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article Workbench & Hobby RoomWORKSHOP ORGANIZATION / BASIC PACKAGE for your startBasic list of Necessary materials and tools for the initial but also necessary organization and equipment of your workshop as a first step always.In …

article Photo-Reconnaissance CamouflageIn the period 1942-1945, the USAAF was approached by a Boston paint manufacturer known as Samuel Cabot with a proposal for a new white Haze paint that allegedly rendered aircraft close to invisible …

article U.S. Navy Tactical Paint Schemes — History, Aircraft Camouflage and Modeling GuideThe introduction of the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Paint Scheme (TPS) during the late 1970s and early 1980s marked an important change in the …

article Aegean Ghost Camouflage: From U.S. Navy Aggressors to the Hellenic Air ForceThe Aegean Ghost Camouflage, widely known as the Greek Ghost scheme, is one of the most recognizable camouflage patterns associated with modern Greek …

Developed in 1983–1984, the experimental Heater-Ferris camouflage combined four shades of gray and blue in a distinctive disruptive pattern intended to confuse enemy pilots. Discover its history, the U.S. Navy Phantom squadrons associated with the …

article  Tactical Paint Schemes Camouflage 1976In 1976, Tactical Paint Schemes were adopted, an ambitious new camouflage technique proposed by Keith Ferris, a noted aviation artist. This so-called Ferris Scheme featured high-contrast fragment patterns as well …

article US Navy Vietnam War Camouflage 1971-1980The introduction of MIL-C-18263F(AS) on 29 June 1971 made some modest changes to the prevailing scheme, namely that the entire surface of the aircraft was given a gloss sheen. As …

article US Navy Vietnam War Camouflage 1955-1971From the mid-1950s, the US Navy adopted a much lighter two-tone gray camo for its carrier aircraft that would be one of the longest lasting schemes ever used by …

article USAAF painted with RAF camouflage patternsUpon the entry of the US into World War II, many USAAF aircraft were painted in approximations of RAF camouflage schemes. These included equivalents to the Temperate Land Scheme …

article Soviet cockpit colorsThis article was a complete mess.. Lots of different aircraft models in different production years and poor photography. It was difficult to get the true color scheme right on the cockpits. Unlike …