Smile you're on camera!
As said earlier I started this paint kit because of nostalgic reasons.
I did the all blue version which was by Flying Officer Neville Clark end May 1944. (image on one of the previous pages)
The next step was a June 1944 vesion with full D-Day identification stripes. In this case the Spitfire PL775 flown by 541 Squadron. There are several photographs of this aircraft.
Soon after D-Day the identification stripes on the top surfaces was abandoned, however at the lower surfaces they often remained, but not very well maintained. So the next one is the Spitfire PL883 from 400 Squadron RCAF, as photographed on 30 Novermber 1944 at B78 Eindhoven, the Netherlands. This aircraft was destroyed on the ground by attacking German aircraft during Operation Bodenplatte on the 1st January 1945.
And to please our American friends I also did the Spitfire PA892 called "My darling Dorothy" used by 14th PRS, 7th PRG 8th Air Force. It was damaged during a landing incident on 24 march 1944. But repaired soon, as it took part in the D-Day missions. The aircraft was handed back to the RAF in April 1945.
As soon as these liveries are really finished I will do one other US livery, which will be the Spitfire PA994 flown by Lt.Col John S. Blyth, who made a wheels up landing at RAF Mount Farm after he had technical problems with his undercarriage.
When Shessi reads this I think he can confirm the texture layout wasn't excactly done with a US version in mind. The numbers on the tail are created by two differnt textures and in 3 different scales.
And this was just one of the surprises I found in the layout of these textures........
Cheers,
Huub