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    Warbird paint scheme for a Taylor Monoplane?

    I just bought a set of plans for John Taylor's classic Taylor Monoplane from his son Terry. The Mono looks very much like a little fighter, especially with an enclosed canopy, so now I am daydreaming about building one and painting it up in warbird colors. Does anyone have any suggestions of interesting schemes, even specific individual aircraft that I might want to replicate? Here's a pic of the original Mono, John Taylor's own G-APRT, for inspiration.


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    It sure looks like a little Spitfire to me. I know some folks just hate it when homebuilts carry warbird markings, but it's your airplane - paint it however you want and the critics be damned! Here's a few Spitfires that carried American markings (as an example of what you could do):

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    Also found this Taylor Monoplane painted in Spitfire markings. Pretty sharp little airplane!

    http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac...cl/VH-CKC.html

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    Thanks, Zack. I am usually a Hawker Hurricane fan, and have considered reworking the turtledeck, canopy and rudder shape to simulate a Hurri, but that's probably making things too complicated. The Taylor actually reminds me of a Yak in profile, so a WWII Soviet scheme might be fun, maybe something like this one but with a patriotic slogan in Cyrillic down the fuselage.

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    The tail is very "Yakish" for sure. It is also very similar to a Curtiss P-40 tail. Sure is a neat little airplane!

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    For a variation on the "Blue and Yellow" scheme seen on a lot of faux warbirds, consider this Fly Baby variation of one used on the Westland Wizard, a fighter prototype from the 1930s.

    http://www.bowersflybaby.com/MSFS/westland.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zack Baughman View Post
    Also found this Taylor Monoplane painted in Spitfire markings. Pretty sharp little airplane!

    http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac...cl/VH-CKC.html

    Well I really liked the color combination. I went through couple of sites and found a site that give list of Aircraft Paints. Anyone looking out for this, I m sure this would be helpful.

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    It should be painted like Walter Mitty's plane.
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