Post by acklington on Nov 6, 2017 18:54:25 GMT 1
As promised, here is my second Mustang 1, just finished. For this one I used the old FROG kit (F427), modified from their Mk.II to become a Mk.I with nose guns, two extra wing guns, and no bomb racks.
AP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (2) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
AP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (11) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
AP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (20) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
AP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (23) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
AP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (16) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr
As this is meant to represent a fully operational Mustang, I also added a rear cockpit camera and solid panel; an under rear fuselage camera port; the later aerial, and the later style exhausts. Also the FROG kit has significant shape issues, so the rear top fuselage 'hump' was reduced, the wing tips reshaped, the under fuselage radiator deepened, and the forward wing root fairings were cut back as the early Mustangs had smaller wheel wells. All raised panel lines were removed.
613 (City of Manchester) Squadron was declared operational at RAF Ouston (Northumberland)in December 1942, and still using Ouston as their base they sent detachments down south to Gatwick and Odiham, from where they took part in 'Rhubarb' raids over France. The early american applied brown & green & light gray colors were overpainted with British ocean grey and medium grey under. However the american dark green was not overpainted, but they did have to repaint patches of it where the squadron codes 'SY' had been, also where the roundels had been moved, and where mods had been made to the aircraft such as the rear cockpit panel. These areas were touched up with British dark green colour. In addition, the pilots had an aversion to being too visible to the enemy, so the american applied yellow strips on the wing leading edges was also frequently overpainted. There is some evidence that the prop spinners were also camouflaged, or painted black, on occasions. However there was a general concern that the Mustang Mk.I was too easily mistaken for the Messerschmitt Bf109, so the sky coloured spinner and tail band were usually retained.
So there you have it, Mustang Mk.I AP230 'E' in a hotch pot of field markings.
AP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (2) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrAP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (11) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrAP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (20) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrAP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (23) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrAP230, E, 613 Sqdn, Ouston, early 1943 (16) w by Philip Pain, on FlickrAs this is meant to represent a fully operational Mustang, I also added a rear cockpit camera and solid panel; an under rear fuselage camera port; the later aerial, and the later style exhausts. Also the FROG kit has significant shape issues, so the rear top fuselage 'hump' was reduced, the wing tips reshaped, the under fuselage radiator deepened, and the forward wing root fairings were cut back as the early Mustangs had smaller wheel wells. All raised panel lines were removed.
613 (City of Manchester) Squadron was declared operational at RAF Ouston (Northumberland)in December 1942, and still using Ouston as their base they sent detachments down south to Gatwick and Odiham, from where they took part in 'Rhubarb' raids over France. The early american applied brown & green & light gray colors were overpainted with British ocean grey and medium grey under. However the american dark green was not overpainted, but they did have to repaint patches of it where the squadron codes 'SY' had been, also where the roundels had been moved, and where mods had been made to the aircraft such as the rear cockpit panel. These areas were touched up with British dark green colour. In addition, the pilots had an aversion to being too visible to the enemy, so the american applied yellow strips on the wing leading edges was also frequently overpainted. There is some evidence that the prop spinners were also camouflaged, or painted black, on occasions. However there was a general concern that the Mustang Mk.I was too easily mistaken for the Messerschmitt Bf109, so the sky coloured spinner and tail band were usually retained.
So there you have it, Mustang Mk.I AP230 'E' in a hotch pot of field markings.