HELP HELP HELP !!!!!!S.M. 81 camouflage patterns requested!!

CARLO · Post by **CARLO** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:39 pm

Hello everybody, I am desperately seeking colour profiles of the S.M. 81 Pipistrello, both concerning Spanish Civil War and Second World War. Another question : the pattern scheme as suggested by the Supermodel 1/72 kit shows an aircraft painted in light green (supposedly verde 53192) with large blotches of darker green (here this could be verde mimetico 3) : is this pattern realistic as far as S.M. 81 are concerned, especially as torpedo bomber ? Thanks a lot to anyone who might give me hints (especially profiles!!!!) Carlo

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:46 pm

Take a look at this and see if it answers your question:
http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/s81profileba_1.htm
or
http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/sm81md_1.htm
or for a good build article:
http://hsfeatures.com/sm81sb_1.htm

Hope this helps
Shane

Post by **Editor** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:05 pm

The believe the Supermodel scheme originated from the old Profile booklet written by G. Apostolo. I'm not sure how accurate these profiles are since the reference is rather old now:

CARLO · Post by **CARLO** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:34 am

Thanks Vince and Shane, your advice is really helpful. Unlike many other planes there seems to be a rather poor source of visual information as far as the SM81 is concerned. Once again thanks a lot anyway.