European P38's colors ?

Hi all,

I have just received my P38s to get some aerial support for my US para company. I focus on the European Theatre of Operation.

My (web) sources are not clear on the colors used in Europe. Should I paint them in silver or in olive ? Moreover, maybe one of you has a good info picture...

Thanks for your help and see you soon,

Kind regards,

Benoit

Let me some time to check my books, I must have what you need at hand.
Will try to get you a good scan of an 9th Air Force Lightning.
Pedro

Great !

This will be very helpful,

Thanks,

Benoit

Les deux versions fûrent visibles en Europe.

Par contre, si je ne m'abuse la version silver fût nettement plus utilisée en Asie.

Dans la série "les Combats du Ciel" d'Osprey (édité en français par Del Prado), tu peux trouver un tome consacré au P-38. On y trouve une trentaine de profil.
Les prix varient mais habituellement c'est dans les 5 euros en occase.

En attendant voici quelques profils.
image 1 - image 2

Version Méditerrannée: image 3


PS: Vu que j'arrive pas à les poster, j'espère que le lien direct fonctionne. Désolé.

As a general info, all ETO based P38 in tactical units (not true for some air escort units) had the olive drab suit. Notably, most of the MTO based units were silver but at least two squadrons based in Africa, and later in Italy, also had the olive drab cover. I have the book to lend if you need it.
I suggest you to buy spray color - olive drab exists in Tamiya range in at least two tones.
Pedro

Thanks for your replies. I'll try to find the book in a bookshop like "Evasion" in Brussels (instead if you have a better supplier for this particular title).

Have a good sunny week-end !

Benoit

There is an very big bookshop just in front of the "thieffry" subway station (near the 16th escadron) where you could find almost every army related books.

La librairie "Le feuillet jauni" à Waterloo dispose des Osprey dont celui sur les P38 en Europe et en Méditerrannée.
Malheureusement ils ne vendent que sur rendez-vous.
J'attends leur dernier listing pour connaître les prix.

Sacré Djall (tiens, ça f'rait bien dans une chanson ou dans un conte),
Ce feuillet jauni se trouve aux coordonnées suivantes :

Au Feuillet Jauni
Chaussée de Bruxelles 396
1410 Waterloo
email: feuillet.jauni@skynet.be
fax: 02 503 24 21 - tél: 02 354 63 07

I still can allow the guy to have my copy for a while - it's here at work near the Brussels-Luxembourg station if he wants to come and pick it up.
I work Rue de la Science, 11.

I would also advise to pay a little visit to the second hand book stores near Rue du Midi-Place Anneessens. Last weekend I found at "Evasions" (Rue du Midi) books on P-38s and on P-47s. In another shop I found the Historica n°73: les avions du 6 juin, which I bought, toghether with a book on Arnhem and several on Waterloo (191th anniversary last weekend).

Hi all,

Thanks for your messages. I'll try my chance and straff your units as soon as possible.

FYI here is the link (minifigs) from where I bought the planes : http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/cgi-bin/showrange.pl?subsection_id=10 .

Kind regards,

Benoit

Hi all,

Yesterday evening I tried my chance to get the Ospery/del Prado book at the 2nd hand bookshops of the rue du midi.

As usual, impossible to find anything into Evasion (a good shop to go when you are not looking for a specific book but otherwise...). However, I have been into the "bouquinerie Thomas" located into the same street where books are visible and classified by genre. Two minutes later I was paying the recommended publication.

So thanks to all. I can now start painting my planes.

Kind regards,

Benoit

There is also the Librairie du 16me Escadron...HUGE COLLECTION of any knid of BOOKS

Rue de L'Escadron 1 1040 Bruxelles

Ciao Take Care

Greg