RAF painting rules

[Librarian]

I'm gearing up to make some Soviet aircraft in RAF markings during the B of B. I know controversy rages about RAF colour schemes of imported aircraft. Would, for eg, a light olive/black/blue schemed Soviet aircraft have been completely repainted or would perhaps the green have been kept but the black replaced with brown, maybe Sky/Duck Egg Blue undersides? Any good examples out there to give some idea?

[PR19_Kit]

IMHO any non-standard type would have been re-painted totally in the current RAF scheme, whatever that was. They changed remarkably frequently in the period, what with the black/white undersides and the various roundel sizes etc.

The Air Ministry applied the rules pretty strongly, but in Whiffworld that doesn't mean you have to.......... 

[Librarian]

The Air Ministry applied the rules pretty strongly, but in Whiffworld that doesn't mean you have to.......... 

YAY! Could be fun to do one mid-paint .

[Librarian]

Out of interest, if the IL-2s were to be used predominantly for anti-shipping etc would they have gone to Coastal Command or FAA? I think one would look nice in that scheme.

[Rick Lowe]

Out of interest, if the IL-2s were to be used predominantly for anti-shipping etc would they have gone to Coastal Command or FAA? I think one would look nice in that scheme.

My vote/thought would be Coastal Command. FWIW.

Cheers

[Captain Canada]

Ya Coastal Command would look great like that. And as stated, this is whifworld anything goes !

[NARSES2]

Repainted and Coastal Command. Don't forget Coastal and Fighter Commands had different camouflage schemes in place at the time. Especially re undersides

[Dizzyfugu]

Also top sides. IMHO, if you integrate a foreign aircraft, it would most likely have been repainted completely according to current regulations, and in case of doubt IMHO the land schemes would be preferred - for instance, the Fokker T.VIII torpedo floatplanes that fled from the Netherlands to UK were re-painted in Temperate Land scheme (Dark Green/Dark Earth) - before, they had been painted all over aluminum:

[Librarian]

That does look good, and good news too...no factory layouts to follow, just a bit of freehand spraying. I'm liking this more and more .