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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2009 10:53 pm 
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have gone through all the usual sources and came up with these three pictures. Please correct any of my conclusions but here they are.

The camo pattern is "Scheme A".
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I have looked at the kicking boot photo for a long time and I think on this plane, which might not be Bader's (I think it is), the panel was taken off and the whole thing painted Dark Green or was from a "Scheme B" aircraft. Note the sharp edge along the panel line at the front and back of the panel. There seems to be a drain hole modification vis the natural metal ring color so the modification could have coinsided with the painting of the kicking boot. What do you guys think?

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No oil deflector at the front of the cowl. And the standard Hawker propeller with Hawker spinner (no Spitfire replacement).

Paint is in good condition, not a lot of weathering. Maybe some extra scratches around the cockpit from his legs...maybe.
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Does anyone have any extra photos or better photos? I am open to any help offered. I have asked this question on Hyperscale and got some interesting feedback. I thought I would ask the question here too. Any photographs posted would be helpful to myself and others researching this subject. Thank you all.

Dieter
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So far, so good....
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so far so good indeed!


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 Post subject: An I am done!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:27 pm 
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Very nice finish.


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I agree with Connery--excellent work. I still can't believe anyone is actually finishing projects!!!!! :lol: Thanks for sharing, hurk

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 Post subject: Finished product
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http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/build ... 9065.shtml

You can see a full build article at the link above. Kel


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