Albatros CI propeller

[Bob Gardner]

Hi Don,

DRP is Deutsches Reich Patent. I have just found an Integral decal where the dots between the DRP letters are at the bottom of the letters in the conventional place.

The decal is about 7cm in diameter

Can I use your representation of the decal in my book?

With regards,

Bob

Bob

[abufletcher]

Bob, thanks for that additional information. I'll make the changes to the position of the dots. Actually, I thought they might be at the bottom in the dark image I was using.

Is that 7cm from the tips of the starburst lines or the diameter of the central circle? What are your opinions on the colors I've got at the moment?

And, yes, when I'm done you're welcome to use it in your book. The font isn't exactly the same but it's as close as I can get it with my software.

[Bob Gardner]

Don,

I can't really comment on the accuracy of the colours. I know this is crucial to modellers but my experience is that the present day colours which I experience have been subjest to the discolouration of varnishes, ageing and environmental influences, such as bleaching in the sun or nicotine. Frequently I find a decal, which is usually blue, in a green form which I suspect is the result of a yellow hue of varnish over the original blue. Another decal always presents as black but when we did some microscopic examination of a flake it appears that originally it might have been blue. There will even be some colour change in the photographs I take.

How do modellers solve these problems when dealing with lozenges in German camouflage etc?

With regards,

Bob

[Bob Gardner]

Postscript. Seven cms is the distance from the tip of the star burst to the opposite tip.

Bob

[abufletcher]

I can't really comment on the accuracy of the colours. I know this is crucial to modellers but my experience is that the present day colours which I experience have been subjest to the discolouration of varnishes, ageing and environmental influences, such as bleaching in the sun or nicotine. Frequently I find a decal, which is usually blue, in a green form which I suspect is the result of a yellow hue of varnish over the original blue. Another decal always presents as black but when we did some microscopic examination of a flake it appears that originally it might have been blue. There will even be some colour change in the photographs I take.

I suppose there's never anything like complete color fidelity in a project like this. But I'm hoping that the basic interpretations I've made are correct. What I have now is based on guesses from the two photos you've posted so far.

Star burst, circle outlines, JPW outlines = gold
Circle background = dark navy
JPW letters = red/wine with black lines
Large lettering = white

How do modellers solve these problems when dealing with lozenges in German camouflage etc?

For the most part, they argue bitterly in interminable debates! Still, there has been some very serious scholarship on this subject. The other subject that immediately sets WWI modelers of is "What's the true color of PC10?"

http://www.wwi-models.org/misc/Color...oz2/index.html

[Bob Gardner]

Hi Don,

Thanks for the link in your last post. I thought it must be a bit like that. Medieval philosophy springs to mind!

With regards,

Bob

[abufletcher]

OK. Here's the final version. I'll email you a higher-res image that you can use in your book.

[Bob Gardner]

An excellent piece of work Don.

Show us all a photograph of the model when complete.

Bob