Hangar camouflage?

[mosquitoman]

Bit of a weird question, but were british aircraft hangars camouflaged and if so, what sort of colours and patterns were there?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Bit of a weird question, but were british aircraft hangars camouflaged and if so, what sort of colours and patterns were there?

That is weird, but I would guess they were - here's an example from Lockheed and the way they camouflaged a whole plant known as "A1." B-17 were being built there...

 

[Soren]

Excellent pictures FLYBOYJ.

 

[mosquitoman]

wow! I just need to know about the sides of it because I've put one of my models in a box with a "hangar" wall behind it and wondered if I need to paint it. I'll post a pi when it's done

 

[pbfoot]

Thats impressive joe

 

[Nonskimmer]

Thats impressive joe

Indeed it is.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Lockheed had most of their plant that way during the war...

 

[Gnomey]

Impressive Joe! Great pic.

 

[Tiger]

What type of hanger is it? I don't think many(if any) were painted, I know that there were a lot with just the concrete or brick on display. There are alot of "C" Type hangars down my way and none of them show signs of the sides being painted.

 

[mosquitoman]

Just a generic RAF hangar, thanks for the info

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

What if a downed japanese plane attemped to land on the plant?

 

[mosquitoman]

The pilot would be in for a very big surprise

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the RAF just did a sort of sand yellow for the walls and did their brown/green roof..........

as for the cammo didn't they cover the taj mahal in a giant cammo net during the war? not a clue if it's true or not just sumthing i heard years ago..........

 

[evangilder]

You might want to take a look here, MM:
British Hangars

 

[mosquitoman]

thanks, I've sorted it out now- there's a pic somewhere in the post your models section with a pic of what I've done