A Pair Of RW Builds

AeroplaneDriver · November 10, 2021, 09:01:31 PM

It seems after my lengthy spell of "no mojo" it returned quite strongly. Been mostly off work this week since I had "on call" days and wasn't needed so I enjoyed some bench time. After finishing my USN Wyvern last Friday I jumped right in to two real world builds.

First a Tamiya 1/48 Mustang III. I had a nice D-Day decal sheet that had markings for PRU Mustang.

Second, finished tonight is a HobbyBoss 1/48 Hawk T.1 in Red Arrows markings. I wanted more of an inflight display for this one so I used one of the shadow boxes I found last year at a discount store. Wish I'd bought more of them now. Quite like how it looks on the way.

Back to work tomorrow for a few but normal Whiffery should resume next week. .

NARSES2 · November 10, 2021, 11:44:21 PM

Old Wombat · November 11, 2021, 01:38:24 AM

And another:

Dizzyfugu · November 11, 2021, 01:45:38 AM

The Mustang is pretty - I did not know that there were r/w specimen in PRU Blue.

AeroplaneDriver · November 11, 2021, 04:23:19 AM

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 11, 2021, 01:45:38 AM
The Mustang is pretty - I did not know that there were r/w specimen in PRU Blue.

Apparently there were only three of them converted. Quite the rare machine.

Scotaidh · November 11, 2021, 08:27:17 AM

I don't understand the stripes on it, though. Photo Recon, as I understand it, is mostly a high-altitude thing - hence the over-all blue. Why would you ruin the effect with those stupid (I've never liked them) stripes?

PR19_Kit · November 11, 2021, 09:57:01 AM

Quote from: Scotaidh on November 11, 2021, 08:27:17 AM

I don't understand the stripes on it, though. Photo Recon, as I understand it, is mostly a high-altitude thing - hence the over-all blue. Why would you ruin the effect with those stupid (I've never liked them) stripes?

The B&W stripes were applied specifically for D-Day, to ensure the notoriously trigger happy Naval and Army gunners didn't let fly at friendly aircraft. Many units still retained the stripes after D-Day though.

Glenn Gilbertson · November 11, 2021, 10:31:01 AM

A good pair - I particularly like the finish of the Mustang.

AeroplaneDriver · November 11, 2021, 10:33:06 AM

Quote from: Scotaidh on November 11, 2021, 08:27:17 AM
I don't understand the stripes on it, though. Photo Recon, as I understand it, is mostly a high-altitude thing - hence the over-all blue. Why would you ruin the effect with those stupid (I've never liked them) stripes?

From what I read doing very brief research the three Mustangs converted for PR were used for lower level tactical reconnaissance.