Pogo

Certain cloud and light conditions render the aircraft invisible, whatever the colour. The pink was toned down a bit with a little light grey or white. as the aircraft were used more and more ,the pink became a sandy colour.

wonwinglo

***Richard W,High altitude aircraft were mostly painted Cerulean blue ( sometimes spelled Coerulean ),the colour varied in hue depending on how high the aircraft was operating at,the pink Spitfires ( and some other types used for that work including Westland Welkin ) was a short lived experiment to see if the colour blended in with the clouds and sky,the truth is that any colour when judged from a distance looks black ! this is why after years of experiments painting trainers yellow,silver,dayglo the R.A.F are painting all of their trainers,yes 'Black' ! this has also been adopted by the Royal Netherlands Air Force as well.
So it is a problem that has been faced over the years, which just happened to include a shade of pink to try and get the results needed in service.

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rjwood_uk

do you mean this stuff?

so how do i use it?...

dip the clear part in, let it drain off, cover it to stop dust getting on and leave it to cure over night?

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wonwinglo

***Thats the stuff,dip,drain,cover with a lid,sit on plastic sheet to dry overnight,stick canopy on with the same stuff,you have a lifetimes supply there.

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rjwood_uk

great, only cost £2 something as well. and if my floor ever need a polish

wonwinglo

***Nah ! nobody ever uses it for floors,thats just a myth RJW,you did not think for one minute that was its original use !!

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rjwood_uk

lol, well not in the modeling community no!

John

No it wasn't but I've pulled it back a bit and you can't see where the glue nearly ruined it.

I sprayed it using Humbrol cans of spray it was a lot easier than going in to my loft to get my spray gun out, and I'm not very good with it anyway

Base was Matt dark earth, then covered it with bits of bluetac and sprayed Matt dark green to get the camouflage effect, I think it's turned out ok

Pogo

Looks good John. Just a query what era is the cam0 pattern from?And is this the pattern in the kit instructions?

John

TBH Pogo I havn't even looked at the instructions, so I guess it's from my era