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**wonwinglo** · 19-03-2005

Lockheed Lodestar in B.O.A.C Wartime colourscheme 1941-42.

The R.A.F transport machines were camouflaged in the standard dark green & dark earth or in some cases dark earth & middle stone on the upper surfaces with what was termed duck egg blue undersides,the duck egg varied in shade from pale blue to a pale greenish colour,and it was not unknown to mix the odd contents of dope cans together to produce slightly non standard shades.In the Middle East the Bristol Bombay & Handley Page Harrow were used as freight aircraft,together with the Lockheed Hudson and Douglas Dakota.
Light communications aircraft in service included the Percival Q.6 Petrel,Miles Mentor,Percival Proctor,De Havilland Dominie,De Havilland Flamingo and the four engined De Havilland DH.86 and a single De Havilland Flamingo,all of these types were finished in dark green & dark earth on the upper surfaces with training yellow underneath,the serial number was painted underneath the wings in black cellulose dope.
Aircraft that were used by the Air Transport Auxiliary which were used as positioning aircraft for aircrew were painted the same colours as the other types used for communication.The crew ferries included the De Havilland Puss Moth,Leopard Moth,Foster Wikner Wicko Warferry,Avro Anson,De Havilland Hornet Moth and the Fairchild Argus.
Civil airliners and any available impressed civil aircraft were formed into an organisation called the National Air Communications,although these aircraft wore camoflage the aircraft bore civil registration letters but many light aircraft were commandeered and found use in the R.A.F as station hacks and personal transports,these aircraft had either yellow or silver undersides.
The drawing shows a typical example of aircraft that were used by British Overseas Airways corporation,these had an interesting mix of dark green and brown earth on the uppersides with a silver finish underneath,the aircraft bore civil registration letters in black on both upper & lower surfaces,these in turn had red,white and blue bands underneath the registration letters which had a silver outline to them.Red,white and blue vertical stripes were painted on the fin after the summer of 1940.A company called Railway Air Services operated DH.89a Rapides,DH.84 Dragons with similar markings to the B.O.A.C aircraft.

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wonwinglo Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warwick,UK Real Name: Barry My Models: Aviation artifacts Visit wonwinglo's Gallery Posts: 5,597 Images: 49	The Scale-Models guide to Aircraft markings-Part 3-Comms & Transport aircraft 1939-42 Lockheed Lodestar in B.O.A.C Wartime colourscheme 1941-42. The R.A.F transport machines were camouflaged in the standard dark green & dark earth or in some cases dark earth & middle stone on the upper surfaces with what was termed duck egg blue undersides,the duck egg varied in shade from pale blue to a pale greenish colour,and it was not unknown to mix the odd contents of dope cans together to produce slightly non standard shades.In the Middle East the Bristol Bombay & Handley Page Harrow were used as freight aircraft,together with the Lockheed Hudson and Douglas Dakota. Light communications aircraft in service included the Percival Q.6 Petrel,Miles Mentor,Percival Proctor,De Havilland Dominie,De Havilland Flamingo and the four engined De Havilland DH.86 and a single De Havilland Flamingo,all of these types were finished in dark green & dark earth on the upper surfaces with training yellow underneath,the serial number was painted underneath the wings in black cellulose dope. Aircraft that were used by the Air Transport Auxiliary which were used as positioning aircraft for aircrew were painted the same colours as the other types used for communication.The crew ferries included the De Havilland Puss Moth,Leopard Moth,Foster Wikner Wicko Warferry,Avro Anson,De Havilland Hornet Moth and the Fairchild Argus. Civil airliners and any available impressed civil aircraft were formed into an organisation called the National Air Communications,although these aircraft wore camoflage the aircraft bore civil registration letters but many light aircraft were commandeered and found use in the R.A.F as station hacks and personal transports,these aircraft had either yellow or silver undersides. The drawing shows a typical example of aircraft that were used by British Overseas Airways corporation,these had an interesting mix of dark green and brown earth on the uppersides with a silver finish underneath,the aircraft bore civil registration letters in black on both upper & lower surfaces,these in turn had red,white and blue bands underneath the registration letters which had a silver outline to them.Red,white and blue vertical stripes were painted on the fin after the summer of 1940.A company called Railway Air Services operated DH.89a Rapides,DH.84 Dragons with similar markings to the B.O.A.C aircraft. __________________ 'And there I was oil on my goggles from a broken pipe,then I looked at the altimeter,all I could see was the makers name !' www.wonwinglo.scale-models.net/ Last edited by wonwinglo; 19-03-2005 at 10:53.