The only thing that is correct could be color of O.D. and the unit ID. The undersurface has the wrong color of grey, the application is wrong, the unit I.D. font is wrong , the strokes are too narrow and the color was not blanch white. The aircraft I.D. was not white and the aircraft registration was chrome yellow not white. No careful research was done.
Bob Parks would you mind providing references to the sources of the correct details, color, font etc? That is the actual plane, she is a WW-II D-day veteran (lead plane, 2nd wave) after the war she was of course repurposed repainted and so on, so if you have verified authoritative sources regarding the details you noticed as incorrect we would definitely like to see them.
David, I apologize for ruffling some feathers. I know that everybody worked hard to finish the airplane , I've done it myself with my own WWII airplane and I was in charge of the restoration of four airplanes in the Museum of Flight. I prepared the drawings for the restoration of several C-47's in progress. I have the 1942- 43 USAAF Tech Orders that specify color of the camouflage, color of the markings, location of the markings and the size of the markings. I also have a good sized collection of WWII photos from which can get information. I was in the USAAF from 1943 to 1945 so I'm an old goat. Again, I didn't intend to be bushwhacker, I get that plenty of times as an aviation artist.
I have offered an apology to David A. for being too quick and acerbic in my comment. I'm not a hard ass, just an old goat who has a life, thank you. I was in the USAAF for several years during WWII and I lived with WWII airplanes.I have guided the restoration of several airplanes in the Museum of Flight and some personally owned C-47's. I have a thick file of WWII technical material from which I draw my info. I done wrote a book, too.
The only thing that is correct could be color of O.D. and the unit ID. The undersurface has the wrong color of grey, the application is wrong, the unit I.D. font is wrong , the strokes are too narrow and the color was not blanch white. The aircraft I.D. was not white and the aircraft registration was chrome yellow not white. No careful research was done.
You can't call out others for being wrong with that bad grammar. Oh and get a life troll.......
Bob Parks would you mind providing references to the sources of the correct details, color, font etc? That is the actual plane, she is a WW-II D-day veteran (lead plane, 2nd wave) after the war she was of course repurposed repainted and so on, so if you have verified authoritative sources regarding the details you noticed as incorrect we would definitely like to see them.
David, I apologize for ruffling some feathers. I know that everybody worked hard to finish the airplane , I've done it myself with my own WWII airplane and I was in charge of the restoration of four airplanes in the Museum of Flight. I prepared the drawings for the restoration of several C-47's in progress. I have the 1942- 43 USAAF Tech Orders that specify color of the camouflage, color of the markings, location of the markings and the size of the markings. I also have a good sized collection of WWII photos from which can get information. I was in the USAAF from 1943 to 1945 so I'm an old goat. Again, I didn't intend to be bushwhacker, I get that plenty of times as an aviation artist.
I have offered an apology to David A. for being too quick and acerbic in my comment. I'm not a hard ass, just an old goat who has a life, thank you. I was in the USAAF for several years during WWII and I lived with WWII airplanes.I have guided the restoration of several airplanes in the Museum of Flight and some personally owned C-47's. I have a thick file of WWII technical material from which I draw my info. I done wrote a book, too.
Bob Parks copies of those tech orders would be very interesting to peruse for the crew who maintains W7 as well as the museum's staff.