John Emms 1 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I have a ready to cover GP Electricub 2. I have taken out the Cub Yellow film, and was about to start. But for a variety of reasons, I would like to finish it as a military Cub, and for a number of personal reasons, ideally a US military Cub. I could convert it to a L4, but I would prefer to leave it as a J3. There are the camouflage airship squadron finishes, but I would prefer to avoid the mess of spraying (picky, I know!). What about the trainer schemes? Were there any all yellow military trainers? What about the standard trainer scheme of yellow wings and blue fuz - was the J3 too late into service for that? Were there really any with base coat silver wings and yellow fus? BTW I have cub yellow, silver, and mid blue film here. And I have a technique for making film US Army Air Force markings. All comments and advice VERY welcome! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi O Buitigh Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 If you just google 'piper cub military' there are loads of images and colour schemes - from army camouflage to naval blue/white and marine midnight blue (and some all yellow and all silver) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Stevens Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 The key appeal of the Cub to me is the shear number a variety of the schemes and layouts available to it. I have always had a bit of a soft spot for the medivac cubs and the raffled off "Flitfires" in silver with RAF roundels and markings. A quick search shows that by the looks of it some cubs were indeed used by the military in the iconic yellow scheme. **LINK** or at least some Super Cubs. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Khinsoe Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Convert it to L-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I may be wrong but weren't the J3 Cubs used in the Civilian Pilot Training Program which was designed to feed budding pilots into the military? Photos (B&W) I've seen have all suggested them to be in the standard Cub Yellow scheme - probably thought to be a very suitable colour in a busy training environment! I don't recall seeing any references to J3 Cubs in military service but there may well have been some examples... Edited By Martin Harris on 11/09/2019 17:38:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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