[StephenLawson]

Originally Posted by jumpinjan

Interesting is all you can say??? It's faked! It is all corrugated sheetmetal that the museum must have added (they did get the corrugation pitch correct). The radiator vents are all wrong too. Look at all the holes in the radiator surround. The prop is wrong (should be a Fok D7) and I think the exhaust collector might be wrong as well. Where are the guns?

Stephen,
This D.I was "restored" in 1974, now do you really think they knew what they were doing then? Same goes for the Smithsonian's Albatros D.Va lozenge colors (about same time period), they butchered those colors too.
Museums don't have the time & money to do things right....as you well know?
Jan

No Jan it is not all I can say, but its better than tainting anyone with my opinions. Research gives us the facts. You seem to have a good deal of them concerning this machine's history. As for the propeller they were based on the engine type not the aircraft. As for the guns who knows? They should be Spandaus of course. When you hear someopne say something is "interesting" in the area of historical research it should raise a question and cause further digging.

As for the NASM they well know my objections to their treatment of the artifacts they have displayed. Its not time or money, its the interior decorators they hire as administrators to restore aircraft. But that is not the point here.

Dan makes some historically based comments concerning the colours. So were are looking at mauve, light pea green and dark green for the upper surface colours and off white for the lower surfaces.