[StephenLawson]

Originally Posted by Sreiko

"I still preparing steps for the modeling of manfred first Triplane. So one detail I have also note on the images in later service of 102/17. Its cowling is without doubt different then the color of the streaks. . ."

Greetings Sreiko; Consider for a moment that the opaque paint on the metal cowling was only "close" in colour to the pigmented translucent dope streaks on the fabric. It may have not been red but simply the green that had a patina of the castor oil exhaust covering the surface. Just a thought.