New Projects and hello

[Torchwood]

A gorgeous Chippie, thats the scheme i hope to use for the Airfix Chipmunk i have. Thanks for the reply, great info and stunning photo

[PR19_Kit]

Interesting pic that. It was taken AFTER the Wall came down as the traffic in West Berlin couldn't drive that close to the Brandenburg Gate when the Wall was there. There isn't sign of the Wall anywhere apart from the sandy line top left which is the top of the Wall's foundations.

Which begs the question 'Did BRIXMIS still exist after Nov 1989, and if so, why?'

I rode round on top of that line of foundations to where Checkpoint Charlie used to be on Easter Sunday 1990 on my bike, after riding through the Gate on the first day that it was open to bikes.

[Later] Ah yes, I just read the BRIXMIS site and it says it kept going until October 1990.

[Torchwood]

Ah BRIXMIS, I remember reading about the whole operation. It was a great excuse to have a look around at Soviet equipment. If i remember right, didnt they one time manage to steal an engine and radar from a Yak?

Also, just made a Photobucket account and just started painting undercarriage and seats of the Gnat (aswell as the pilot)

[NARSES2]

With ref to posting pictures this was my path to fulfilment 

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,32096.0.html

Hope it helps

[Torchwood]

That helps a bunch, thanks really gonna need that, ill post the first pics on this thread but ill probably make a new thread specialized for the build

[NARSES2]

It's not as difficult as it looks honestly. The key is how you set up your Photobucket account. It has to be a public folder. Once that's done then Bob's your uncle and Madge is your aunt 

[Torchwood]

Nice one

[Weaver]

thinking about the Sea Fury scheme it's probably too dated for the Gnat, I have no idea when they stopped using it, roughly what year are you thinking for it?

The demarcation line between the EDSG and the Sky got lower and lower as the shape of the planes changed from slim prop-jobs to tubby early jets. Then they changed the Sky to White at some point in the late 1950s. After that it varied: Sea Vixens got EDSG over White and stayed that way, but Buccaneers went from Anti-Flash White to EDSG over White to all-over EDSG.

[Thorvic]

thinking about the Sea Fury scheme it's probably too dated for the Gnat, I have no idea when they stopped using it, roughly what year are you thinking for it?

The demarcation line between the EDSG and the Sky got lower and lower as the shape of the planes changed from slim prop-jobs to tubby early jets. Then they changed the Sky to White at some point in the late 1950s. After that it varied: Sea Vixens got EDSG over White and stayed that way, but Buccaneers went from Anti-Flash White to EDSG over White to all-over EDSG.

The Buccaneers went to overall EDSG in 1966 because they flew low down at sea level and when they turned sharply their white undersides would highlight their position to interceptors above or their ground targets. Going overall the same colour made them very difficult to track. Funny that it took the RAF about another 10 years and Red Flag exercises to work out that one to go wraparound 

[Weaver]

Probably inter-service rivalry:

"But my dear chap, the RAF has never used a naval paint job....." 

[Torchwood]

Been thinking, after ive finally built it, and primed it, gonna paint the undersides gloss white or cream or whatever the heck RAF undersides used to be painted...

Andddd on top im thinking a two tone scheme, maybe green/grey, or something with a sea blue...

[Gondor]

Been thinking, after ive finally built it, and primed it, gonna paint the undersides gloss white or cream or whatever the heck RAF undersides used to be painted...

Light Aircraft Grey 

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

.... Sea Grey Medium perhaps?

[Torchwood]

Yeah one of the greys. I have a tin of gloss white and i thought 'dare i mix Fleet Air Arm with Airforce'

[kerick]

thinking about the Sea Fury scheme it's probably too dated for the Gnat, I have no idea when they stopped using it, roughly what year are you thinking for it?

The demarcation line between the EDSG and the Sky got lower and lower as the shape of the planes changed from slim prop-jobs to tubby early jets. Then they changed the Sky to White at some point in the late 1950s. After that it varied: Sea Vixens got EDSG over White and stayed that way, but Buccaneers went from Anti-Flash White to EDSG over White to all-over EDSG.

The Buccaneers went to overall EDSG in 1966 because they flew low down at sea level and when they turned sharply their white undersides would highlight their position to interceptors above or their ground targets. Going overall the same colour made them very difficult to track. Funny that it took the RAF about another 10 years and Red Flag exercises to work out that one to go wraparound 

It took forever for the USAF to figure out that the gloss white helmets on the crew were clearly visible and to change to grey.