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Old 03-02-2009, 05:59 PM
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rjkpic
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Default RE: New KMP Hurricane

If you like the paint scheme don't worry about the authenticity or comparison between a painting. From 1939 till April 15 1941, the RAF changed the scheme numerous times. 1939 till the summer of 1940 most hurricanes had port wings painted black, starboard wings painted white with the remainder painted silver and no underwing roundrels. After May 15, 1940, the paint was all black on the port side, all white on the starboard divided down the longitudinal axis with underwing roundrels. After June 6, 1940 the entire undersides where ordered painted Sky in the field. In November 1940 the RAF issued painting instructions for Sky underneath except for the port wing which was to be painted black. Then in on April 22,1941 they issued instructions to paint the undersides all Sky and changed the roundrels to the smaller 45 inch size from the previos 50 inch size and introduced the duck egg fuselage band. Now because this was a rather hectic time with many sorties being flown, many squadrons interpretted these orders differently and many airframes were in varios stages of paint change over at any given time. So unless you have an actual dated photo for a specific time period you want to model, there really isn't one color scheme that is right during this period. Additionally, there were two color schemes for the upper camo, an A and a B scheme. Hawker didn't adhere to the odd even serial matchup of the A and B scheme as stringently as Supermarine but here too, you have to have an actual photo to determine if the A or B scheme matched the serial. So you are all kinda right, it just depends on what month you want to model your aircraft after.

BOB fan