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Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 10 Feb 2010, 16:44
Were they, bare or painted silver??
Alway looked like a silver to me in pics but I have no experiece of real ones.
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by DispatchDragon » 10 Feb 2010, 17:11
the ones I remember seeing were painted silver grey
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by Garry Russell » 10 Feb 2010, 20:25
That makes sense Leif
Was it similar to the finish DH put on many Herons and Doves??
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Jason32
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by Jason32 » 10 Feb 2010, 22:02
Reference material i have says it was painted in a 'High Speed Silver'.
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by Garry Russell » 11 Feb 2010, 00:10
With go faster roudels???
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by Ben Hartmann » 11 Feb 2010, 10:30
Jason32 wrote: As a contrast, here she is will a zero alpha channel...bare aluminium look.
Sorry they all just look grey to me
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by Garry Russell » 11 Feb 2010, 12:52
We are establishing they are silver whIch is not at all like bare metal so will look more grey
Bit by bit with constructive comments is the way forward,trying to avoid the horrors of photo(un)real along the way
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by DispatchDragon » 11 Feb 2010, 13:16
Hey Garry
Very similar to that paint....by the way -- I remember going to a GAC Open day and seeing a Javelin painted the same colour -- that would have been about 1959/60 - as apposed to most Javelins I saw ferried out which were painted camo.
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by Garry Russell » 11 Feb 2010, 14:12
Thanks Leif
It seems a lot of early British fighters were silver rather than bare...This in the days when bare metal reigned supreme in general.
Gives a starting point at least
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by Jason32 » 15 Feb 2010, 12:08
Latest WIP.