Paint Job?

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:33 pm

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1 ... bl=WARBIRD

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:40 pm

Nice stars and bars!

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:16 pm

Yeah, somebody goofed

daveymac82c · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:21 pm

I looked at it, and thought something was wrong, but not knowing all there is to know about US military insignia, I thought I'd not say anything... but yeah, doesn't look right.

Maybe they got the paint scheme from a toy airplane that was made in some third-world country.

-David

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:53 pm

I'm sure the owner likes the scheme if he painted it so... Thats all that matters... Its like the time a guy came up to my dad (when we had our first T-6) and started telling him that his plane isnt correct because no T-6's had invasion stripes and after a while of this one sided debate dad just said, "Who paid for it?" the man thought for a few seconds and then said "Good point" and left!

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:02 pm

Very True.

No one will be able to say anything when i paint my Corsair bright yellow and black! :roll:

No- seriously though my Corsair will be authentic as authentic can be. Just takes allot of pictures of Ben Franklin to get it done.

I must say I am a bit jealous of you, owning a T6 in the family, and being so connected to the Cavanaugh flight museum! You've been raised on Warbirds!

airnutz · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:20 pm

me109me109 wrote:

I'm sure the owner likes the scheme if he painted it so... Thats all that matters...

That may be true 109, but since the photo was taken at Osh..I'll wager he
was "reminded" in varying degrees by a few zillion helpful folks about a
proper rendition of the insignia and the upside down star.

He's probably changed it by now...or he's really thick-skinned, unless of
course he has documentation that he's properly recreated a former scheme? :wink:

daveymac82c · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:41 pm

I agree with 109 that the owner is clearly allowed to paint it whichever way they want. I've seen a bunch of D-day striped airplanes that clearly didn't participate. Including Harvards, and RV-4's... lol.

And 109, I am also very jealous that you've had a T-6 in your family. That must have made for a very happy childhood.

Cheers,

David

Taylor Stevenson · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:33 pm

I've definitely been blessed to have had a great childhood... Right now my goal is to reach my dads required 450 tail wheel hours in order to get into the '6... I’m at 150... :shock:

BTW I understand the love of authenticity (this coming from the kid who made his dad buy cloth covered wiring for a 41 Plymouth restoration because it was more original than modern wiring) but my number one priority is to see the aircraft out there flying regardless of it's scheme (and I know many of you will agree)...

airnutz · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm

daveymac82c wrote:

I agree with 109 that the owner is clearly allowed to paint it whichever way they want. I've seen a bunch of D-day striped airplanes that clearly didn't participate.

Cheers,

David

I'm not trying to make that kind of purist distinction here, folks. Paint your RV-4
with invasion stripes or your Mustang with jellybeans on it...your bird, your paint.

But if your going to display the national insignia on an aircraft, at least attempt
to render that insignia correctly AND rightside up...especially if your applying it
to a bird in OD appearing to be an L-2 rendition. Not that it matters a big woop..the owner has
to fly in that thing and be seen with it. The exception would be if he had photos
of his daddy who was in the war next to his bird in that scheme. I'd love to see
the faces of the critics when he flipped the photo on 'em.

Put the shoe on the other foot...what would be your reaction if Bill Greenwood
showed up in his Spitty with upsidedown American flags on it....or upsidedown
national insignia, for that matter? C'mon, be honest.. :wink:

PS
Now I know what that photo reminded me of. Some of the decoy birds the army used
erect and paint on dummy fields in WW2...or American planes being displayed
in the DPRK or NVN museums. Wonder if he found some really good photos from
such a source on the interweb? :shock:

airnutz · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:19 pm

me109me109 wrote:

BTW I understand the love of authenticity (this coming from the kid who made his dad buy cloth covered wiring for a 41 Plymouth restoration because it was more original than modern wiring)

Good man 109..back in the late 70's to late 80's, I searched high and low for
an original 750 Triumph Bonneville that had never been choppered and with
the wiring loom intact, etc. One fell into my lap after 10 years(at a most reasonable price).
'Twas a 650 Bonnie, but she had 6200 miles on her odo. I haven't rode her
in years, but that's probably why she looks almost like the day I brought her
home. She's pickled in Marvels Magic oil right now..hmmn maybe it's time to
drag 'er out again..

EDowning · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:05 am

All I have to say about these paint threads is, you haven't seen anything until you buy a SPAD WITH POLKA DOTS on it. I spend about half my airshow time answering questions about that. It wears my ass out, because the topic is so old to me. The airplane is in an exact, authenic scheme, the GLOSSY Sea Blue is even the Sterling brand that was MILSPEC when the Marines used it. I'm thinking of replacing each dot with a different Emoticon to give people something legitimate to bitch about.

JDK · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:09 am

EDowning wrote:

All I have to say about these paint threads is, you haven't seen anything until you buy a SPAD WITH POLKA DOTS on it. I spend about half my airshow time answering questions about that. It wears my ass out, because the topic is so old to me.

It's tough flying polka dots.

It's a greats scheme, and hey, it's old to you, but it's a "Gee I never knew that" to each airshowgoer who asks. We live & learn. (well, some of us do.)

As to the bizarre star and bar, what a silly billy.

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:05 am

Yeah I gotta admit I was thinking the same thing for a couple of seconds when I first saw your Spad at Thunder in 06.

But i said nothing and quickly resolved the question. The Skyraider was done up way too well to not have been authentic.

You just sorta can tell which ones look off, if you will.

airnutz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:46 am

EDowning wrote:

All I have to say about these paint threads is, you haven't seen anything until you buy a SPAD WITH POLKA DOTS on it. I spend about half my airshow time answering questions about that. It wears my ass out, because the topic is so old to me. The airplane is in an exact, authenic scheme, the GLOSSY Sea Blue is even the Sterling brand that was MILSPEC when the Marines used it.

That's where a few original photos are worth a few thousand words, Eric. Give
your ass a break and display her history with a story board. Kudos to you for
enduring the slings and arrows by showing 'er in unique historic originality.

A small point of originality or safety...have you checked your oil lately? There's very
little on the outside..are you sure you have enough on the inside? :lol:

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