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Title: Roy Brown Camel
Post by: SimonCornes on December 13, 2022, 08:16:55 PM

I am renovating a Wingnut Camel in the Roy Brown markings but they are not the markings I know from my youth - having built a Renwal 1/72 Camel with 'real fabric' in my youth back in the late 60's/early 70's which had a chevron on the turtle deck as well plus fuselage roundels and serials in the usual places. I have just acquired an Academy 1/32 kit for the decals (which are as I remember) but I am wondering if Mr Brown's Camel was every liveried as I remember and Academy provide? Wingnut's photo references say otherwise of course!

Thanks for your help in advance!

Simon

Title: Re: Roy Brown Camel
Post by: macsporran on December 13, 2022, 10:13:24 PM

From memory, Brown's Camel's colour scheme was added to, over it's service career. I think the WNW scheme shows as it was on the fateful 21st April, but the Academy and Revell markings show it as it was later - perhaps 'enhanced' for the publicity earned after the MvR kill was officially registered?
So they are probably all OK! (but I haven't checked if my memory is playing me true!)
Sandy 

Title: Re: Roy Brown Camel
Post by: lcarroll on December 14, 2022, 12:04:46 AM

   FWIW I recall finding references that match the comments from Sandy below; the 21 April 18 scheme was the very "Plain Jane" one , the more colorful additions of chevrons and addition of the fuselage markings followed for publicity purposes later.
Cheers,
Lance

Title: Re: Roy Brown Camel
Post by: SimonCornes on December 14, 2022, 05:10:24 AM

Thanks Guys, then I will go with the more colourful option for then. Sometimes it’s better to go for the more colourful rather then the ‘accurate at point X ‘ and I like colourful models!!

Title: Re: Roy Brown Camel
Post by: Allan31 on December 15, 2022, 01:01:55 AM

I also just recently completed a Roy Brown camel and had to go through the same research.

I came up with this that seems to confirm what the "average truth" is out on the www.....

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/jj307/Allanscott31/Screen_Shot_2022-04-29_at_5.51.52_PM.png?width=undefined&height=undefined&fit=bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/jj307/Allanscott31/Screen_Shot_2022-04-29_at_5.51.52_PM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)

I did mine as it is thought to have appeared on April 21, 1918 (Ye olde Monogram 1/48)

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/jj307/Allanscott31/P1010064_bcQJ34ZM21fY7y5ERQh4RB.jpg?width=undefined&height=undefined&fit=bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/jj307/Allanscott31/P1010064_bcQJ34ZM21fY7y5ERQh4RB.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)

Seems any scheme we like would have been correct at one time or another....

Title: Re: Roy Brown Camel
Post by: pepperman42 on December 16, 2022, 12:01:13 AM

Love that Camel Allan. Amazing what you do with those old Aurora, Monogram etc etc kits

Steve