These drawings are wonderful! I have several books on U.S.N. "fast" battleships
(Washington, N. Carolina, & S.Dakota class) and the published illustrations are
really not as good as yours.
The illustration I used as an example came from a Squadron/Signal book (US Navy Floatplanes in action), and the plane does not have the rudder stripes. Admittedly I'm not an expert on the floatplane colorations so I could be wrong... show me some definitive proof and I'll fix it.
The illustration I used as an example came from a Squadron/Signal book (US Navy Floatplanes in action), and the plane does not have the rudder stripes. Admittedly I'm not an expert on the floatplane colorations so I could be wrong... show me some definitive proof and I'll fix it.
The illustration I used as an example came from a Squadron/Signal book (US Navy Floatplanes in action), and the plane does not have the rudder stripes. Admittedly I'm not an expert on the floatplane colorations so I could be wrong... show me some definitive proof and I'll fix it.
Hey, I've got a copy of that book!
LOL! So do I!
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nighthunter wrote:
Wolfman wrote:
Colosseum wrote:
The illustration I used as an example came from a Squadron/Signal book (US Navy Floatplanes in action), and the plane does not have the rudder stripes. Admittedly I'm not an expert on the floatplane colorations so I could be wrong... show me some definitive proof and I'll fix it.
Cool story guys... do you have any useful commentary on whether or not the tail stripes should be present? Information on BB-55's air group is admittedly pretty scarce and I only included a floatplane on the catapult because I happened to find an example of the Kingfisher paint scheme that matched the timeframe displayed. The same publication also mentions that BB-55's aircraft were not attached to any particular VO (observation) squadron, but that they were just assigned to the ship... I found this interesting, but as always could not find any additional information on it anywhere on the internet, and I have no books that would help validate the claim...
Okay, Colo, according to Squadron/Signal's OS2U Kingfisher in action the OS2U-2 Kingfishers assigned to USS North Carolina were overall light grey with white lettering 12" tall, with no mention of rudder stripes.
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