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That's a bit cocky isn't it, as you didn't know what they were called, didn't know what they were for, and didn't know which aircraft to find them on? Suit yourself.

They are called glare shields, at least on British aircraft. They are common on single-engine fighters used as night fighters, so predominantly Hurricanes. I'll have to go have a look at some Defiant pictures to see if they carried them: presumably they did but I don't recall seeing them. They are also seen on postwar Fireflies - I did think that meant they were the night fighter ones, but they seem to be more common on the anti-submarine specialists. I guess they have to fly at night too. On some Corsair models there is a lump above the exhausts which may represent a small glare shield.

The USN standard colour was Sea Blue Gloss. I believe that Blue Angel Blue is somewhat lighter.

I think Rising Decals do a set for the Sonia. Sheet 72-60.

The colour was Medium Green. This was commonly seen around the leading and trailing edges of the larger aircraft of the time. It is much less common away from the edges, which suggest that this might be fresh OD over damage patches or (for whatever reason) excessive wear. The difference in the OD on the fabric flying surfaces is also clear in this photo.

I believe there is also a nose-wheel difference? I have the original Italeri releases and intended to do a French-operated Dien-Bien-Phu example, but discovered that there were a number of other differences so the idea stalled. Italeri have since released an early version but I've no idea how that has been changed.

The colour varied with the aircraft, so any single shade may look nice, but can't be used for every type. OK, it can... I tend to use whatever is suitable from a wide range of Humbrol, but Xtracolour and (I believe) White Ensign both provide options.

The figures are old: they are moulded in soft plastic mainly because that's the history of such figures. One reason for this is because the flexibility allows slightly easier release from the tooling and hence a little more latitude in the design. I understand that a change to hard plastic would require either more complex tools or simpler shapes - and additional cost. Similarly, the QL bowser is in post-war trim rather than being retooled to an earlier standard - but they were too late for the BoB anyway! Not that this should worry your daughter, but you may run a little short of pink subj

The N3PB was certainly related to the (very interesting) sequence of Northrop/Douglas designs leading up to the Dauntless, but it was a distinct new design, much more than an A-17 on floats. The A-17 line had stayed with Douglas becoming the DB8, as delivered to Sweden and the Netherlands. The Nomad was the name given to the A-17 (or A-17A, strictly?) in British service. The N3PB was designed by Northrop after he had parted from Douglas and was not given a name in British service, perhaps because of its very specific link with and use by the Norwegians.

I'd go with Wiki re the Ranger strikes (two targets) but not with the Letov's. Czechoslovakia did not have a common border with France and no aircraft are mentioned as having fled there. I'm not sure they had the range, anyway. If it had happened, this would have been before WW2 and thus required return. I'm tempted to say this is a confusion with the T8W though that's one hell of a confusion. OK, understood, but the N3PB was not the Nomad. The Nomad was the DB8/A-17 attack aircraft, a predecessor of the Dauntless. The Chesapeake did equip one front-line FAA unit but it never saw active

I don't know where you got the Letov from: not in CC anywhere, AFAIK. A few tweaks: The Swordfish and Albacore were predominantly FAA, only being used by CC late in the war in the eastern Channel for anti-E-boat patrols. The Avenger was entirely FAA. I'd drop the He51 and FW56, only surviving as trainers at this time, and I'm not sure about the Ar95 - perhaps the He114 could also be considered? Ditto the Shark, and the Nomads were in South Africa as trainers. A whole range of Liberator marks were used by CC, but generally not the Mk.II (some did). The Gladiators should be the FAA's Sea G

HMS Audacity was sunk in December 1941. This was well before Coastal Command received their first Mosquitos - the first Mk.VI for anyone didn't fly for another six months.

Apparently the Bizerte did carry Luftwaffe camouflage, and was used for rather longer than I'd thought. Some of them were even bought off the Vichy. http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=86&hl=

Add CAM ships (RN and merchants) with Sea Hurricanes and Fulmars to the list of effective anti-Condor activities, then the escort carriers starting with HMS Audacity. The Mosquitos were much later.

OK: in the UK we'd normally count the Murmansk run as Arctic rather than Atlantic, which does make some of the Norway operations multi-theatre. You're looking at operations from the French Atlantic coast and the anti-convoy operations from Norway. This does rule out types such as the Do217 - unless some of the E-5's with Hs293 operated over Biscay? You don't have to worry about painting Vichy types, they did not operate alongside or directly for the Germans. They may have fought the British (and later the Americans) on their own account, but that's a different matter. The examples of the

I'm still not sure quite what constraints you have. If you are talking specifically Atlantic, then the He115 and BV138 (and Do18, He59, Do24) don't count. (I think.) I had assumed you meant aircraft that encountered Coastal Command (or indeed the USN) in combat, as opposed to any maritime role flown by the Luftwaffe. If the latter, you can add He114s. Or the Stuka crews in the Med and elsewhere? KG51's Ju88s against Russian shipping in the Black Sea? Another source for you might be the weather flights, mainly Ju88s and their variants. How about the mausi JU52s with the magnetic rings -

If you are looking to the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic, then the He115 and BV138. The He115 and Do18 were used over the North Sea early on, but soon withdrawn and replaced by Ju88s. Over Biscay Ju290s were sometimes seen, but mainly Ar196s close to the shore, Ju88s further out. Specific maritime attack aircraft such as Do217s, He111, Ju88 torpedo bombers, Ju188, and He177 are perhaps a slightly different niche. The Luftwaffe also used the Breguet Bizerte in a recce role; the He59 and Do24 as ASR.

The correct colours for the Condor are indeed RLM72 and 73 over 65. 73 and 73 are both greens, but very dull greyish greens. There are a number of paint ranges offering these colours: you are better using these than any kind of mix. I do not guarantee that the same numbers in different ranges will actually appear identical: nor that any will closely match the colours seen in more recent Luftwaffe paint charts. That's just part of the problems of a modeller's life! You are still better advised to use these dedicated paints. Certainly some Condors carried bombs under the outboard nacelle,

The He162 saw so little service there would have been little time for any to become weathered. Much of that wear and tear will have happened since the end of the war. Which is fine if you want to model it as a museum piece.

If you look at the uppersurface of the wing this also appears as light, the same as the fixed tailplane. I suggest this is a mixture of dust from the crash landing and light angle, rather than a different colour of paint.

Distinguishing features are the longer nose (due to the longer engine), the deeper radiator, and the kinked tailwheel leg. The propeller and spinner were normally different, but a few very late Mk.Is (not the one supposedly depicted) had the later propeller/spinner. Mk.Is are more variable in appearance than Mk.IIs. Some Mk.Is were converted to Mk.IIs, for delivery to Russia, but I suspect they were all converted to Mk.IIBs. Strictly speaking the A suffix was not applied to the Mk.I, as the suffix system was not in use at the time and they all had the same armament anyway, bar a few experi

Beware. P3351 was a Mk.I, and the colour scheme/markings is appropriate for a Battle of France Mk.I. The aircraft shown is a Mk.II - so which do you want to make?

Olive Drab but not ANA613. This was apparently not used by the USAAF. I think some kind of Interior Green would be likely, if that's what you mean rather than the primer.

It's not what Neutral Grey looked like, when to the official specification, but it's not what the undersides look like in many (not all) photographs. Wartime OD didn't always match the official specification, with different shades seen on the same aircraft at times. It would seem unlikely that NG was always consistent.

G-10s did vary quite a lot, witness that this aircraft does not have the large tyres and wing bulges which were common. One of the main variations was in the precise details of the cowling, and you'd be best advised to find close-up views of the current one and comparing them with the kit. There are a number of books that deal specifically with the late Bf109 and cover the variations in the nose cowling for the AS and D variants of the DB605 from different producers: but although they may (or may not) guide you to the original Dittes aircraft that will not tell you what was done to the curre