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[Butelczynski]

Super Much obliged Carlos.

[wireandpaper]

Thank you All:
In particular Carlos

Originally Posted by cafe

Here is a white version of the B-24D.

The line color is grey 60% in the first file and the usual grey 50% in the second one.

Anyone to do a Costal Command Liberator?

[wireandpaper]

Or a Wellington?

Originally Posted by cafe

And here is a white version of the Wellington, with and without roundels (line color = grey 50%)

Happy modeling and recoloring

[wireandpaper]

As for the naval planes, let tem come Bruno!

[cafe]

Originally Posted by wireandpaper

Thank you All:
In particular Carlos
Anyone to do a Costal Command Liberator?

That was my intention initially (also Fortresses) but then I noticed that many of them had radar bulges under the nose and/or a nose turret. Which is also why I didn't pursue the US naval variants further than the one I did.

[Butelczynski]

First versions of both Wellington and B-24 were used by Coastal Command "as is",withoult any radar or sensor installations.Those came much later in the war (early 1944 I think).

I'm attempting CC Liberator now with very little luck.I haven't done cammo before so it's a learning curve.

This is what I'm going for:

[Gerry1966]

Your Wellington is correct, but not Liberator. All CC Liberators wore on upper surfaces only Extra Dark Sea Grey colour (on fuselage it was only narrow line that ended behind astrodome). Tail stripes were on the inner sides, too.

[cafe]

+1 on the fin flash being also on the inner sides. Though most docs I have show grey and green on the upper surfaces (but some of those are for RCAF Liberators based in Canada).

PRmodels did a czech Liberator that only had extra dark sea grey at the top if I recall correctly.

[Gerry1966]

Liberators of RAF Coastal Command got a new camo in summer 1943 (if I remember well) - acording this regulation there was omitted color Dark Slate Grey and only Extra Dark Sea Gray remained, as I've written before. So before this date there were both upper colors.
311th Czech Bomber Squadron got all its Liberators in this new camo scheme. They were version Mk. VI with frontal turret, but they were returned back in a few weeks and squadron got all planes in version Mk.V (former B-24D without turret). later they were repplenished with Mk.V Dumbo with radar under bow. All Liberators in this time wore only individual letter, the squadron two digit code was omitted. Before the end of 1944 all Liberators were repalced by Mk. VI's again. This time squadron got new code, too - letters PP and name of plane written under pilots place. It was based on individual letter (for example, plane of W.Cdr. Kostohryz - PP*K wore name Kosťa, plane PP*U - Uršula ...) There was Czech national insignia in the same place on Mk.VI's, too.
In the past I've draw the most succesful plane - BZ796 of P/O Doležal, DFC, who had sunk blokaderunner DKM Alsterufer in December 25, 1943. This was typical plane as I've written before. Camo White/Extra Dark Sea Gray and only individual letter H.
See here:
http://www.revi.cz/images/decals/003...i_72003-04.jpg
Hope this helps :-)

[cafe]

Thank you Gerry!