I'd suggest basing the camo on patterns used on earlier B-25s based in the Med. This movie was made in 1970, so it's likely not a lot of attention was paid to historical accuracy. Could be just about anything!

As for the earlier comments about sharpening noseart, I've usually taken a gradual approach. I'll resize from, say 600x600 to 300x300, then apply a light sharpen effect. Reduce to 150x150 and sharpen again. Rinse and repeat until you get the required resolution. It sometimes seems to help if you start off with and work down through evenly divisible resolutions like the above 600x600 instead of something like 631x745.

Thanks for the advice, J! Only two planes have a good camo picture ("Berlin Express" and "The Denver Dumper"), and only of the right side. I guess Duggy's picture'll come in handy this time.

And here's the second camo bird. It looks pretty good for a shot in the dark, if I dare say so myself Anyway, here's 6J, better known as Annzas:



Noseart Closeups:

I'm still not sure if 6P ("aBOMBinable snowman", later "Laden Maiden") was OD or desert tan.

Maty12

In regards to the schemes used in the film I believe it was tan. Looking at the photos on aerovintage.com, the ones were the cammo appears green are quite 'cold' shots, in that they have a strong blue tint throughout... and when you add blue to yellow (or a yellowish tint like tan) you get green.

As for the earlier comments about sharpening noseart, I've usually taken a gradual approach.

Jarink

That's a good point. On a similar note I find it useful when scaling down roundels/curved artwork to do it in steps or else I find the edge can have a little bit clipped off, which can mess with the curved edge of the object.

Harry, there are some pictures of the planes at warbird exchange where she's OD. Also in the movie it sometimes seems like it.

have you seen this thread.
LINK - http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?9998

No, I hadn't. Thanks, Duggy, wonderful shots. Hey, there is one of 8U! The plane who chewed through 8P's tail. Both aircraft got into a spin, but 8U couldn't recover.

And here's another camo bird. Not two happy with the noseart, but that is due to the game's model not being as tall as the real thing, but being as long. Anyway, I give you 6N, the Berlin Express!




Still a WIP, as new reference suggests the camo is slighlty off.

And here she is, all fixed up!




And here's 6S, also known as XB-HEY, famous for the crash scene in the movie.

And here's another one: 6Y, also called "Luscious Lulu"