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Gloster Gladiator camouflage/colors - - - early war in Europe


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I'm about to apply finish to a 1/72 Gladiator and I ain't sure about the kit's painting suggestions (Airfix).  As Airfix has it, uppersurfaces are dark green/dark earth, undersides are aluminum under the empennage and upper wing, lower wing and fuselage are black/white.   I've seen drawings where the undersurfaces are 'sky' instead of black/white/silver.   Seems ambiguous.  Anybody have suggestions?  

 

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Both are probably correct depending on the specific time of the year being depicted. Spitfires went through the same progression. The white/black/silver scheme is probably valid for 1939 through early spring 1940.

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