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Offline Westfalia Chris

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Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
« on: 15 February 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!


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Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
« Reply #3 on: 15 February 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

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Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
« Reply #4 on: 15 February 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
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Re: Advice sought - paint schemes of DH.10 bombers in 1920s' India?
« Reply #5 on: 16 February 2014, 05:33:08 AM »
yes, this might be it:

 

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