I am going to be painting some of the Jasta 18 Albatros D.V 's blue and red I am curious what is the color of the underside of the plane and wings it looks like a light blue but could lean towards grey anyone have an idea.
And thanks in advance
I am going to be painting some of the Jasta 18 Albatros D.V 's blue and red I am curious what is the color of the underside of the plane and wings it looks like a light blue but could lean towards grey anyone have an idea.
And thanks in advance
Light blue, as far as I know, John.
Definately a Light Blue!
From the info I remember light or sky blue was for under the wings. The body and nose though are painted in the Jasta colours, unless someone else knows different
Are there any examples of lozenge on the top wing and blue underneath?
Examples of Jasta 18, showing known variations
Blue and Red schemes
As you can see, there were many variations - so upper (unpainted) lozenge, lower (painted) lt blue is plausible, even if we don't have a specific pictorial record. Aircraft were also repaired with unpainted lozenge on painted areas, and left wings in 5-colour, right wings in 4-color weren't unknown.
As for the side decals - I've made a set for Albatros and Pfalz in Red/Blue schemes.
Copy, and Print on decal paper at 5cm width. If you don't have decal paper to hand, PM me and I'll print up a set for you if you want.
I'd suggest this is unlikely, though as with all WWI finishes, nothing seems impossible as the interpretation of Julius Buckner's Fokker D.VII in Jasta 13 livery shows in a 1970's Osprey colour plate - http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...-1918-(Osprey). Green/mauve over light blue was the standard factory-finish until the introduction of factory-applied pre-printed lozenge fabric. As older wing fabric is repaired/replaced in the field, that replacement can be assumed to be with new lozenge-printed fabric. Unit applied Jasta colours are painted over either the original camouflage painted surface or the lozenge fabric with, depending on the Jasta (or individual aircraft) upper/lower surfaces on the top wing often being a different scheme from the bottom wing.
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