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what colour is the P-40 (top one- count pistof) in this pic? thanks for your time.

Chad Veich

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I've seen this color referred to as "Desert Pink", "Desert Tan", and "Desert Sand". From the book "Air Force Colors" volume 2 the actual color is ANA 616 "Sand" and is supposedly very similar to FS30279. I would bet that Model Master or one of the other plastic model paint companies has FS30279 in their inventory which would provide you with a sample to match.

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ahhh thank you Sir. Model Masters dosn't have this paint in there inventory. so I
guess I'll have to get it custom mixed in an acrylic at Rondex.

P-40 DRIVER

I think "Warbird Colors" has that color.

Whistling Death

Correct, Sand #49.

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thanks. I emailed them earlier and am waiting for there reply on my querry.

BOB MOORE

I remember seeing a pink P40 flying in airshows in the 80's . The lady's name was Sue Parish. Google a Pink P40 and see the video sf this plane

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wrong colour.

proptop

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From what I recall, the sand color would fade into "titty pink" after being in service for a while.

Ram-bro

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uhu, uhu, uhu, hu, uhu, huh,,,,he said titty....uhu , hu, hu, huhuhuhuhhu

bigtim

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man I miss bevis and buthead

just got a order from Chuck a couple weeks back, I am going with the green and dark brown look on my TF P-40 rehab project, its sitting in idle right now untill I get interested in it again.

I just got through doing a run in test of a OS120surpass engine I got, looks to be a runner,I will see how fast I get to it now that I have a decent running engine for it

proptop

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I was wondering (when I clicked the "OK" button ) if it would just show up as *****

I also found out that when you try to google or yahoo that particular color...you don't get WWII Desert colors, or anything like that![X(]

Back in the early 70's, as a pre-teen, I told my friend Kenny about that color...didn't know his mom heard me...she got kinda bugged w/ me...
He was building a 1/72 (IIRC it was a Revell ) scale B-24 and we had read about the Strawberry B 1 t c h (his mom thought I was a bad influence... )

Experten109/40

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"Thanks for the inquiry. The North African scheme was Dark Earth & Midstone uppers, with azure blue undersides. I do ship to Canada, via the postal service. Typical shipping (weight & distance) is $18-$25.(+/-) 6-10 days transit time."

hmmm. $18-$25 shipping? crazy baby. My local paint mix place $12 acrylic spay bomb.

DarkEarth/Middlestone was RAAF colors. DarkEarth/Desert Yellow was USAAF colours. Desert Sand was the
Primary colour of all P-40's going to the 57th FG in North Africa. DarkEarth/Desert Yellow was painted on the
P-40 at the depot in Nigeria.

seems those P-40s laid a beating on some Germans one Sunday (see pics).
suckswhen you getkilled by a titty pink P-40.

warbirdcolors

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Greg,
I thought you were talking about the RAF P-40's... Now that I've seen the picture, yes it is sand, FS#30279... Yeah, sorry about the postage...it's out of my control...it depends on "which end" of Canada you are on, relative to Oregon

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no worries. as far as where I live, go north to vancouver, turn right and go about
1000 miles. (fargo ND is 4 hours south from me). I'll be ordering the sand from
you tomorrow when the wife has gone to work

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that would be the 616 SAND.

bigtim

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a little tip when ordering warbirdcolors paints that I use is to build your order up the shipping doesn't really change much as you add material, so I set up my order to work to my advantage and keep the overall price down,

chucks a good guy and the paint is easy to work with I have a few projects done now with it, love the water clean up and low odor

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no doubt chuck is a GREAT guy. still think the shipping is a tad crazy though. but no worries.
I always like the look of the desert sand P-40's, esspecially the ones in the 57th FG and just
want the paint to be an exact match. I know that they never used primer on the outside sufaces,
so I'll have to lay down a base coat of aluminum first.

anyways, I cleaned up this one life magazine pic and was wondering, in the recesses behind
the rear glass, is it painted grey, or green zinc chromate? another thing I noticed, under the ehxaust
dumps, theres a ' dot dot dot dash ' morse code for 'V' I believe. any signifigence to that?