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Originally Posted by Taz
Rick- More when I get back from a four day business trip. F.I 101/17 was never brought up to Dr.I standard because it was tested to destruction in early August before there were any Dr.Is. It was painted in Fokker's standard streaked camouflage and light blue prior to being delivered for destructive testing. There is no evidence of light blue overpaint, just speculation to explain why the F.Is look lighter than Dr.Is, when in fact they do not in most photos. The absence of returned light blue paint is used as a speculative reason. 588/17 (583/17 in older pubs) is used as an example of light blue overpaint because poor quality photographs did not show returned light blue paint. This is disproved by photos of 588/17 in a Jasta 14 line-up clearly showing returned light blue paint. Go through all the threads previously published on this subject until I get back and I will discuss more later. My and Aaron Weaver's article on the F.Is has numerous errors because we have learned so much in the last two years from new photographs and from fabric sample analysis.
Like Yogi Berra said: "You can learn a lot just by looking." Especially if someone shows you the evidence. Sometimes makes me wonder why I bother.
Taz
Terry Phillips
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Terry, this is the part of the wet Blending thread I was referring to where I thought you conceded that there was enough evidence that at least the possibility of "blue" existed:Scroll down to the second post.
Wet Blending of 3 Colors on Fokker Dr.1's
I have read and or been involved in most of the streaking/ DR1 / Voss DR1 threads since 2003. I have said in previous threads that with FI 102/17 I agree most good pictures show a similar tone in relation to the production DR1s. It is 103/17 that I still see as looking different/lighter. It looks close sometimes but just not the same. IMHO.
PS: I just re read the last thread on blending.I also recently acquired Gregs DR1 Jagdstaffeln book. I have to say that there seems little difference in how CDL photographs and underside blue. If not for the combat reports I could totally buy into the CDL of the F1s.
Tim,
I actually mentioned the struts on FI 103 also, just for the record!
RAGIII