My colorized photos

[Smithy]

Looking good Greg. One suggestion though, change the colour that's representing PC10 as it looks very brown, grey. A'4850 was basically brand spanking new when that photo was taken at London Colney so the PC10 was very fresh and would have been a dark olive green, not at all dissimilar to USAAF Olive Drab 41 (which was based on PC10). There was bright sunlight on the day when that was taken as well.

 

[Greg Gale]

True! Although some people believe PC10 was brown, but when new it really was just OD.

 

[Smithy]

True! Although some people believe PC10 was brown, but when new it really was just OD.

In truth Greg, there was variance in PC10 depending on application, the doping scheme being used, exposure to the elements and the proportion of iron oxide in the red pigment and the presence of other compounds in that pigment. There's some evidence to suggest that the colour did change slightly from earlier in the war to the end, not so much from the ingredients used (that didn't change) but instead quantities and doping schemes being used, and there's a school of thought because of this that late PC10 was either slightly browner or went browner over time due to exposure to the elements.

 

[ausreenactor]

A JG3 109E after belly landing in France in early 1940:
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Albert Ball in the cockpit of his modified SE5, 56 sqn RFC:

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Capt. Don Willis:

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Mustangs of the 486th FS at Y-29, Belgium in January 1945:

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GREAT work.

 

[B-Man2]

Nice job Greg!

 

[Greg Gale]

Hollywood goes to war

 

[Silver Surfer]

as always, greg, a-friggn-mazing!

 

[Micawber]

I'm generally not a fan of colourised photos but that one of Capt Gable at Polebrook is rather good Greg!

 

[B-Man2]

Greg.
That’s outstanding!!

 

[ausreenactor]

Wow! Thanks for that.

 

[Greg Gale]

Thanks all!

Here's one I'm working on, one of my favorite b&w photos

 

[s4rmark]

And Airfix produced this very Mustang in 1/24th scale.