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Colors schemes for the Ro 37bis in the Spanish Civil War
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:06 pm
by cduckworth
Looking through several books and the Ro 37bis that served in Spain had a solid light color, the yellow and green sprayed spots. Did any Ro 37bis assign in Spain use the hard edged camo scheme?
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:58 pm
by Editor
The Ro.37bis did carry a hard edged camo scheme in 1937, see the Stormo color guide - Table 3. The hard edged (contrasting color, semi-gloss finish) camo schemes were first experimented with during the SCW but were replaced by the so-called Honeycomb camouflage scheme (soft-edge mottle schemes) in about the begining of 1938.
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:26 am
by Peter I.
In 'Ali in Spagna' (Wings over Spain) from Giorgio Apostolo Editore on page 80 you can find a picture of a Ro.37 with hard edged camouflage.
The image is not very clear though, due to the high contrast in the image.
Peter
Wings over Spain How about the photo on page 47
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:07 pm
by cduckworth
Peter - I was looking over Wings over Spain last night and saw the Ro.37 on pages 47 and 80 and was wondering if they fit the hard edge scheme. So thanks - should be an interesting model when I finish it.
Charlie