Most impressive!
'. . .Here's Bob Pearson's interpretation of this Jasta 11 bird:
. . .The serial on the fin is censored in the original press photo and the number is not known. AFAIK D. 2958 is too late a serial for an early D.III with the radiator in the centre of the upper wing.
. . .OK. I might be just a stinker who spreads his serious AMS all over the place. In that case, just ignore me!
Hello
I would say that this dark area (red arrow) indicate a red nose.
Olve
I just love what you did with the interior structures...beatiful, a darn shame most of it will be hidden.
". . .Stephen!
I think, too, that this bird probably had 3 colour camo or at least some green/brown, not green mauve combination on the upper flying surfaces (i.e. Bob Pearson's profile might make a mistake there). The colours on the upper wing, however, do not seem to be in the usual order: dark green, reddish brown, light green. In this plane the lightest stripe is in the middle. Could it even be, that this plane had only 2 colours camo?
yours Mikko"
Quoted Text". . .Stephen!
I think, too, that this bird probably had 3 colour camo or at least some green/brown, not green mauve combination on the upper flying surfaces (i.e. Bob Pearson's profile might make a mistake there). The colours on the upper wing, however, do not seem to be in the usual order: dark green, reddish brown, light green. In this plane the lightest stripe is in the middle. Could it even be, that this plane had only 2 colours camo?
yours Mikko"
Greetings Mikko,
For the Albatros D.III early production types came out too early for the two toned camouflage. Also, the sequence of the colours on the top wing varied every 50 or so machines if I am remembering what Dan san Abbott once told me. Even on the later two coloured schemes the position of the colours were switiched at fairly regular intervals in the production batches. This image was known to be taken in late March - early April 1917. The two toned schemes did not seem to come out until late June 1917.
Regarding the fuselage color.
I was hoping for a red nose, since it looks more "cool" that way. Can I say that like most of Jasta 11 a/c the nose was painted red two days after this photo was taken, and still be taken seriously
Best
Olve
Small accident today
Completely disaster with my airbrush
Ok lets start again
Isn't this a great hobby
Ipsa scientia potestas est. ~ Knowledge itself is power
Olve
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