Unusual Mixed Vampire Colour Scheme

[Dave Homewood]

Here is a great one for the modellers to have a go at. This has come up on Facebook. Vampire NZ5761 of No. 75 Squadron has a mix of camouflage and silver (nose, undersides and rudder/s).

Note how rough the demarcation is between the silver nose and the camouflage. It does not seem to be a case of rebagging the fabric on the nose. Really unusual. 

And also note down the other end of the row is another mixed camo and silver machine too.

[Antonio]

Hi-res pics available for the AFMoNZ page
Here:  fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/?q=NZ5761

[Dave Homewood]

Barf from Wigram says:
"The camo is the original RAF scheme some arrived with. There was no cam paint available to match so this patch scheme was a result of slowly transitioning to the all over silver. In this case the replacement rudder would have been fitted from rotable spares, whilst the fwd fuselage has probably been repaired. I have a scheme drawing for one of these Frankenstein schemes."