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Or as Humbrol paints used to call it: "Duck Egg Blue" or was it "Duck Egg Green".:isadizzy:

Isn't that the same as the underside of a normal BoB era camo brown/green fighter Spitfire?
 
Dimus said:
Or as Humbrol paints used to call it: "Duck Egg Blue" or was it "Duck Egg Green".:isadizzy:

Isn't that the same as the underside of a normal BoB era camo brown/green fighter Spitfire?
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Dimus, I assume the colours were very alike. However "duck egg green" was originally introduced as "light sea green" and was a matt paint and therefore resonably rough. The "S" from Sky-S stands for smooth, which was introduced to reduce drag. Some sources say "duck egg green" was a slightly darker shade and a bit more "greenish". But as I said before; please remember most sources use 70 years old black and white pictures as source for their information about colours. ;)

It is likely that the shades of the various colours could be different depending the manufacturer. Especially as there was a lack of raw material, because there was a war going on at that moment and the UK was quite isolated at that moment.

But please keep this thread in its original colour.........

Cheers,
Huub

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galagamo said:
OT.
I need this:isadizzy: is this Lightning for FS? Preferably FSX native. If so, Where might I acquire This magnificent model?
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The good news or the bad news?
The good news is that it is indeed flying in FSX.
The bad news is that it's a port-over.

It's the Alphasim EE Lightning Pack 3 - which ports without any problems (unlike their Pack 1).

Instructions for any FDE mods can be found over at UKMIL.

Dave
 
huub vink said:
Dimus, I assume the colours were very alike. However "duck egg green" was originally introduced as "light sea green" and was a matt paint and therefore resonably rough. The "S" from Sky-S stands for smooth, which was introduced to reduce drag. Some sources say "duck egg green" was a slightly darker shade and a bit more "greenish". But as I said before; please remember most sources use 70 years old black and white pictures as source for their information about colours. ;)

It is likely that the shades of the various colours could be different depending the manufacturer. Especially as there was a lack of raw material, because there was a war going on at that moment and the UK was quite isolated at that moment.
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Thank you for the very interesting info Huub!

I always wondered as a kid building and painting quite a few RAF models, how a colour like that greenish shade could have the word "Sky" in its title.

But now, as you say, let's focus on the pinkies.:redface:
 
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