Official Beaufighter painting thread

**richard m schwab** · 04-25-2015 14:45

Cisco

A nice repaint! My friend you have a steady hand! I cannot paint a straight line!

Rich

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 04-26-2015 00:43

Originally Posted by cisco cischetti

It's white paint

All the more impressive then for that.

Rob.

**richard m schwab** · 04-26-2015 03:55

Rob

He has us beat twice. A steady hand and he can see!

Rich

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 04-26-2015 05:20

Originally Posted by richard m schwab

Rob

He has us beat twice. A steady hand and he can see!

Rich

Yes Rich, there is that factor to consider.

Rob.

**Franco Lucchini** · 04-26-2015 07:32

Originally Posted by cisco cischetti

It's white paint

Wow! Nice work!

**cisco cischetti** · 09-23-2015 15:19

This particular specimen flew over South East jungles. I read that was a successful plane, especially flying in long range fighting missions: she shot down many Japanese planes, in particular, a bunch of "Oscars"

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But she was lost in a crash Landing: while she was under maintenance, a pilot made a trial flight but an engine was lost during the take off. After the belly landing, she was written off.
Anyway, here is my version (information and illustration taken by "Beaufighter aces of World War 2", by Andrew Thomas, Osprey Publishing, Oxford. 2005)