Paint Scheme

[1938BF50]

Anyone have a good site for looking at paint schemes? Cap'n Jon's will only load the first gallery for me.

Thanx, Mike

[Winston L.]

Re: Paint Scheme

The Alliance memory web site has alot of good factory pictures. The only problem is that everything is black and white. I do have a 1940 original factory brochure that shows the all red scheme with black trim. This scheme has the stripe with a diamond and double stripe with black leading edges.

[1938BF50]

Re: Paint Scheme

I am hedging towords metalic blue fuse with silver wings and tail. Similiar to Ollertons avitar.

Just wanted to look at different options of "trim". Desired result is the fairly "dull" antique look. Ceonite and dope.

[Winston L.]

Re: Paint Scheme

The scheme you are talking about has the solid yellow stripe doesn't it? I have also heard of the blue fuselage and yellow wings scheme but that one is a later scheme (1941 I think).

[Chet Peek]

Re: Paint Scheme

The powder blue fuselage and silver wings was a standard and common Taylorcraft design for the A models and early B's up to 1941. The A Model I flew was painted in these colors. Perhps by using silver wing colors they saved a coat or two of dope.

Chet Peek

[Carl E. Carson]

Re: Paint Scheme

My '40, BC-65 had blue fuselage and creme wings and tail surfaces. The fuselage stripe was creme with the diamond shaped at tje front and the decending stripe was separated down the middle.

Carl