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Combat Warplanes / Bf109 single color tricks
« on: April 23, 2011, 11:49:58 AM »
Story about the single dark green top color on German aircraft in WW2 is old and few decades active. Bitter problem present the behaviors of the old photographic materials where colors tend to blend together and create simple uniform look. If we add to this light conditions, type of film, type of filter, how the filming material was processed and later image developed... we get nightmare where errors get into the full domination. If you have talk with anybody who have spent whole or larger part of its life, in work with black and white materials, you will without doubt get info that it is impossible to recognize real color from black and white image. So you will realize what problems we have here...
So here you are first set of images which will be used as proof that Bf109 have single coat on topside.First image is from Swiss and it is color. As you see propeller blades are black and dominative top color is extra dark green. Bottom is well known light blue color and teeth mouth painting is interesting. Second image show nose of aircraft, well worn out and blend in service and it gives look of single color. Third image- single color, isn't it? Fourth image in same manner as previous show single top color. Next two images are different Bf109E with number 1 on fuselage and we all could swear that it have one topside color (as well we see this). Line up of the Bf109D in Poland also give figure of the single top color... and final image is what else but Swiss machine with single top color
So here you are first set of images which will be used as proof that Bf109 have single coat on topside.First image is from Swiss and it is color. As you see propeller blades are black and dominative top color is extra dark green. Bottom is well known light blue color and teeth mouth painting is interesting. Second image show nose of aircraft, well worn out and blend in service and it gives look of single color. Third image- single color, isn't it? Fourth image in same manner as previous show single top color. Next two images are different Bf109E with number 1 on fuselage and we all could swear that it have one topside color (as well we see this). Line up of the Bf109D in Poland also give figure of the single top color... and final image is what else but Swiss machine with single top color
. While at it, maybe I'd pick Academy's A6M5c, although already have A6M3 prepared... Anyway, taking part in both... 