The last two games have gotten me all excited to bash on with the RAF and Luftwaffe to do some Battle of Britain action. Except RAF aircraft instead of having a blue underside like I expected, are a weird creamy off-white called "duck egg blue."
Only the British would call that colour "blue."
Boom and Zoom Graphics is a useful start for WW2 camouflage, but not too detailed. I've noticed that all the camo squiggles are the same on every aircraft and learned that Hurricanes, Spitfires and Mosquitoes each had distinct patterns. An A and a mirror image B pattern for each airframe.
While I wait for decals from Miscellaneous Miniatures and magnets from Greenstuff World I've painted the undersides of my RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft, deciding that a mocha shade was close enough to "duck egg blue."
I'm trying not to overthink things. If people can see the bottoms of your aircraft then something is wrong.
Duck Egg Blue is an odd colour. I've not painted many aircraft and I don't even know who makes that colour now that Floquil is no longer in business. Is it Vallejo?
ReplyDelete"Only the British would call that colour "blue." Lol, too true.
ReplyDeleteGreat site link to Boom and Zoom Miniatures. Thanks - I have a tinge of nostalgia for the old Airfix paint tin days of Duck Egg Blue - it sounded so delicate, peaceful and rustic for the underside of a beautiful but deadly killing machine.
ReplyDeleteI followed the spitfire page / site links through to the unusual mention of pink photo recon spitfires ... excellent at dawn and dusk, good desert camouflage.