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Title: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
Post by: Westfalia Chris on February 15, 2014, 05:57:04 PM

Hi folks,

by chance, I came across a very reasonably-priced copy of Aurora's 1/48 De Havilland DH-10A kit (1972 issue with vac-formed base, bagged in original box). After fighting the original impulse to try to flog it over the web, I decided to build and paint it for my Back of Beyond collection- I wanted one since I flew Ignatieff's on a bombing run on Bolshevik invasion barges, and it is not so large as to become a nightmare to handle once built (vs. a HP O/400, for example).

Problem is, I haven't been able to find conclusive information on their use in India (campaigns, squadrons) beyond Wikipedia, which I am reluctant to rely on. Furthermore, the only relevant colour profile I found shows what appears to be a brown-khaki/buff paintjob, and while that looks nicely military-ish, I wonder if Silver Dope might be an alternative option (the collection is "Hollywood History NWF" anyway, so not specifically tied to a specific conflict).

Any suggestions and pointers, preferably fact-founded ;), will be gratefully considered.

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
Post by: former user on February 15, 2014, 06:33:54 PM

I presume You have seen these?

http://www.wwiaviation.com/bombers_British.html
https://archive.org/details/sixtysquadronraf00scot
http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn096-100.htm

Title: Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
Post by: Westfalia Chris on February 15, 2014, 06:47:05 PM

Quote from: former user on February 15, 2014, 06:33:54 PM

I presume You have seen these?

http://www.wwiaviation.com/bombers_British.html
https://archive.org/details/sixtysquadronraf00scot
http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn096-100.htm

Second one is new to me and looks rather promising, thank you very much! Bookmarked.

Title: Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
Post by: former user on February 15, 2014, 06:55:00 PM

pleasure
good luck with it.
there was also a shady download site with a pdf, but I did not want to link to that, it had a lot of ads

Title: Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
Post by: von Lucky on February 15, 2014, 11:57:06 PM

Wings Palette has one for the 216 Sqn RAF in Egypt:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww1/b/1858/9/0

And there's another version in this print (scroll down to B11):
http://www.aviationcollectables.co.uk/pub/covers/b.html

Title: Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
Post by: former user on February 16, 2014, 05:33:08 AM

yes, this might be it:
(http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1858/pics/9_1.jpg)