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March 31, 2025 at 1:50 pm in reply to: DH Vampire pod finishing #1139149

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The wooden structure is sealed with a coat of dope (supposed to be clear dope but red was also used) then the fabric is applied over another wet coat of dope and more dope is worked in with a brush to saturate the fabric and ensure adhesion. A few more coats of dope (sanded/buffed between coats), and sometimes filler, is used to ensure a smooth aerodynamic finish. Top coat of Nitrocelulose acrylic lacquer is then applied over the top. Either camouflage scheme or alluminium pigmented clear, to provide the “silver” finish.
A properly done Vampire is very smooth with barely any sign of the fabric weave.
The wings and horizontal stabilizer on the Vampires were filled and profiled with ‘profile boards’ to give the best aerodynamic shape, then painted. The same process as the P-51 wings

February 24, 2014 at 8:30 pm in reply to: DHC -2 Beaver Markings #968443

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Belly markings etc

So what are/were the markings ‘on the top & bottom surfaces of the elevator tips’?

What are the markings on the RNZAF Beaver that do not appear in the Tech Bulletin?

The elevator tips have the following “DO NOT PUSH HERE” top and botom , read facing inboard.

On closer inspection of the drawings there are a dozen or more markings indicated on the drawings that are not listed in the text/key. These corespond to the markings on the RNZAF Beaver. Not all the TB markings appear on the RNZAF Beaver, such as the door handle instructions, “NO PUSH” on the rudder, strut serial numbers, to name a couple.

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February 24, 2014 at 3:16 am in reply to: DHC -2 Beaver Markings #969469

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The TB has all markings for US Army Beaver schemes although oddly it has a few markings ommitted, they are marked on the drawing but not refered to in the text. I found an earlier copy on the net that is the same, strange.
Ther are markings on the RNZAF Beaver that do not appear here either.
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February 21, 2014 at 12:55 am in reply to: DHC -2 Beaver Markings #971628

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Hi Folks,
I have had some success, managed to track down the number for the US Army manual for the schemes and markings for the U-6 Beaver.
Tech Bulitin TB 746-93-2. We have a copy in our archives. This has nearly all the info I need but anything else will be appreciated.
Damn thing was right under our noses but it was’nt until I managed to find the TB number that I could find it.
Cheers

February 19, 2014 at 9:04 pm in reply to: DHC -2 Beaver Markings #973093

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Thanks for the thought but it is the RNZAF Museums aircraft I am working on. I am the S&STech at the Museum. Have scoured our archives to no avail, the net has thus far come up short as well. I have contacted three museums so far but as yet have had no response. The Dutch Historic flight beaver appears to have all the markings but I cant find any decent photos of the specific markings as yet. ( I have contacted them but no reply yet)
As a “one off” airframe in our air force there is little info available.

Cheers
Nathan

April 1, 2010 at 12:07 am in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1129904

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Happened to chat with an old Top Dressing (New Zealand speak for crop dusting) pilot here that had spent a bit of time in Africa spraying Maize/corn crops. When they got bored they would drag the undercarriage (fixed wheels of course) through the tops of the crop to see how low they could get. I asked him “how did you know when you were getting ‘too’ low?” his answer… “when the corn cobbs started flying up ‘over‘ the wing”.

The things people do for entertainment!

Back in the 90’s when I was serving the at RNZAF base at Woodbourne we would wander out onto the tarmac to watch the P-3 Orions we had been servicing, do a ‘beat up’ after their post servicing test flights (if it was a good flight) .One particular Orion made an approach across the airfield, directly at the control tower. He was so low that the prop wash was throwing up huge clouds of freshly mown grass as he approached. He then made a last second pull up to get over the tower (tower was about 4 stories high, say 40-50 feet) nearly clipping the aerials on top of the tower. I remenber watching the guys in the tower ducking 😮 as it went overhead, hilarious. Sadly digital cameras and photo cell phones were un heard of so there are no photos of this. Still the best P-3 beat up I have ever seen.

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March 23, 2010 at 8:20 pm in reply to: Short Singapore #1139639

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hi guys,

looking for some information, here is my profile of the singapore done in temperate sea scheme,
this was done from the only image i could find of a camouflaged RAF plane

i also intend to do a RNZAF from this image,

as far as i understand there is no verified proof of colours used, but they look like they could be the same as the RAF one,
any info or comments welcome.

now the fantasy part, i have a profile off the net of a brown and green one, also a article with hand written colour note saying the same,

is there any proof that this scheme existed outside the profilers mind.

thank you in advance for any help recieved.

I am the S&STech (aircraft painter) at the RNZAF Museum, as far as we know the paint/camouflage on the RNZAF Singapores was the standard RAF scheme for the time (ie: the Temperate Sea scheme).
Thanks for the stunning profiles.
Nathan (Barf) Bosher
RNZAF Museum
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