I had the bright idea of building a replica of the C-47 Skytrain "Whiskey 7" owned by the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo NY. I've had the pleasure of seeing this plane on a few different occasions. I'm also going to try and take a flight in her this summer. I thought building a replica of her would be easy, since I got the chance to take a bunch of pictures last summer. Here lies the problem. You can clearly tell she is not the standard O.D. green. I've contacted the museum about it, and they sent me these diagrams back, and said they were going to continue looking for more information for me.
She looks to be mostly some shade of brown, and more of a reddish brown along the top of the fuselage, and the rudder, and alerions look to be some shade of green.
Pictures I took of her last summer.
First time I've noticed what looks to be 8H under the W7, now I'm super confused.
Picture I snagged online so you can see the top of the fuselage better.
I really wanted to portray the build as she looks currently, because I am hoping to take a flight in her soon. But it might prove to be rather difficult to find what the exact colors are, and the placement for each. What would you guys do in this situation? Eyeball it and get as close as possible, or just paint her in O.D. over neutral grey? Every time I think it's going to be easy..........
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated! Great group of people we have on this forum, I know you guys will steer me in the right direction!
Edit. Did some more searching, it was 3H. This pictures are dated from 2010. Still doesn't look like OD green.
