Raymond
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'In ze Soviet Russia, model builds YOU!
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Post by Raymond on Sept 13, 2011 2:21:22 GMT 12
hiya! ive been going through photos of NZ3256 to potentially build as a model as a its a bit of an odd-ball, and need some help! ive collected the following images:      the tail is bugging me: seems to have the fat tale bands, with the red facing forward on both sides, such as the below example:  however form the photos the tail also looks to be the same shade =red!?  im also working on 'silver' corsair NZ 5531 and wondering if anyone has photos confirming the fin flash! thanks for any help! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 13, 2011 17:54:42 GMT 12
That is hard to say for sure, but you might be right. Maybe it was a lead aircraft used by instructors?
I reckon you should paint the rudder red, and then wait for someone to prove you wrong.
I'm looking forward to seeing both the Corsair and P-40N models, they sound like interesting projects.
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Post by Damon on Sept 13, 2011 20:03:40 GMT 12
Your last photo appears to me to be of an 'M' or early 'N' model P-40.On the rudder ,medium green disruptive patches have been applied.It does not appear to have a red rudder to me. Funny to see the red disk in the centre of the fuselage roundel as I would have thought that this was discontinued in early 1942.
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Post by steveh on Sept 14, 2011 10:09:38 GMT 12
I'm picking that the small pick that Damon is refering to, the one before the 3 view may well be of another aircraft or the same aircraft but at an earlier date when the paint scheme was in better condition. Could it be that the later pictures with the 'red' rudder may have been a reskin still in doppe that never got fully repainted? Either way, the 3 view would be an interesting scheme as it. The fin flash tends me toward thinking this is a late/post war repaint but a partial one at best given the hodge podge of roundel styles. AFAIK, aircraft based in New Zealand in a training role did retain red roundel centres.
Just noticed on the 3 view, an interesting blend of Kittyhawk Mk III with P-40N cockpit. Where did that come from?
Steve.
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Raymond
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Post by Raymond on Sept 14, 2011 13:40:09 GMT 12
hiya! cheers guys!: the aircraft in the smaller pic is indeed a different aircraft; I just posted it as it seems to have the same roundel/finflash yea a couple of people have wondered if it was the red/brown zinc chromate primer on the tail: or just a tail from another p-40! ah the 3 view is something i jsut quickly cobbled together in photoshop to see how it looks!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 14, 2011 15:25:51 GMT 12
I think you'll find the red of the finflash faces forward on all RNZAF aircraft on both sides. Or at least it should, there have been a few mistakes over the years...
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 14, 2011 17:48:13 GMT 12
I think you'll find the red of the finflash faces forward on all RNZAF aircraft on both sides. Or at least it should, there have been a few mistakes over the years... Someone please ask NZ1053 to sort his fin flash out  That red tail and spinner gives the P40 a Russian look. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 14, 2011 21:14:11 GMT 12
I know that the aircraft wears OTU codes but if it really did have a red tail is there any way that it may have been used by the Central Flying School? They painted the rudders red on their Harvards, Oxfords and Tiger Moths, and possibly their Hind too. Just a thought.
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Post by phas3e on Sept 17, 2011 12:23:36 GMT 12
is it a red tail or just that the rudder is turned slightly putting it in a different light to the rest of the tail?
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Raymond
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Post by Raymond on Sept 18, 2011 15:27:49 GMT 12
Hiya!
I was wondering that myself, but given two of the photos are the same side from different angles, i think either the tail is a different OD from another aircraft or primier?
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