Got a base coat of Dark Earth on her yesterday. I used the Gunze Acrylics here H-72. Of all the DE colours I have seen this one is my favourite. It went on super glossy so I do apologize for the glare taking away some of the details.

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Dark earth looks good, David @totalize. Look forward to your RAAF paint and markings.

Thank you gentleman.

Okay. The camo of dark earth and Gunze H-302 green is more or less complete. Need to do some touch ups but I am pretty satisfied how it turned out.

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Thanks for your input Tom. The Gunze H-302 I used would be FS34092 Green. Gunze H330 is RAF Dark Green. The H-302 Green looks like a close match to the Green on your model but my DE is off. The DE I used is the RAF version. I think I have the colours you mentioned above. Are you also saying the underside is not Azure blue but more like an RLM 65? I will certainly try the Tamiya Red Brown.

If you go here:

http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a58.htm

You can see that BS295 was delivered to Australia on 10 Nov 42 and allocated the australian serial A58-20, the 20th Spitfire in RAAF service in the SWPA.

As such it would have been rushed to Darwin with minimal repainting.

JL394, Tom’s build, arrived on 8 July 43 and was allocated serial no A58-210. This was Caldwell’s third and last mk V.

This one could well have been stripped and painted in RAAF colours. Evidently the RAF serial number has been retained, although painted in a light grey as per RAAF custom.

So, I think both you and Tom are correct in your colour scheme choices.

The final camouflage looks great, David @totalize

Thanks for that input, @michaelt - figuring out what got sent to the front directly and what got repainted with the RAAF is a mystery wrapped in an enigma.

Michael, Do you ship to Canada for your Lacquers?