The later red wing panel and all red tailplane/elevator scheme looked much tidier than the initial red leading edge, red tailplane and grey elevator scheme.
At ULAS our Chippes were all grey and dayglo (although we still had one or two silver ones when I first arrived in 1969, I think). But one day one of our aircraft came back from its major in the ice cream van scheme....
Shortly afterwards, on one fine day during Easter camp we were told by the CFI that "All students who flew solo on the first wave are to assemble in the briefing room at cease flying". Most of us wondered what piece of our morning villainy had been spotted - had I gone just a
little bit too low on my PFLs, I wondered....
Anyway, enter the CFI. "ULAS has the RAF's only red-and-white Chipmunk south of Lincolnshire. When you start dog fighting with your mates on a day with a hundred miles viz, it isn't very hard to work out who you were. I know, you know - DON'T BLOODY DO IT AGAIN!!"
End of bollocking. And no, it wasn't me - I was in good old 345!