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  1. As has been posted on Hyperscale. Neutral Gray for the gear legs and wheel wells.
  2. But the B-17 did not have recessed panel lines. I'd say raised panel lines looks like the raised dome rivet head.
  3. bigjugs

    Devistator colors

    And no matter what color or paint you pick it will be all wrong. Seems we forget to consider the light in our room. Fluorescent, LED, Tungstin, daylight, soft white, bright white, and so on and so forth. Seriously, try it sometimes. The only way the paint would be accurate is if you displayed the model outside. Then again, that is affected by the latitude at which you live, time of year, time of day, clouds and whether you are on the ocean or not. We worry so much about the paint and forget about the conditions under which it is viewed.
  4. It all depends on when the aircraft was produced, who produced it, and the vagaries of Italian paint. After 1941 the "Table 10" colors were introduced. The sand color was called Nocciolo Charo, often referred to as "Nut Brown" or "Hazelnut Brown". It was quite close to RLM 79. Until 1941, there were four different "yellow sand" colors, the most common being Giallo 3 (close to RAF Middle Stone) and Giallo 4 (closer to the "Nut Brown", but still lighter). The problem is that even after the introduction of able 10, paint varied because of paint manufacturer. Each of the aircraft producer had
  5. You forgot one, the pompous *** who looks down on everyone. The modeler forced to walk among the great unwashed masses who thinks his poo smells sweeter.
  6. Seems the specs said the wheel wells were to be left in primer, but got painted anyway, in most cases. BTW, the outer wing panels were from a subcontractor and were primed in ZC yellow. This is clear from the Michigan Corsair.
  7. The USN never adopted the -1A designation, and since a number of changes were made by Vought, including the height of the cockpit, it is not clear when Vought began to use the -1A designation. So the production application or non-application of the all-around cowl flaps can only be connected to a specific, S/N# or BuA number. I guess we'll have to wait for Dana Bell's book on the Corsair for the final answers.
  8. It seems they could be folded separately, but never come across one picture cleanly showing it done in active service. The land based F4Us could have the hydraulic mechanism removed and allow for manual folding. Here is a picture of a F4U going through final tests at Vought before being shipped off. See the aircraft at the right, one up, one down. Given the scheme Blue-Gray an d Lt. Gray, these could be Birdcage. Here is a late war picture, showing one wing up. Perhaps for servicing.
  9. Not unusual at all to have a late war rudder not match. Decentralized production on a small scale and pre-painted.
  10. Yep, turning out Me 262s in some game keepers cottage. Perhaps Hansel und Gretel produced engines in the witch's cottage. There were factories and assembly points in massive tunnels and caves dug into mountain sides. Most likely, the colors, as Japo and Crandall note, were based on production runs. Not illogical to have large shipments of paint sent to one location. The color may be different., but a run would use up what was sent. Granted production was a fraction of what it was at the beginning of the war, and many of the caves resulted in production problems (moisture causing corrosion
  11. ModelMaster 71 is so bad. Just wrong. Tamiya Dark Green is not bad. I also like Xtracolor (enamel) and Xtracrylix 71.
  12. Mr. Jennings, where have you been hiding all these years? Under a rock? Have you not come across a Royal Class from Eduard before? Two kits, with extras, and a beer glass. SOP for Eduard. My only question is why did the Luftwaffe kits get an Iron Cross, while the RAF kit gets a beer glass? A VC would have been appropriate.
  13. Yep, let's blame the woman who was raped. Or lets blame the person who has a credit card after the credit card processor is hacked. The amount of ignorance of how things work is amazing. Then again the US military is even dumber, as the Pentagon was hacked. Was not ARC hacked a while back? Excuse me, the server that ARC is hosted by.
  14. The N54 Forums of HS seem to be on line. BUT, it appears the log in provision is not functioning. Do not screw with it until it rights itself. You may just make it more difficult when it does work Probably all the result of those Syrian Hackers. Probably angry because trumpeter forgot to include Syrian making in some Mig or other such. And Terry, ARC has not gone down for days on end? And it is not the going down that you or I might enjoy. All service are subject to periodic FUBAR
  15. Format is fine. Seems N54, via Cluoudfale, is having real issues. So please distinguish between format of a forum and the server on which it is located.
  16. They both had frosted translucent noses. Also, both had a strip of sheet metal applied to the lower portion of the plexiglass nose. This was done to block the radar from picking up ground clutter at low levels. The noses were never painted OD. In fact, no nose was painted OD. If painted, it was off white, to reduce heat build up.
  17. But the Hasegawa Mk. IX looks like a Spitfire to me, so it can't be wrong!
  18. bigjugs

    Bf 110 G-2

    BTW, the C, D and E models all had different features. An Eduard weekend edition in 1/48 is the best option.
  19. Sorry for the delay? What? A serious delay it is. About 40 years late. The Revell kit is the old Monogram kit that was designed in the late '60s or so (+/-). I have a boxing that dates to 1989. I found one on ebay that dates to when Mattel owned them which was from the mid-'70s to mid-'80s. Those molds are so old I am surprised that the the plastic does not bear an imprint of the beard the mold must have. Except for the fin and rudder on the Hasegawa kit, it is probably the best. Hasegawa screwed the pooch on that part. But all three have real issues. The added detail parts (man and dru
  20. I believe the Ju 87B / R Trops were factory painted in the desert scheme. So, the stencils would be there.
  21. bigjugs

    Early War Ju-87B

    The B-2, which most model kits represent, was introduced into combat late in the Battle of Britain. The B-1 model was a very different animal from the B-2. Different cowling, radiator and prop for starts.
  22. The Mk. VII is the same fuselage as the Mk. IX. So if the IX is off the VII is no different. So, don't sweat the short long issue vs, ICM. The Hasegawa Mk. VII is short.
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