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Camouflage & Markings – English Electric Lightning

by Editor on December 30, 2016 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

The English Electric Lightning is one of those iconic aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric, a company that subsequently came to be absorbed by the newly formed British Aircraft [...]

Camouflage & Markings – McDonnell F2H Banshee (Part 2)

by Editor on November 30, 2016 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

In contrast with the profiles posted in the first part of this article, the later versions of the F2H Banshee offered a rather greater variety of color schemes. These late-production Banshees also looked quite different from the [...]

Camouflage & Markings – McDonnell F2H Banshee

by Editor on November 8, 2016 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Following the recent release of a new 1/48 F2H-2 Banshee from Kitty Hawk, let's have a look at some of the markings and history of this aircraft. In late 1944, US Navy ordered three carrier-based jet fighters, the Vought XF6U-1 Pirate, the [...]

Camouflage & Markings – Curtiss P-36 Mohawk in RAF Service

by Editor on September 30, 2016 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Let's round off our Curtiss *hawk series with a prequel - a few P-36 Mohawks in the RAF service. With profiles by Rick Kent (used by permission) accompanied by text and research by Joe Baugher. - Ed. Considerable interest in the Hawk had [...]

Camouflage & Markings – Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk

by Editor on September 24, 2016 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Here's another selection of the color schemes carried by the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk during its extensive service career. All artwork has been kindly contributed by Mr Rick Kent. In 1939, Curtiss-Writght went about developing a [...]

Camouflage & Markings – Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk in British & Commonwealth service

by Editor on September 1, 2016 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

The arrival of long-awaited new tool P-40B kits from Bronco and Airfix will likely spin renewed interest in the type. The attached collection of profiles demonstrates units and camouflages representative of the Tomahawk's service with the [...]

Camouflage & Markings – McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

by Editor on August 15, 2016 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Celebrating the outcome of a recent Phantom II Group build, here are a few profiles of the aircraft drawn by Mr. Rick Kent (used with permission of the author). The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was originally envisioned as a big, [...]

Camouflage & Markings – Boulton Paul Defiant

by Editor on June 28, 2016 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Considered by some to be elegant, dismissed by others as one of the ugliest monoplane fighters of all time... the Defiant was a British two-seater built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter", literally designed around a [...]

Camouflage & Markings: Pulqui, Argentina’s jet adventure

by Editor on December 2, 2015 · in Reference · 11 ≡

From the editorial archives comes this reprint of an old article from 2002, with artwork kindly provided back then by Ricardo Dacoba. Those were the times 🙂 Published as a comment to Gabor Szabo's model article from the week. For a [...]

Camouflage & Markings – Hawker Fury

by Rick Kent on February 15, 2015 · in Reference · 7 ≡

The Fury, originally named Hornet, first entered service with 43 Squadron RAF in May 1931. Powered by the Rolls-Royce V12 Kestrel IIS, the Fury was the RAF's first interceptor fighter capable of exceeding 200 mph (top speed 207 mph). The [...]