Here's a cool paint scheme I would love to see depicted, that being a 277 Air Sea Rescue Squadron Mk.II, as seen here applied to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's BoB-vet Spitfire Mk.II (one of the great many paint schemes it has sported over the years), representing specifically P8509, "The Old Lady". The best British paint scheme, in my opinion, is the Temperate Sea Scheme, which is perfectly illustrated here, featuring Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Grey over Sky. This particular paint scheme also had a large black stripe/band running down the center of the bottom of the fuselage. The large yellow ASR fuselage codes also greatly appeal to me more than anything else - something different than the "normal" paint schemes we see time and time again.
Photo by Peter Green (Warbirdapps).
Following two photos by Richard Crockett.
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