Need whiffers help...

[Slerski]

I know that we have here "la crème des crèmes" of whiffery. So I need your help.
I'm working on a jet-powered french-built fighter prototype and looking for a "demonstrator" livery.
Does anyone have an idea ?

[elmayerle]

I'd suggest white with red and blue trim.  If the prototype's a bit under-powered, make it bare metal with red and blue trim.

[Weaver]

My twopenn'th:

Depends on what era it is:

1950s and early '60s: bare metal with a red/blue pinstripe,

Late 1960s to early 1990s: white with red/blue pinstripe,

Mid-1970s to early 1990s alternative: "fake" cammo. Glossy paint, either white and blue-grey or sand and stone, depending on who it's being demonstrated to.

With any scheme, the name of the aircraft should be written on the nose in a "handwriting signature" style.

[steelpillow]

Nearing the paint stage for a mid-sixties jet Whiff, the Nord 1550 Busard. So right on the edge of silver or white. Do we know when and why the change happened?

Also looking for cockpit, jet intake and u/c well colours. Some info gleaned from photos, and a kit instructions for the Mirage IIIV VTOL beast. Buff colours lurk repeatedly, but not always. Options seem to hover around:

• Cockpit: black, or grey/buff?
• Intakes: Silver, light buff or dark buff?
• Wheel wells: Silver or light buff?

Any words of wisdom?

[kerick]

Depends on if you want a realistic scheme or totally whiff? Sounds elmayerle and Weaver have a good plan for something more realistic but whiff could be anything.

[steelpillow]

Depends on if you want a realistic scheme or totally whiff? Sounds elmayerle and Weaver have a good plan for something more realistic but whiff could be anything.

Realistic.* I am asking about some specific points not covered by elmayerle or Weaver - or anywhere else a search engine is prepared to show me.

* The more realistic I make the trimmings, the more whiffy the actual design details become, and the harder it is for folks to tell where the backstory turns off the straight and narrow.