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*ahem*... A thuper-de-duper- Thpitfire? (Read 587 times)

Apr 12^th, 2004 at 11:07pm

flyboy 28 Offline
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Can someone please answer the question is the guy who owns this Spit is gay? Roll Eyes

IT'S PINK!!! Shocked

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Reply #1 - Apr 12^th, 2004 at 11:20pm

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aaaa how cute. *shoots down plane* Undecided

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Reply #2 - Apr 13^th, 2004 at 12:01am

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Many WWII planes were painted pink.

Mostly photo-recce birds like this Spitfire PR.

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Reply #3 - Apr 13^th, 2004 at 2:29am

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SilverFox is right, this is a PRIX model. Its been in the US for the last couple of years, but its just returned to the UK if memory serves Wink

Ozzy

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #4 - Apr 13^th, 2004 at 5:07am

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just so you know alot of desert camoflage(sp?) is a pinkish color. it works much better at hiding tanks and other objects on a flat surface than a brown color

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Reply #5 - Apr 13^th, 2004 at 9:01am

flyboy 28 Offline
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Oh... Well it still looks silly, IMO...

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Reply #6 - Apr 13^th, 2004 at 9:10am

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Oh... Well it still looks silly, IMO...

but it works - the better to hide an unarmed aircraft, which is the whole point of camouflage.

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #7 - Apr 13^th, 2004 at 9:10am

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Until recently this particular Spitfire PR MK XI (PL965) was a regular on the UK display circuit. It's owned by Tony "Taff" Smith of the Real Aviation Company & was originally painted "PR Blue".*

http://www.realaero.com/spitfire.htm

I've seen it several times & posted my own photos of it in both colour schemes in this forum some time last year. It's been based in Florida for a while but I think Tempest told me it's now back home so I might see it again.

It always struck me that if the "PR Pink" camo was supposed to make it difficult to see, the D-Day stripes rather defeat the object. Roll Eyes

*PS. I prefer it in blue.

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Reply #8 - Apr 13^th, 2004 at 12:47pm

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I've seen it several times & posted my own photos of it in both colour schemes in this forum some time last year. It's been based in Florida for a while but I think Tempest told me it's now back home so I might see it again.

It always struck me that if the "PR Pink" camo was supposed to make it difficult to see, the D-Day stripes rather defeat the object. Roll Eyes

*PS. I prefer it in blue.

This Spit is back in the UK and will be returned to PRU Blue for this years display season. It will be joined by Taff's Hurricane and a Spanish 109.
PRU Pink was used on some of the early PR Spits and during the period just after D-Day and around the time of "Market Garden" a number of FR MkIXs were painted in this scheme. As far as I can tell, it was never used on a PR MkXI. The real colour is reported to be a shade or two lighter however and is described as being white with a dash of roundel red.

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