GENM: FLYING COLORS (free download)

Book Title:
FLYING COLORS
Author:
WILLIAM GREEN / GORDON SWANBOROUGH
ISBN:
0-89747-121-0
Category:
History
Format:
Paperback
Summary: The magazine FLYING COLORS (edition Squadron / Signal Publications - 1981) presents 110 military airplanes from WW1 to post WW2 (7 WW1, 83 inter war and WW2, 20 post 1945).
10 pages introduce the history of military painting and camo of planes.
Then the models are shown on beautiful coloured profiles presented chronologically.

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Personal opinion
I really enjoy watching these classical profiles.
It is appreciable to have so many color profiles gathered in a single publication, made by drawing and not by computer.
They give a real authenticity to these old planes, rather than the artificial aspect of the computer drawings.
Each plane has its profiles completed by a 2 or 3 views.
Every version have notifications concerning their squadron, the place and period of use.
A short historical presentation gives the main datas of every plane. For more detailed historical and technical informations, Wikipedia pages may be useful.
I have found the ten pages of introduction very exciting, as the text gives interesting explanations about the purpose of camouflage and cockaded through the 20th century.
The modellers will enjoy using these documents to get ideas for their paintings.

PART A
Spad 7
Albatros D V
Nieuport 24-27
S.E.5a
Fokker Dr I
Fokker D VII
Breguet Bre 19
Hawker Fury
Junkers Ju 52/3m
Grumman G-5 (GE-23)
PZL P.11 (P.24)
Polikarpov I-15 (l -15bis)
Fiat CR.32
Boeing P-26
Heinkel He 51
Avia B.534
Gloster Gauntlet
Polikarpov I-16
SIAI (Savoia-Marchetti) S.81
Dewoitine D.500/510
Henschel Hs 123
Fairey Swordfish
Junkers Ju 86
SIAI (Savoia-Marchetti) SM .79 Sparviero
Heinkel He 111
Curtiss SBC Helldiver
Mitsubishi A5M (Claude)
Vought SB2U (Vindicator)
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Fairey Battle
Dornier Do 18
Seversky P-35
Bristol Blenheim
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna
Junkers Ju 87
Mitsubishi Type 96 Attack Bomber (G3M)
Boeing B-17 Fortress
Hawker Hurricane
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Nakajima Ki.27
Curtiss Model 75
Dornier Do 24
Supermarine Spitfire
Vickers Wellington
Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406
Fiat G.5O Freccia
Lockheed Hudson
Handley Page Hampden

PART B
Polikarpov I-153 (I-15ter)
Fiat CR.42 Falco
Messerschmitt Bf 110
Junkers Ju 88
Dornier Do 17Z/215
Bristol Beaufighter
Reggiane Re. 2000 - Re.2001
Douglas SBD Dauntless
Dewoitine D.520
Brewster F2A (Buffalo)
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Blohm und Voss BV 138
Breguet Bre 693
Curtiss Hawk 81A (Tomahawk)
Handley Page Halifax
Douglas DB-7 (A-20)
Short Stirling
Mitsubishi G4M (Betty)
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
North American B-25 Mitchell
Nakajima Ki.49 Donryu (Helen)
Martin B-26 Marauder
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Nakajima Ki.44 Shoki (Tojo)
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3
Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa (Oscar)
Yakovlev Yak-1
Curtiss Hawk 87A Warhawk
Mitsubishi A6M (Zeke)
De Havilland Mosquito
North American Mustang
Vultee V-72 Vengeance
Lavochkin La-5
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien (Tony)
Vought F4U Corsair
Avro Lancaster
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Nakajima Ki.84 Hayate (Frank)
Messerschmitt Me 262
Gloster Meteor
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
English Electric Canberra
Republic F-84 Thunderstreak (RF-84F Thunderflash)
Hawker Hunter
North American F-100 Super Sabre
Dassault Super Mystere
Mikoyan-Gurevich Fishbed MiG-21)
Sukhoi Fitter
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Dassault-Breguet Mirage III (and 5)
BAC Lightning; Saab Viggen
Northrop F-5 (Tiger II)
Mikoyan-Gurevich Flogger
Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Mirgae F1
Nancheng A-5 (Fantan)
IAI Kfir; British Aerospace Hawk
Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
Panavia Tornado