Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:52 am
Tony C wrote:my personal preference is towards representative schemes (as opposed to non-representative)
One small rider, is that I dislike (although this is too strong a word) the Buchon painted to represent '109's.
I realise that the '109 is not that plentiful but to my knowledge, the Buchon was not operated by the Luftwaffe, who also didn't use Merlins in production and wouldn't it be great to see a Buchon on the airshow scene, in Spanish colours?
The number of times that I have seen documentaries which show Buchon's while talking about 109's, although to be fair, most Allied fighters of the period seem to be shown while talking about Spitfires or Mustangs (and vice-a-versa) as well!
But I stand by my statement that it is the owner's choice (said while removing a fence post from a painful place
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:45 am
Hi all,
Yes it is a much repeated discussion, I'll add my two cents worth.
A great scheme is a joy to behold and often repeated. A particular aircraft may have its authentic scheme on a number of others, "Big Beautifull Doll" is a prime example of this multiplicity.
Similarly non aircraft-specific theatre schemes may tickle peoples' fancies as evidenced by the number of warbirds wearing invasion stripes.
These aren't neccesarily the D-Day variety as the Royal Australian Navy and others wore stripes during the Korean conflict.
Combined with the attractive mid blue Fleet Air Arm colours and large three digit fuselage numbers this makes an extremely striking scheme for a warbird. In fact I can think of two examples here in Oz, the late Guido Zuccoli painted VH-HFG, his ex-Iraqui Fury, like this to represent a FAA Sea Fury. Down at Tyabb Gunther Mayer has the same scheme on VH-YEY, a Yak 52!
Looks great but who wants to buy into Mr Mayr's right to paint his warbird any way he wants.
Not me!
Regards Martin
Yes it is a much repeated discussion, I'll add my two cents worth.
A great scheme is a joy to behold and often repeated. A particular aircraft may have its authentic scheme on a number of others, "Big Beautifull Doll" is a prime example of this multiplicity.
Similarly non aircraft-specific theatre schemes may tickle peoples' fancies as evidenced by the number of warbirds wearing invasion stripes.
These aren't neccesarily the D-Day variety as the Royal Australian Navy and others wore stripes during the Korean conflict.
Combined with the attractive mid blue Fleet Air Arm colours and large three digit fuselage numbers this makes an extremely striking scheme for a warbird. In fact I can think of two examples here in Oz, the late Guido Zuccoli painted VH-HFG, his ex-Iraqui Fury, like this to represent a FAA Sea Fury. Down at Tyabb Gunther Mayer has the same scheme on VH-YEY, a Yak 52!
Looks great but who wants to buy into Mr Mayr's right to paint his warbird any way he wants.
Not me!
Regards Martin
Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:48 am
WELL BOYS IT SEEMS WHEN IT COMES TO PAINT JOBS IT COMES DOWN TO THE GOLDEN RULE, THE MAN WITH THE GOLD MAKES THE RULES SO I THINK WE ALL MUST JUST GIVE IT A REST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST!!!THANKS MIKE
Sat Dec 04, 2004 2:31 pm
I think the late Charles Church put it best when someone objected to the paint scheme on one of his Spitfires his reply was -"When you buy YOUR spitfire, YOU can paint it any colour you like."
I may not like it, but its not up to me.
I may not like it, but its not up to me.