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    Default GENM: FLYING COLORS (free download)

    Book Title:
    FLYING COLORS
    Author:
    WILLIAM GREEN / GORDON SWANBOROUGH
    ISBN:
    0-89747-121-0
    Category:
    History
    Format:
    Paperback
    Summary: The magazine FLYING COLORS (edition Squadron / Signal Publications - 1981) presents 110 military airplanes from WW1 to post WW2 (7 WW1, 83 inter war and WW2, 20 post 1945).
    10 pages introduce the history of military painting and camo of planes.
    Then the models are shown on beautiful coloured profiles presented chronologically.

    To be freely downloaded here (in two parts) :
    https://rclibrary.co.uk/search/index.asp
    Write in the search window : FLYING COLORS

    Personal opinion
    I really enjoy watching these classical profiles.
    It is appreciable to have so many color profiles gathered in a single publication, made by drawing and not by computer.
    They give a real authenticity to these old planes, rather than the artificial aspect of the computer drawings.
    Each plane has its profiles completed by a 2 or 3 views.
    Every version have notifications concerning their squadron, the place and period of use.
    A short historical presentation gives the main datas of every plane. For more detailed historical and technical informations, Wikipedia pages may be useful.
    I have found the ten pages of introduction very exciting, as the text gives interesting explanations about the purpose of camouflage and cockaded through the 20th century.
    The modellers will enjoy using these documents to get ideas for their paintings.

    PART A
    Spad 7
    Albatros D V
    Nieuport 24-27
    S.E.5a
    Fokker Dr I
    Fokker D VII
    Breguet Bre 19
    Hawker Fury
    Junkers Ju 52/3m
    Grumman G-5 (GE-23)
    PZL P.11 (P.24)
    Polikarpov I-15 (l -15bis)
    Fiat CR.32
    Boeing P-26
    Heinkel He 51
    Avia B.534
    Gloster Gauntlet
    Polikarpov I-16
    SIAI (Savoia-Marchetti) S.81
    Dewoitine D.500/510
    Henschel Hs 123
    Fairey Swordfish
    Junkers Ju 86
    SIAI (Savoia-Marchetti) SM .79 Sparviero
    Heinkel He 111
    Curtiss SBC Helldiver
    Mitsubishi A5M (Claude)
    Vought SB2U (Vindicator)
    Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
    Fairey Battle
    Dornier Do 18
    Seversky P-35
    Bristol Blenheim
    Fiat BR.20 Cicogna
    Junkers Ju 87
    Mitsubishi Type 96 Attack Bomber (G3M)
    Boeing B-17 Fortress
    Hawker Hurricane
    Messerschmitt Bf 109
    Nakajima Ki.27
    Curtiss Model 75
    Dornier Do 24
    Supermarine Spitfire
    Vickers Wellington
    Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406
    Fiat G.5O Freccia
    Lockheed Hudson
    Handley Page Hampden

    PART B
    Polikarpov I-153 (I-15ter)
    Fiat CR.42 Falco
    Messerschmitt Bf 110
    Junkers Ju 88
    Dornier Do 17Z/215
    Bristol Beaufighter
    Reggiane Re. 2000 - Re.2001
    Douglas SBD Dauntless
    Dewoitine D.520
    Brewster F2A (Buffalo)
    Grumman F4F Wildcat
    Blohm und Voss BV 138
    Breguet Bre 693
    Curtiss Hawk 81A (Tomahawk)
    Handley Page Halifax
    Douglas DB-7 (A-20)
    Short Stirling
    Mitsubishi G4M (Betty)
    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
    Consolidated B-24 Liberator
    Lockheed P-38 Lightning
    North American B-25 Mitchell
    Nakajima Ki.49 Donryu (Helen)
    Martin B-26 Marauder
    Focke-Wulf Fw 190
    Nakajima Ki.44 Shoki (Tojo)
    Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3
    Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa (Oscar)
    Yakovlev Yak-1
    Curtiss Hawk 87A Warhawk
    Mitsubishi A6M (Zeke)
    De Havilland Mosquito
    North American Mustang
    Vultee V-72 Vengeance
    Lavochkin La-5
    Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien (Tony)
    Vought F4U Corsair
    Avro Lancaster
    Northrop P-61 Black Widow
    Nakajima Ki.84 Hayate (Frank)
    Messerschmitt Me 262
    Gloster Meteor
    Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
    English Electric Canberra
    Republic F-84 Thunderstreak (RF-84F Thunderflash)
    Hawker Hunter
    North American F-100 Super Sabre
    Dassault Super Mystere
    Mikoyan-Gurevich Fishbed MiG-21)
    Sukhoi Fitter
    McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
    Dassault-Breguet Mirage III (and 5)
    BAC Lightning; Saab Viggen
    Northrop F-5 (Tiger II)
    Mikoyan-Gurevich Flogger
    Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Mirgae F1
    Nancheng A-5 (Fantan)
    IAI Kfir; British Aerospace Hawk
    Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet
    General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
    Panavia Tornado
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    Last edited by monse; 04-24-2021 at 17:25.

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