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Originally Posted by Tim West
Lloyd,
I guess you were right huh? Lol. =D Yep, Terry was a huge help in supplying images and insight into key areas to have a look at. Aaron also... working with him on the OTF article.
So about the stencil.... You're right most photos show 103 with dark makings... And since you brought it up...I instantly knew which photo to bring up. If you look at Leaman's DR.I book on page 46...upper right..2nd photo. Ok cool....But just one sec! He has it as 102/17  Ruh Roh Wraggy!
WAIT! I know I have a photo where its marked 103/3 at Kopie. And sure enough I do. At first glance you can't really see it. it might be 102! So not wanting to have to redo...my maps I decided to do some research.
What I did was find all comparable and know photos of 102 and 103 I had. I came up with a few.......And here are the results:
And then the linen repairs. Note how bright the area is in the shadow of the tail on the known photo of 103. Also note the shape. And I don't recall seeing any photos of 102 with visible linen repairs..though I wasn't really looking. Maybe later.
This is 103 not 102.
I had always assumed that the fading was due to the heavy scraping of crap of of the fuselage. This is also why I think some of the areas of the cowl are faded looking..like you can see the rivets around the bottom.
 Whew....I really didnt want to re do that |
Mate,
They look great - can't wait for e-mail package. (i.e. both picture please)
tcrean7828@yahoo.com
The patches on 103/17 are clearly visable and pointed out by Taz when he acquired three original glass Picture plates of 103/17. Essentially pinning it down to 23 Sept 1917 as when they were taken and its last flight into history.
The patches are from a dogfight that Voss got into on the 11th of Sept, I believe and one of the pilots from the oposite team poked a few holes in his machine - rudder, tail plane, left upper wing and under the rear quarterdeck under the tailplane. If you look real close and compaire it to when it came out in Sept, it went through a He__ of being beat up- in only a month.
The 103/17 number was pretty well washed out by then by mud, dirt, caster oil, etc, that Timm had to scrape off of the fuseladge.
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tom
