Aircraft References

A special edition from IPMS Canada.  Updated May, 2020.

David L. What is the most respected Luftwaffe RLM paint chip reference? April 30 08:43 2010 The following publications include actual RLM paint chips. Whom do PLANE TALKING Experten consider the best, most reliable, and most respected Luftwaffe [...]

Hume B. Bates Tomahawk seat notes April 21 01:22 2010 I have talked before about the "Squareback" seat seen in the RAF and AVG Tomahawks. I have found evidence that this seat was common in many US aircraft [...]

Roy Sutherland DuPont light grey P-40 Tomahawk underside colour April 20 18:13 2010 I know that the Lend Lease P-40B/Cs destined for the RAF (including the ones diverted to the AVG) were painted in equivalent Dark Earth and [...]

Colin Ford Malcolm Hooded Mk.1A RAF Allison Mustangs. June 11 2005 at 3:04 AM The other week here on Hyperscale's forum (see original thread below), we had a thread running on the RAF's Allison engined Mustangs of various marks, [...]

rod Hasegawa 1/48 Spit Mk.VIII/IX?? Mon Dec 1 07:26:58 2003 (snip) I've got the Mk.IX kit. What's wrong with it? Does it look like a Spitfire when completed out of the box, in scale terms and the faults? [...]

Wayne B. Differences between Tomahawk Mk IIA and IIB Sun Dec 28 18:49:14 2003 Can anyone enlighten me as to what the external differences were (if any) between the Tomahawk Mk IIA and the Mk IIB. Also, does [...]

steve Academy Mk.XIV Bubbletop Spitfire Tue Oct 28 14:54:21 2003 I want to make a Griffon Spitfire and was thinking of buying this kit. A lot of the reviews I have seen seem to come down hard on [...]

Eli Raphael Canadair Sabre Tue Oct 14 13:54:32 2003 Can you make one any using the available 1/48 Kits? Anders Yes, sort of Tue Oct 14 14:36:56 2003 The earlier Canadair Sabres were license built NA Sabres. The [...]

Some comments and their order of appearance in the original forum have been edited for clarity. Terry Campion I need help, because.... Sat Oct 11 14:17:43 2003 I want to build the Tamiya Spitfire Mk.Vb in 1/48th as [...]

kevin RCAF Sabre interior colours Fri Sep 19 12:11:31 2003 I am starting to build the Academy 1/48 Sabre jet and I would like to find out what the colour of the landing gear bays and speed brake [...]

Tony Bell How to correct the Hasegawa Spit IX fuselage? Tue Sep 2 17:20:13 2003 I recall seeing somewhere on the 'net an image of the Hasegawa Spitfire fuselage halves that had been cut up and shimmed out [...]

Matt Smith Question for Spitfire boffins Fri Aug 1 08:25:56 2003 I have the Airwaves Seafire XV conversion, and at the moment I'm trying to build my way through every Mark of Spitfire, then PR Spitfires. SO as [...]

jonathan strickland Spitfire IX question  Thu Jul 31 22:07:36 2003 I'm thinking of doing a Spitfire (shock!) Mk IX from the RKxxx serial range. These were VERY late in the Mk IX range (may have even been postwar [...]

Now that Tamiya have released a new-tool Spitfire Mk.I this article is out of date.  We leave it here for those who still wish to build the old version of this kit. Josip Tamiya Spitfire (Mk.I) questions... Wed [...]

Cameron AFV modeller with Spitfire question Sat Jul 26 22:19:43 2003 OK, I normally build armour kits, but for a change of pace I've decided to build a 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I, but just to be awkward I'd [...]

Dennis Scott Spitfire Mk XVI Question Sat Jul 5 20:13:16 2003 Does anyone know what the color was of that portion of the fuselage spine that was inside the closed canopy of a Mk XVI? RAF interior green....black...the [...]

Randy Lutz RCAF Mustangs Mon May 12 11:05:35 2003 I am building a post-war RCAF Mustang and have a question regarding the interior colour. I vaguely recall reading somewhere, some time ago that the Mustangs purchased from the [...]

A Discussion on the Hobby Craft Seafire XV Kit Don Weixl Hobbycraft Seafire Mon May 12 19:32:30 2003 Is the 1/48th Hobbycraft Seafire worth purchasing? Mike in NZ, still reeling from this kit HC Seafire XV Tue May [...]

murat T-33 Testors Mon Mar 24 08:36:19 2003 What are the problems of the TESTORS 1/48 T-33 kit. is it accurate. is it possible to correct and are there any detail sets for this kit? Ben Brown Fox [...]

Gordon RCAF Mustang I Color Question Fri Mar 28 03:10:22 2003 I'm building a Mustang I and plan on using the decals from Aeromaster Sheet #48-106 to do serial #AG522, coded SY-L from the RCAF's 400 Sqdn, 1942-43. [...]

Dana Bell Export colors on P-51s?? Sun Jun 22 10:11:16 2003 The July Scale Aircraft Modelling carries Victor G. Archer's article on export colors for the RAF Mustang IV. The article reproduces the "factory" drawings, adding color, and [...]

Andrew W. RCAF Harvards Thu Dec 19 06:50:29 2002 I just picked up the decal sheet for the Goldilocks demonstration team, and the suggested colour is chrome yellow (the old USN paint?). I've used trainer yellow on my [...]

Crow Spiteful Tue Nov 5 03:19:13 2002 Anyone know of a 1/48 plastic kit of the Spiteful? The only kit I know of is the limited edition Silver Cloud which is a little pricey with all the white [...]

John Melson Camouflaged RAF Mustang IVs Tue Oct 15 17:45:11 2002 Has anyone come across any official documentation as to whether or not RAF P-51D/Ks were actually camouflaged at the factory? Franek Grabowski Wed Oct 16 09:11:29 2002 [...]

Rob Bilinski RCAF Sabre Mk.4 - Which kit? Tue Oct 8 12:28:02 2002 I would like to build a RCAF Sabre Mk.4. Which Hasegawa (1/48th scale) kit should I use? Also, would any modifications to the kit be [...]

Gord Stewart Thu Oct 3 2002 Can anyone supply information on the cockpit and wheel well colours for post-war RCN Sea Furies and/ or Avengers? Is there a good reference on-line or in print?Jennings Thu Oct 3 2002 [...]

A Philosophical Discussion on the Proper Positioning of the Elevators on a Spitfire Model Dave Gibson Spitfire stats Tue Sep 10 03:05:43 2002 Just checked out the Spitfires in the features section of Hyperscale. Only 40% of the [...]

Ed VanBrabant Mon Aug 26 20:08:15 2002 Are the Academy and Hobbycraft early P-40's the same kit? Whether they are or not, pluses and minuses of each? I've seen some posts about the angle of the wing on [...]

Snake RCN Sea Fury Light Grey--Did we ever find it? Fri Apr 12 23:42:25 2002 I know the question has come up several times in the last month but I don't think I've seen a definitive answer: What [...]

Tomt Malta Spit BR586  T*M  Questions Wed Oct 29 11:28:10 2003 There are two pics of this airplane is in Osprey's Spitfire Mk V Aces by Alfred Price on pgs. 55 & 56. Questions: 1. Is this bird [...]

Dennis Blue grey Malta Spitfires questions.... Wed Oct 30 13:59:52 2002 While reading through, Spitfire A complete fighting history by Alfred Price, on page 202 " After their arrival on Malta in desert camouflage, many of the Spitfires had [...]

Don Fenton IPMS Canada decals and Med blue Spitfire Vb... Sat Oct 19 21:28:19 2002 The IPMS Canada Canadian Aces decal sheet provides a set of markings for a Spitfire Vb "UF-S" BR301 of 249 Sqn., Malta, 1942. [...]

TSM DHC Otter question.... Sat Jun 21 19:52:18 2003 Just got started on the Hobbycraft 1/48 DHC-3 Otter kit, and I was wondering...is the floor (interior) on these planes wood or metal? Geoff McDonell DHC Otter interior Sat [...]

Randy Modifications to Monogram kit for CF-101? Thu Jun 19 15:03:51 2003 I've got the recently-reissued Monogram F-101 and want to build it as a pre-unification Royal Canadian Air Force bird (I've got the excellent decals from Flightdecs [...]

Dave Williams CF-104 Loadout question Fri Aug 25 13:45:55 2000 I'm planning on doing the Hasegawa F-104 kit as a post-1972 camouflaged CF-104 and was wondering if they ever carried single BL755 cluster bombs under the wings. I [...]

What is the closest FS595 equivalent to the olive green colour that was used on the CF-104 Starfighter in the 1970's? Unfortunately there's not one right answer to this question. The original green scheme was applied in Prestwick [...]

Ian Robertson Canadian Starfighter questions Tue Jun 19 10:21:33 2001 Just received CF-104 decals from Belcher Bits. Beautiful! Anyway, the decal instructions mention that for Natural Metal a/c the upper wings are white, as are the horizontal stabilizers. [...]

Canada's CF-18 fleet is similar to the US model F-18A and F-18B, coming from McDonnell Douglas production blocks 8 through 25; this corresponds to USN F-18 Lot 5 through 10 aircraft. They carry the serial numbers 188701 to 188798 (for the single seat CF-18A), [...]

Source: Usenet Newsgroup rec.models.scale WESTJET 02 Jun 1998 I bought a Hasegawa 1/48 scale CF-18 Canadian Hornet. My questions are: What are the differences between the Canadian CF-18 ( besides the spotlight on the side of the nose) [...]