23rd Fighter Group

Graf · #1 (**permalink**) 6th July 2007, 00:03

The first of hopefully many 23rd FG P-40s.

P-40E of Group Captain Robert L Scott

P-40K of Col Bruce Holloway

P-40N of 1Lt Don Lopez

Vigilante · #2 (**permalink**) 6th July 2007, 08:01

Love the OD - just right, hard to do.

Serval · #3 (**permalink**) 6th July 2007, 08:56

Love to see more of them

Graf · #4 (**permalink**) 6th July 2007, 14:30

Thanks guys.

That OD is hard to get down. Dunno how many tests I ran to finally come up with the outcome you see above.

Plenty more to come for sure. Plan on making at least twelve skisn available for d/l.

kristorf · #5 (**permalink**) 6th July 2007, 17:35

V nice mate.
The problem I find with the O/D is that there are so many differaqnt shades it could be, depending on amount of sunlight/heat, dirt/dust, age etc, so none are incorrect, none are right, just an individual preferance.

Vigilante · #6 (**permalink**) 6th July 2007, 23:13

I sorta like the brownish tones - I've tried getting it just right on B-25's so often that I had to put it aside or commit violence,

but I did manage to get it where I liked it on a batch of P-40's once. Difference in scale effect maybe?

adlabs6 · #7 (**permalink**) 7th July 2007, 01:56

Scale could play a role Vig. I've seen similar thoughts expressed on how scale models should be painted.

Vigilante · #8 (**permalink**) 7th July 2007, 03:28

I know it makes a difference on ship models - smaller=more distance=lighter if you want to replicate what a full-size ship would look like from a distance that replicated the apparent size of the model.

BLOWHARD · #9 (**permalink**) 7th July 2007, 06:11

I like the brown shades too but I also like the faded DO best

The DO on the P-40s looks pretty good but if I had to guess I'd say it was fairly new fresh paint

Looks good, very strong details but still subtle, nice balance!

I came across this a few weeks ago-
Pittsburgh Paint Chart from WW2!
Interesting.