Supermarine Spitfire Mk VI Camouflage

[Plopper]

Got a 1:72nd Spitfire to do in the post today.

This one in fact!



And I was wanting to do something different from the normal camo with it. So does anybody have a good diagram for one, or a link to one?

I was thinking of doing something High Altitude or observer!

Anything interesting would be greatly appreciated!

[Stokesy44]

Got a 1:72nd Spitfire to do in the post today.

This one in fact!



And I was wanting to do something different from the normal camo with it. So does anybody have a good diagram for one, or a link to one?

I was thinking of doing something High Altitude or observer!

Anything interesting would be greatly appreciated!

Hi Plopper, I think you are going to struggle due to the Mk VI's limited production run. Only 90 odd were made and of these, nearly all were based in the UK for high altitude interception work. They would have been standard grey / green I'm afraid. A few were sent to the Middle East so you have a light brown / dark brown option but the only reference I could find shows it as having the usual tropical filter under the nose.

http://risingdecals.com/72-037/RD_72-037.htm

Sorry not be much help, it was not a broadly used version so therein lies the problem.

[Cymru]

You could use a bit of artistic licence and use a NMF?

[Plopper]

NMF. No I was about to say that I don't mind it not being 100% historically accurate, just a simple single colour in stead of the usual camo as I've done 4 of them in the last year!

I'd even do a good scheme from another version number as long as it suited!

[shortCummins]

you said you didn't care for accuracy? so here are a few interesting schemes I've found...











rgds
John(shortCummins)

[shortCummins]

found a couple more...

[Plopper]

Those are fantastic, thanx, I can see myself buying another couple of Spitfires to do several of these!

[Avgas]

Oooh I like the blue one.

[Plopper]

Just a quick question seeing the Eduard callout sheet. Who's colour numbers do they use? Anybody know.

[Su35]

I love the 'seafire' naval paint scheme. I'll try find a pic a little later.

Regards
G

[shortCummins]

Just a quick question seeing the Eduard callout sheet. Who's colour numbers do they use? Anybody know.

typically they use Mr Color

[Plopper]

Ah! Thanx for that!