P & P, don’t seem to remember you being there at the time….. If I remember correctly a blue/green colour. And…. if Alan Thomas was alive today he would confirm our attempts to keep the mozzies at bay….There were lots of remains there in those days but all the wood had collapsed. Most had their outer wings cut off to enable the move along roads to their respective destinations but there were lots of cowlings, engines, u/c, engine mounts, props etc there including the four bladed variants. There would be enough for the Kiwis to build an entire squadron of the things.

Glad to see that someone has recovered some of the Highballs. No.618 ended its days at Narromine in New South Wales. They had some very interesting machines; some fitted with four bladed props. I was involved in the recovery of one which is now part of the Camden Museum of Aviation. The old timers in Narromine still remembered that for months the Highball “mines-bombs” were being detonated. There were many aircraft scattered around the farms in those days. Our one was located next to a dam on the property and as we slept on the back of the truck we burned some of the aircraft wood to keep the more annoying variety of “Moz” away. Interesting colour of the flame with whatever chemical the wood had been impregnated.

Thanks Mark12…………

Seemingly stupid question………………. the images?

Everyone’s an expert………. how about we all wait for the official results?

Absolutely beautiful machine.

Tango III and brataccas… not much help there… Benno T6, have you tried the Smithsonian Institute or USAF Museum? I obtained a complete set of markings and stencil data drawings from those sources for the NAA P-51. They may also have the drawings for the Harvard/T.6 There are also a wide range of very good sources for camouflage data out there. I did a huge amount of research for the repaint of the Temora Aviation Museum Hudson and found that the colours were the closest available US equivalent to the specified British colours. I should imagine that would also be the case with the Harvards but research necessary. Perhaps at a pinch you could contact Warbird Colours in the UK for some assistance. They have done numerous brilliant schemes for UK and Eurpoean warbird owners and perhaps can prepare something for you? Contact data I have is as follows Telephone: 07974 741 638

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