DONE @p.3 +++ 1:72 Svenska Aero SA-16 ‚B 9‘; F6 Västgöta flygflottilj, 1938

[Pellson]

Cool! I wasn't aware. Do you have pics?

Found it in a book, contemporary b/w and a profile based on that picture. Must check if I can scan/upload it.
I am aware of the IPMS Stockholm paints list, but it does not mention the "special" paint scheme that was e. g. used on the J 9/P-35s, the benchmark for the B 9:

Being a real pain, I'm afraid, but the scheme above is actually not quite correct. It isn't zinc chromnate, but italian matt sand under the olive green, and the black and white underwings were painted all the way in to the centerline. My dad used to bike out to the airfield, living just an hour away, and had vivid memories of the then brand new American wonder machines.

And looking at the paints list, you will see that the J9 colours are mentioned together with the two italian aircraft. 

[PR19_Kit]

Interesting that they used a variation of the half white/half black scheme that the RAF used at the start of WII.

[Dizzyfugu]

Yup, very similar, but AFAIK it was used for training only, and the practice might have been confined to just F 8.

[Pellson]

Yup, very similar, but AFAIK it was used for training only, and the practice might have been confined to just F 8.

It was only ever applied to the R-S EP-1 in Sweden, and the only unit using those aircraft was the F8 Wing. The reason for this, very apparently RAF inspired graphic design was very likely the vicinity to the Air Force Staff, located just an hour away by car in Stockholm, whose big idols were their British counterparts.
As a matter of fact, the F8 wing kept a separate flight set aside for Air Force staff members to use to stay airworthy. Late in the war, when the tactical no's changed to letters, this flight had white letters, rather than the usual red/blue/yellow letters used by the wings three active squadrons. This "staff flight" was eventually shifted over to F16 Wing in Uppsala, and the white letters followed suit.

[PR19_Kit]

You're our own on-line Swedish Air Force encyclopedia, aren't you? :-)

[Dizzyfugu]

Here it is, for reference:


Paint scheme reference ( From Mikael Förslund, Swedish Bomber Colors, 2020) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

For a full-scale picture, click on the image, the original post can be zoomed in.

[Pellson]

Here it is, for reference:


Paint scheme reference ( From Mikael Förslund, Swedish Bomber Colors, 2020) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

For a full-scale picture, click on the image, the original post can be zoomed in.

Thanks a lot, Thomas! That was really, really interesting! 

You're our own on-line Swedish Air Force encyclopedia, aren't you? :-)

One has to take his responsibilities seriously, hasn't one? 

[PR19_Kit]

One has to take his responsibilities seriously, hasn't one? 

Indeed one does, and we're so pleased you do.   

[NARSES2]

That camouflage almost conceals the model on the bench 

[Dizzyfugu]

It's very effective - no wonder that many prototype cars that are tested these days on public roads carry similar patterns!

[comrade harps]

Don't know if l would have the patience to do a scheme like that. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Nothing new here yet, it has been too hot recently for a relaxed photo session... 

[Vulcan7]

I was going to wait for your final photos but that camo is just fantastic! Do you print out new A3/2 background sheets for each shot?          

[Dizzyfugu]

Finally, photo session completed. Picture editing next, though. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Early teaser. 


1:72 Svenska Aero SA-16 ,B 9'; aircraft '27' of the Swedish Air Force F6 Västgöta flygflottilj (Västgöta Wing) 2nd division; Karlsborg, late 1938 (What-if/kit bash) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr