12 August 2002, 05:27 AM
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G'day, Achim--
You and FTS are to be commended for undertaking this worthwhile, and long overdue, experiment. *
There is a point I do not quite understand from your description of the the order of painting, namely,
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The application of the streaky paint was then so carried out that at first one layer was scantily [thinly?] applied of light cold grey. . .In this way a very simple camouflage paint scheme of three colors arose which in turn was even of very light weight. The translucent beige/brown of the fabric, the cold blueish/grey of the underside as well as the olive green.
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By this I understand that the gray was applied in the same "streaky" manner as we are familiar from the appearance of the darker (green/olive) tone in photographs of these finishes and that there are areas therefore where the fabric substrate shows through. *Can you confirm?
Some further questions and comments:
1. On what basis was the choice made to apply the gray in this manner? *What is the basis for the particular choice of gray? *Did your examination of the fabric at IWM come into these choices?
2. Scans 1 and 2 (addition of Werke no. prior to application of oil varnish) present distinctly different appearance of the olive hue especially. *Is this a scanning/photography articfact?
3. I do not see a clear area of the shift to a sky blue/turquoise anywhere in scan 3. *This is not meant to contradict your report that such a shift actually is visible first hand.
4. As you suggest in answer to Lyle, everythig depends on the choice of starting hues. *As you indicate, these remain guesswork. *It would be fair, therefore, to suggest that future experiments, if undertaken, should incorporate a range of possible starting points for each color; additionally, it would be interesting to apply the paints to opaque surfaces to replicate their application to metal surfaces such as cowlings and struts, where the influence of the underlying surface will, presumably, have been minimized.
I look forward to hearing the results of the aging and weathering phase of the experiment.
With best regards,
Stefen
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