ChrisDNT wrote:
On the contrary, most if not all British warbirds just look like the real deal.
I have noticed this just slightly as well, but I think it is because we have too much sunlight over here in the US, and not enough grass fields.
It often appears that the ever so common English weather and the English countryside seems to add an extra element to the wartime look of things when aircraft in England are photographed with such dramatic skies behind them, and brilliant patchwork landscapes below. I would love to see aircraft such as Happy Jack's Go Buggy, Upupa Epops, or Rod Lewis' Mk.V Spitfire parked on a grass field in England, or flying above the country below. They just look some what out of place parked at a modern airport or flying above a populated landscape. That of course doesn't change my feelings about having the opportunity to see them here in the states.
For me, the outside finish isn't the biggest factor for what makes an authentic restoration, it is what is on the inside, but I guess that is because I look for the details. The interior of John Sessions' B model is next to bone stock in every way, but unfortunately it is the silver paint that gets the most attention, at least from what I have seen on this forum. Yet the exterior on Jack Roush's B model is attractive because of the OD finish, and has received much praise, but the panel and on board equipment is more similar to a modern business plane. Obviously it is to each his own, and is the reason why I mentioned that really anything besides the Mustangs which have already been mentioned to be the utmost in accuracy will be very subjective claims to be more accurate than others.
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It's the national insignia. Would you paint the FLAG in the wrong shade of blue or the stars not quite the right size?? 
