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By Chris Banyai-Riepl

Each month Internet Modeler will feature quality profiles by Bob Pearson and Chris Banyai-Riepl for many of the articles, and here you will find full size examples of those profiles, along with descriptions about them.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. 21 DL-E (LA200)
No. 91 Squadron, Early 1945

Colors are typical of late-war Spitfires, consisting of dark sea gray and dark green over ocean gray. Codes, spinner, and fuselage band are sky.

[SPITFIRE: THE HISTORY By Eric B Morgan and Edward Shacklady, Key Publishing Ltd, PO bok 100, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 1XQ, England 1987 ISBN 0-946219-10-9]

Defiant PS-V (L7026)
No. 264 Squadron, Summer 1940

Seen here in the summer of 1940 in typical green/brown/sky camoflage. Note the lack of underwing roundels common at the time. On 28 August 1940, Plt/Offs P.L. Skinner and C.E. Johnson were shot down and killed by Bf109s near Sillibourne Farm, Hinxhill, Kent.

For more Defiant profiles and sources used, check this page.

Martin AM-1 Mauler
US Navy Reserve
Dallas, Texas

Overall navy blue, with white code letters and numbers. Tail band is orange, and the nose number and tail letter are repeated on the lower left and upper right wing.

Check this page for more Mauler profiles.

[Martin AM-1/1-Q Mauler, Naval Fighters Number 24, Bob Kowalski]

Yakovlev Yak-17
VVS, late 1940s

The finish is typical of immediate post-war Russian aircraft, consisting of a medium green upper surface and a blue-gray lower surface. Stars were carried on both sides of the upper and lower wing, both sides of the fuselage, and both sides of the tail. Nose number is white outlined in red.

[Special Hobby SP72011 decal option]

Handley Page 0/400 C9707
No. 100 Squadron, RAF

Seen here wearing overall PC10, not NIVO as may be expected of a British nightflying machine. The markings on the rear fuselage consist of the words LIFT HERE and arrows marking where to do so.

[HANDLEY PAGE BOMBERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR by Chaz Bowyer; Aston Publications 1992]

F4D Skyray, NATC

With the distinction of being THE most colorful Skyray, this bird is finished with an Engine Gray fuselage, black spine and canopy, yellow wings and drop tanks, and dayglo orange tail and wing stripes. This one is guaranteed to be seen!

More Skyray profiles are on this page...