twin engine Fleet Air Arm

thedarkmaster · January 28, 2010, 12:35:05 PM

I'm in the middle of a project and i have a small snag.

Does anyone know how and where the demarcation line for the paint went on a high winged twin engined royal navy Aircraft and how it went on the engines ?

Jschmus · January 28, 2010, 12:39:09 PM

It's not high-winged, but I found this.

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/seahornetf20sn_1.htm

There don't seem to have been a lot of twin-engined FAA aircraft to begin with.

pyro-manic · January 28, 2010, 01:46:15 PM

I'd go with that. See these as well:
http://www.aircraftmodels.co.uk/l.aspx?k=1100644
http://www.mediastorehouse.com/image/de-havilland-sea-mosquito-tr33_1881415.jpg

philp · January 28, 2010, 04:28:45 PM

Can't get much higher wing than a Catalina but think they were all RAF.

Pics I find show everything from full fuselage camo to the waterline to complete white fuselage.

NARSES2 · January 29, 2010, 01:15:06 AM

Depends what period you are looking at ? If post war then the demarcation would be very high, probably with only the upper surfaces (plan view) of the aircraft including the nacelles in the darker colour. With a high wing the wing surface would probably be the bottom line of the dark colour. The Sea Hornet below gives an idea although it's not high wing as such.

Weaver · January 29, 2010, 03:40:12 AM

A Shorts Sturgeon is probably the closest you'd get to real high-wing FAA aircraft. Can't find a really decent pic (most of them were painted as target tugs) but this pic of an ASW one supports the high-demarcation-line idea:

thedarkmaster · January 29, 2010, 04:55:26 AM

Thanks lads going with a high demarcation line level with wing and tail, hopefully have it done soon

Mossie · January 29, 2010, 03:07:22 PM

Fairey Barracuda is the only high wing aircraft I can think of off the top of my head, although single engine. I think the demarcation line is at the 3/4 mark, rather than being level with any of the flying surfaces.

NARSES2 · January 30, 2010, 01:35:56 AM

That Sturgeon pic shows what I think it would be. I could only find target tugs and natural metal ones

thedarkmaster · January 30, 2010, 03:30:31 AM

Well got her painted, a bit of a mixture of the sturgeon and the Barracuda also wenr RCN so that could explain any discrepansies. Hopefully will have it decaled tonight and posted tomorrow.....fingers crossed

thedarkmaster · January 30, 2010, 09:15:34 AM

Here she is

rest of pictures etc...... http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21290.720.html

kitnut617 · January 30, 2010, 01:39:28 PM

Now that is interesting tdm, I like that.

Captain Canada · September 24, 2015, 08:25:27 AM

It's like I was on some other planet for awhile or something......

What a neat looking aeroplane ! Couple of beauties in this topic.

NARSES2 · September 25, 2015, 06:28:02 AM

You've been watch Dr Who again Capt, haven't you ?

Captain Canada · September 25, 2015, 06:46:46 AM

I have ! lol....I wonder if there's a connection ? But it's just the 2005 series that's on Netflix. I really should ask which ones are best to watch ? I'm sure I can find them somewhere out there !