfaces based on PL344. The object of the excercise was to get some pictures of the Global and “Three” Spitfire formation.
Lets hope my pictures (on film) come out 😮

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PS: As for ‘TB’ – Ever feel you’ve been cheated? Naughty Roob.

Not sure I’m quite with you there. It’s an authentic scheme that is also in fitting with the owners requirements. In my view evryone’s happy, and it’s not quite in the same vein as the WoGB “D-A”, at least this WAS a real scheme

I wouldn’t under estimate Mr Arnold lots goes on behind closed doors that never comes out in the open..

We’re not interested in what’s behind those closed steel doors…..its the numbers on the outside of the 40ft side we like to underline in our notebooks that interest us eh BWB? 😀 :p