Lend-Don't Expect Back De Havilland Hornet

[Librarian]

Not really one for back stories but let's just say that the GPW went into extra time and ended on penalties (with a lot of red cards all round). Late 1945 and the VVS take delivery of a batch of Hornets. Delivered unpainted, they are quickly camouflaged in late-war blue-grays and sent onto the pitch:

[PR19_Kit]

The delivery flight scheme would look good, but think of all that wood grain to paint accurately..... 

[rickshaw]

The delivery flight scheme would look good, but think of all that wood grain to paint accurately..... 

You can get masques for that to spraypaint them, nowadays, Kit.   They're meant for WW1 aircraft but hey, if it works for them, it'll work for a DH Hornet in the GPW!   

[zenrat]

Surely they'd prime the woodwork before it left the workshop.  Good old fashioned pink primer would look the part...

[Librarian]

I've always liked the fact that in most cases the Soviets put the planes into service without changing their delivery schemes. Maybe the British start painting Soviet camos pre-delivery with RAF colours...medium sea gray and ocean gray are quite close to uppercamos on late war Soviet aircraft/fighters...its the underside blue that could be difficult...maybe PRU or azure blue . Plenty of time to mull it over.....

[Librarian]

This one is going back in its box...spent days just staring at it until I came to the inevitable conclusion I've no enthusiasm whatsoever for it. New build started instead.