The Bristol Crocodile

[[F.Circus]Gorn_Captain]

Finished my attempt at a rather unusual post-war scheme for the Brisfit. Had to take a few liberties owing to limited (and contradictory information) but I reckon it's come out looking rather nice. A very happy crocodile enjoying his lunch:

 

https://gfycat.com/thornyadoredbluefintuna

 

 

http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/MY/MY77-5/27-2.jpg

 

 

There's some arguments over whether the checks were black or red, so a black version is also available:

 

 

 

All available on HSD now! I may tweak it to fit on the falcon 2 brisfit too if I have the time this week.

[RNAS10_Oliver]

Just going through the books and etc for some more Camels of the RNAS to paint. And came across an photograph of this Bristol the caption states that the unit was 33 Training Depot Station.

 

The source (Cross & Cockade International Volume 44/3) goes with the belief that paintwork represents an sharks mouth instead (does look more croc-ish to me also though) with red and white checker.

 

But whatever the case the aircrafts serial is shown as being C4879, and painted on the fin appears to follow the colours of the checker (red/black on the white squares and white on the red/black squares). Also you can see in the photographs that the under surfaces of the wings are also done in the checker pattern. Also shows the wheels in something other than white (presumably the dark check colour) though might look as though there is some weathering there showing something lighter underneath? So maybe the wheels were repainted at some point, changing their colour?

 

 

Not an criticism btw (looks a difficult one to paint) more just providing more information and another  reference image should they be helpful.

 

EDIT: realised the link under the photo in your post is for another image. Interesting. As looks like they did repaint the wing and wheels at some point then, changing the wheels and under surfaces of wings.

Edited July 28, 2021 by RNAS10_Oliver

[[F.Circus]Gorn_Captain]

Thank you! That's an excellent find, I'd not seen those two photographs before!

 

From what I gathered it seems to have had two separate paint schemes, with the later one having the tail number, underside wings and wheels painted. I decided to do the earlier one as that's what I had the best image of. Though the differences aren't too great that making a version of both should be pretty simple now that I've got a better look.

 

I wish I'd had this image when drawing the art, my rendition of the mouth is pretty different in dimensions. I'll have to redraw it, should be a lot easier with that image though. Interesting that the cowling seems to be painted white (or a very light colour) rather than the entire thing shaded like the crocodile's skin. Looks like I was a bit premature in celebrating my completion! 

[RNAS10_Oliver]

1 hour ago, [F.Circus]Gorn_Captain said:

I wish I'd had this image when drawing the art, my rendition of the mouth is pretty different in dimensions. I'll have to redraw it, should be a lot easier with that image though. Interesting that the cowling seems to be painted white (or a very light colour) rather than the entire thing shaded like the crocodile's skin. Looks like I was a bit premature in celebrating my completion! 

Yeh I can see the same lighter colour in the image you’ve used. It’s that which makes the thing look more crocodile-ish that shark-ish to my eyes.

 

[Trooper117]

I don't use HSD... can you do a separate download please.

[No.23_Gaylion]

19 minutes ago, Trooper117 said:

I don't use HSD... can you do a separate download please.

You should. Makes life one billion times better.

[[F.Circus]Gorn_Captain]

12 hours ago, Trooper117 said:

I don't use HSD... can you do a separate download please.

 

I'd definitely recommend giving HSD a whirl, it's a lovely tool, but here's the files separately, enjoy! 

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fuTNwXnSjORvVu8EGuKYGKl-RBZ0t52L?usp=sharing

[Trooper117]

Many thanks mate!