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Re: Post Script - Spitfire Livery

Posted by John S on Fri Oct 25, 2002 08:34:02 AM

In reply top Re: Post Script - Spitfire Livery posted by PeterA on Fri Oct 25, 2002 08:14:40 AM

: As the late and lamented Spencer Flack once said - " When
: you pick up the bills, you can have your Spitfire any colo
: ur you wish - I'm having mine red."
: One hell of a lot of effort went into getting that Spitfir
: e as accurately as we could, back to the ACM Robb's livery
: , with only B/W photos to interpret. SL721 was his actual
: personal Spitfire. That said individualist liveries get as
: sociated with application owners, Chris Woods in this case
: and it is not surprising that it is about to change. Fing
: ers crossed that they have the drawings and chips to get t
: he basic scheme correct. We have seen some horrors from th
: e 'port side of the pond' in the past. Sorry guys.
: I am all for regular livery change and damn the expense! W
: hat say you?

Peter,

I totally agree, I would love to see a regular change in some of the liveries we now enjoy to some of the more obscure and less well known schemes, like Alain de Cadenet's Mk.XVI in a French c/s - top stuff

I'm now waiting for a Spit in Russian, USAAF, Indian, Burmese, or even Thai scheme's
(one in an Aussie scheme in the top-half of the globe would be great as well)

Hmm, might be in for a long wait :-)

But as has been said, it's not my $$$ or airframe so this is just my humble opinion, but I can live in hope

John

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