Geoff M Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Recently built the Monogram 1/48 Mosquito as the B MK IV using the kit decals. The instructions say it was brown and green so that is how I painted it. Looking at pics on the web I don't see any mosquitos painted brown/green, all gray and green. Too late for me now but it has been bugging me. Was the mosquito ever brown and green. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alleycat Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Yes. The Australians had some. Dark green and dark earth upper surfaces over medium sea grey under surfaces. From Kumbhigram, India in 1945. Here is a link to a review of some decals: http://decals.kitreview.com/decals/esp48176reviewjk_1.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Undersides may well have been azure blue ----------------------- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G.R.Morrison Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Whether some of the early Series II Mk.IV (bomber) Mossies were delivered with Dark Earth / Dark Green uppers has been discussed on (Mosquito) boards in the past. F/Lt Peter Rowland (flying DZ313, "GB*E") remembering the Oslo raid of 25.Sept 1942, described S/L George Parry's Mossie (DK296, "GB*G") on the outward-bound leg, just above the waves (to evade the German radar, and thereby the feared Fw 190s): "What a beautiful little aircraft this is, I thought, looking to my right at the trim silhouette of the leading Mosquito, its carpentered lines, slender, its tail cockily high, the big Rolls-Royce engines gulping down the miles. It was camouflaged earth-brown and tree-green above, sky-blue below; on the fuselage stood out the letters GB, for 105 Squadron." - Mosquito Thunder (105 Sq. history), Stuart R. Scott: p.47) A couple things to note: 1) the serial number of Parry's "G for George" on this occasion makes it a VERY early machine, and 2) eyewitness testimony is not necessarily reliable, memory often conjoining events. GRM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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