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oily · 06-18-2012, 12:15 AM

Looking for some suggestions for a paint scheme.
It a mini whirligig. The pattern is from Steve Good.
Made from scrap 3/4", 1/4" Pine and poplar. The prop is scrap 1/2" ply.
Got the bugs worked out on my prop cuts and they are are looking much better than this one. This will get a new one with spinner and bushing

Dave J · 06-18-2012, 02:45 PM

what about something like this for the nose? Shark Nose

ubgoofy2003 · 06-20-2012, 05:02 AM

Hey, that's good Dave. Rob, try looking up model airplanes & you can get some idea's from them. This is one that I did for my grandson a while back. Good Luck

Polemos21 · 06-20-2012, 05:08 AM

Red body with silver and black pin stripping

oily · 06-20-2012, 03:48 PM

those are all great ideas. Not much is gonna happen today. ..... too hot and humid!!

Polemos21 · 06-20-2012, 05:30 PM

Hope to see it when do decide on a color scheme!

pat c · 06-20-2012, 05:35 PM

Looks a bit like a P-40. Make it a Flying Tiger.
Pat

Ennobee · 06-22-2012, 03:32 AM

Looks something like a Curtis P40 from the beginning of world War II. If you want something true to that time, the color sceme for the Army Air force at that time was: top fuselage and wings either a green/light-brown two-tone camouflage or overall green all out. The belly and undersides were a light blue. Feel free to add a shark nose. The national insignias were the old US roundels of a white star in a blue circle (no red and white 'wings' yet, those came later) . They were displayed on each side of the wing, top and bottom, and on both sides of the fuselage. P40's were given to England and Russia as military aid and flew for China with the 'Flying Tigers', so you can replace the insignia with a red Russian star, a blue-white-red RAF roundel.The Chinese insignia is the same blue circle as the US one, only instead of a white 5-pointed star it has a white 16-pointed 'sun'.

File:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
File:Curtiss P-40K Kittyhawk.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
File:Kittyhawk IIIs 112 Sqn RAF taking off Tunisia 1943.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
File:R.T. Smith Autographed AVG art.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

06-18-2012, 02:45 PM	#2
Dave J Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	what about something like this for the nose? Shark Nose __________________ “Obstructions lead to creativity.” – Stephen Gleasner I'm multi-talented: I can talk and piss you off at the same time

06-20-2012, 03:48 PM	#5
oily IM BACK SORTA Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,467 Thanks: 4 Thanked 24 Times in 17 Posts	those are all great ideas. Not much is gonna happen today. ..... too hot and humid!! __________________ May the wind at you back ..... Not be from Lunch. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive. Beauty is in the eye of the BEERHOLDER Visit My Gallery Oily's Gallery http://www.picturetrail.com/oily11

06-20-2012, 05:35 PM	#7
pat c Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Woodbine,Ga Posts: 490 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Looks a bit like a P-40. Make it a Flying Tiger. Pat __________________ Woodworking is Therapy.... some of us need more therapy than others.

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Polemos21 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Fullerton Ca. Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Red body with silver and black pin stripping

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Polemos21 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Fullerton Ca. Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hope to see it when do decide on a color scheme!

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Ennobee wannabe designer Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 117 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Looks something like a Curtis P40 from the beginning of world War II. If you want something true to that time, the color sceme for the Army Air force at that time was: top fuselage and wings either a green/light-brown two-tone camouflage or overall green all out. The belly and undersides were a light blue. Feel free to add a shark nose. The national insignias were the old US roundels of a white star in a blue circle (no red and white 'wings' yet, those came later) . They were displayed on each side of the wing, top and bottom, and on both sides of the fuselage. P40's were given to England and Russia as military aid and flew for China with the 'Flying Tigers', so you can replace the insignia with a red Russian star, a blue-white-red RAF roundel.The Chinese insignia is the same blue circle as the US one, only instead of a white 5-pointed star it has a white 16-pointed 'sun'. File:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Curtiss P-40K Kittyhawk.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Kittyhawk IIIs 112 Sqn RAF taking off Tunisia 1943.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:R.T. Smith Autographed AVG art.jpg - Wikimedia Commons