Ah you've got my interest now.
I've always been fascinated by the Comic Camel and have long thought of converting a WNW - only put off now by the rarity and value of the Wingnut Camels I've got left! Had thought of working on a Hobbycraft one but not got quite the enthusiasm for that kit!
Way back in the 90s I hacked a Blue Max F.1 into a Comic in 1/48 - another 44Sqdn Hainault machine, (I chose B4614, flown by LT WE Nicholson because it was painted in the curious shade of green (not PC10, or 12) developed by the family paint company of one of the pilots.)
But your 1/32 WNW conversion offers much more scope.
Avidly watching.
Sandy
Hi Sandy,
Here's the description of this aircraft from my build log:
Originally this aircraft was originally built as a Sopwith ‘Camel’ by ‘Ruston, Proctor & Co. Ltd.’ On its conversion to the ‘Comic’ design, the aircraft was painted with a dark green dope, which
according to Sgt. E.J. Mills, an former member of the ground crew on No.44 Squadron (HD), was close to Methuen 27F8. This paint was prepared at the Squadron under the supervision of Lt. W.E. Nicholson, who family owned part of the ‘Jensen & Nicholson Ltd’ paint manufacturers. The undersides of the wings, fuselage, tail plane and elevator were Clear Doped Linen (CDL). The
fuselage forward plywood panels were ‘Copal’ varnished. The fuselage forward metal panels,
engine cowl and white areas of the roundels on the upper wing and fuselage were smeared with the dark green dope, to reduce their night visibility. The fuselage roundels had a larger red centre disc and white border, with no outer blue ring. The fin was a dark blue colour with the serial
number B2402 in white with dark grey shading. The centre stripe of the rudder marking was not white, but left in the dark green dope colour. A broad stripe was applied to each side of the
fuselage roundel, the colour of which was most likely smeared white. These stripes were not
applied under the fuselage. A pennant steamer was attached to the trailing edge of the rudder, but its actual colouring in not known.
Mike