World War II
Discuss WWII and the era directly before and after the war from 1935-1949.
Discuss WWII and the era directly before and after the war from 1935-1949.
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An exotic and different camouflage

pampa14

Joined: March 28, 2013
KitMaker: 241 posts
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Posted: Friday, September 11, 2015 - 04:13 PM UTC
I share with you some pictures of aircraft applied with camouflage called Barclay. A question, does this camouflage was used operationally or only a test? To see the photos, please visit the link below.
http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/camuflagens-barclay.html
Best Regards.

Jessie_C


Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
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Posted: Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 04:01 AM UTC
The various Barclay schemes were experimental only. There were effective camouflage, but were laborious to apply and maintain. Thus, when the US Navy came to decide upon camouflage colours, they chose solid colours. First, non-specular blue-grey over light grey, then the three colour scheme which added Sea blue uppers and changed the lower colour to white, and finally the overall glossy sea blue.
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