Oh dear. I've just been watching 'Son of Lassie' made in 1945 and shot in Technicolor at RCAF Patricia Bay. A glimpse of it here. I'm not even going to try to describe the colours seen on the Bolingbrokes of 122 Sqn which seem to defy interpretation (Is that brown actually green? Or is the grey actually green?) but the Kittyhawks of 133 and 135 Sqns (?) are interesting and there are Venturas in white and USN colours too.
In the film may be seen P-40N's in US colouring of Olive Drab over Neutral Grey with blue spinners and black single-letter codes but which have been partially re-painted, the fresh OD (or Camouflage Dark Earth?) over the original US serials and insignia giving the impression of a two-tone brown scheme. There are P-40M's in grey and green "day fighter" colours, the grey appearing much lighter than Ocean Grey, with white (or Sky?) spinners, blue and white "ying yang" wheel covers and no fuselage bands. Even the national insignia look different with a lighter, brighter blue and red.
The film is recommended to any colour pundit who wants to relish the shock of seeing what we expect to see but not as we might expect it (!) and to any modellers looking for a very different scheme for that P-40!
Image credits: © Warner Bros
The Bolingbrokes look like what I'd expect Temperate Sea Scheme to look like on that film stock.
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