After considerable research and experimentation into colour matching, I can reveal that Albatros used the following colours in the 3-colour camouflage scheme used on the DIII:
Dark Angels Green
Scorched Brown
Gretchin Green
The fuselage of Manfred von Richthofen's personal aircraft appears to have been Mechrite Red with a thin coat of Blood Red over the entire surface including the insignia. Only the Albatros logo on the rudder was left unpainted, for some strange reason.
I have to admit I was suprised to discover that the Idflieg specified the use of Games Workshop paints.
Fortunately I was able to precisely match those colours using modern alternatives, as you can see:
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The model is a Skytrex DIII, which went together quite well but looks very little like the
WoW 'official' DIII, particularly the fuselage. Looking at the shape of the rudder I'm actually pretty sure it's a DV even though Skytrex are selling it as a DIII. There's no propeller either. Being entirely metal, it's really too heavy for the gimbal mount.
The light olive (Gretchin) green colour looks buff in the picture for some reason. I'm still waiting for some decent weather so I can matt-varnish the latest batch of models without the paint going cloudy.
This is the first time I have ever been glad that GW Blood Red covers really badly.
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