A Real World Scheme that the Whiffers will love!!

[AeroplaneDriver]

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=322480

From pprune.org, this one goes to the paintshop next week!

[Shasper]

Uhh, it saids "No, you cant view this page"

Shas

[AeroplaneDriver]

Dang!  Guess you have to register to see it.  Anyway, it's the Battle of Britain camo Hawk that will be on the UK airshow circuit this season.  I think Nev has posted it in the Plane Spotting forum too along with the nice looking Tucano for this year.

[Riksbar]

They are painting a Hawk in this scheme



And selling paintings of this


" They Can Because They Think They Can " - Michael Rondot

The scheme celebrates 19 Squadron equipping with Spitfires in August 1938. XX184 will enter the paint shop at RAF Valley as a black trainer and will emerge in approximately three weeks as a fully camouflaged Hawk in the original colours of a Battle of Britain Spitfire as the design below depicts.

"As and when more information becomes available it will be posted on the below web site, www.19squadron.co.uk, which has been formed especially for this occasion and will be live from monday. You will be able to order one of the limited edition prints available and calendars that will be produced to celebrate the Squadrons glorious history.

All of the proceeds will of course go to the squadrons chosen charity, the Special Care Baby Unit at Bangor."

This is a very unusual move by the MoD, a great piece of work by the guys on the squadron, and will benefit a good cause. 

[Howard of Effingham]

its a lovely surprise! someone at 19 sqn clearly has a sense of history. 

hope i get to see it at waddington if i go.

i know that a profile has been prepared but do you suppose someone has built plastic to test this one out?

trevor

[braincells37]

Now that is just totally cool! And since I don't build modern jets, is there a 48th scale kit??

Terry

[jcf]

Now that is just totally cool! And since I don't build modern jets, is there a 48th scale kit??

Terry

Airfix 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Yep, and its' GOOD , just ask our Nev.

Ian

[Brian da Basher]

That's one of the hottest schemes ever! I swear, it would even make a Yugo look good.

Brian da Basher

[lancer]

Why do I have the sudden urge to replicate that picture in plastic???

[Mike Wren]

Why do I have the sudden urge to replicate that picture in plastic???

nah... use a proper fighter like a Typhoon...

[Mossie]

It'd be nice to see a Typhoon in a Typhoon scheme.  I don't think any of the current Typhoon squadrons operated Typhoons in WWII though?

[Riksbar]

Whooo Baabbyyyy!!!!   





The Charity calender can be bought from www.19squadron.co.uk

Photos by Ricko from PPrune.   

[AeroplaneDriver]

 


'nuff said

[Riksbar]

Can we get one of those Downing Street Petition thngys and persuade them to do the whole squadron like that?