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Dan K
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Wow there is a ton of warbird painting going on this year!!! Looking forward to seeing progress
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Anyone know what the new scheme will be? I'm guessing a "Pinball" paint scheme, that would certainly be eye catching.

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So much for the pinball promises of 2017...



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I think its great that the CAF put both of its 63's back in their original markings, both of which honor the often-forgotten test programs. Hats off to the CAF P-63F Sponsor Group for the new paint job! Looks great!

Also, there were never any official "promises" for a pinball scheme... I believe that was third-party conjecture. I for one am very happy with the scheme. Can't wait to see the two CAF TEST aircraft in the air together.

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so glad she is in her original silver(though i wouldnt have minded the civil scheme)
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Taylor Stevenson wrote:
Also, there were never any official "promises" for a pinball scheme... I believe that was third-party conjecture. I for one am very happy with the scheme. Can't wait to see the two CAF TEST aircraft in the air together.



Taylor,

My comment was made tongue-in-cheek. The group can paint their craft in pink polka dots. But perhaps you get the history of why an old guy in MN would want to see a Kingcobra in orange paint again...pure nostalgia.

As for ¨third-party conjecture¨, whoever the gentleman is in this video for the 12 Planes of Christmas program, he´s wearing a shirt from the P-63F support group, and I could swear I heard him ask for funds to return this example to pinball colors. I guess that´s where I got this crazy notion that one day she´d be orange.

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I think it looks sharp in all silver. It's inspiring my to drag my rare model kit of it out and actually build it.
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It looks really nice and glad to see them applying a few stencils to it. Next on the wish list is to see the XP-82 arrive at Oshkosh with it's NACA paint scheme and a NACA P-63 on each wing! Now that would be awesome.
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Looks fantastic. So glad to see it in original colors, with its' own story to tell. Kudos to all involved.
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I love the fresh original scheme on this very special P-63. Hopefully, we'll see another P-63 with less significant history be painted in the Pinball scheme.

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Can't wait for the new canopy to be added .... :hide:

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That really looks good. Nice and simple.

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