It just shows the difficulty of pin-pointing any colour scheme without photographic references to guide you. The ‘transision period’ equally applies to early silver Sunderlands!:eek:
Just to throw another scheme in:
Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol1 suggests some early Sunderlands were sea camouflaged on the upper surfaces with irregular patches of Sea Green and Dark Purple with all Matt Black undersurfaces!

That Motorlexikon drawing looks like a copy of the Jupiter drawing in the Flight archive 8 Nov 1928. Go to the archive for 1928 where you will find a group of articles discussing the Jupiter.

Bruce Robertson stated in ‘Aircraft Camouflage and Markings 1907-1954’ p109 “[Sunderlands] at the beginning of the war… had an un-suited land-scheme of green and brown, with grey undersurfaces.”

Tim, Aeroplane Monthly April 1991 p219 presents exterior starboard photos of Beaufighters RD859 and RD577, showing the winch.:)

These are the only 2 starboard photos of T.T.10’s I’ve come across in my collection.

Unfortunately, my old scanner will not work with this computer so no pics, sorry!

Chox, there is a nice colour photo of the Harrier leaving St. Pancras on the cover of Aero Modeller August 1969. This issue also additional b/w photos and detailed general arrangement drawings of both the GR.1 and T.2. Try your patience on Ebay for a pristine copy – it will turn up eventually.

Airspeed A.S.8 Viceroy G-ACMU Colours

If you are interested in the colour scheme of the Airspeed A.S.8 Viceroy G-ACMU, look no further than Flight magazine dated 11 October 1934.
The colour scheme is red and white. Judging by the tone of contemporary photographs it appears to be close to post office red.