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Afghan B-24 AGAIN
Posted by Tony on Wed Dec 05, 2001 10:12:05 PM
In reply top null posted by null on null
Sorry, looked at it over and over again
The fuselage cross-section the colour of the airframe and the roundel being the wrong colour are still bugging me.
Here's something I found on North Korean aircraft
"....Thus, the first aircraft used by the KPAFAC were delivered
from the USSR in the standard colors of the Soviet VVS, with the fighters
being an overall light grey and the ground attack aircraft, bombers, and
transport aircraft in camouflage green over their upper parts and light blue
on their undersides.
The MiG-15 jet aircraft delivered during the period of the
Korean war were painted overall with a clear lacquer over its aluminum
surfaces. The standard lacquer gave a gloss finish to the surfaces, but
aircraft in some series were delivered with a matte lacquer (which reduced
visibility in the air).The MiG-15bis aircraft were delivered with a
semimatte "silver" lacquer paint coating.
These all receive new identification markings: a red
five-pointed star on a white disk, surrounded by a red-white-blue ring;
frequently, the background color was used instead of white (thus using only
the red and blue parts of the insignia), particularly if the color was light
grey, light blue, or silver; the white was used against a dark background
(camouflage green). The markings were applied to the fuselage sides and
undersides of the wings"
I've loked at the "Hip" from all angles, and I still can't reconcile it
Tony