stona
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I think there is a trompe-l'oeil caused by the two colours being side by side. The RLM 71 is always a fairly olive green colour, but it looks very brown next to the much greener RLM 70.
I think I'll probably apply a green/grey filter eventually to tone everything down. The only problem is that I want to keep the white of the markings clean. This is a pre-war scheme, the white tail and wing tips were applied when JG 26 was taking part in manoeuvres with the Army in the summer of 1939 to aid identification of 'friendly' and 'enemy' forces. Presumably they were rehearsing the Blitzkrieg to be unleashed shortly against Poland. The few references I have for these oddly marked aircraft (and those of other fighter units) at this time show them to be pristine. Definitely a peace time phenomenon
Incidentally I've always seen the 70/71 Luftwaffe splinter and the early war RAF Dark Green/Dark Earth as having more in common than might first meet the eye. The RAF scheme has a higher contrast, but the colours are from a similar palette.
They'd also both given them up on fighters by late 1941 and gone for a grey and grey/green (75/74) scheme and an grey and green (Ocean Grey/Dark Green) scheme respectively
Cheers
Steve
I think I'll probably apply a green/grey filter eventually to tone everything down. The only problem is that I want to keep the white of the markings clean. This is a pre-war scheme, the white tail and wing tips were applied when JG 26 was taking part in manoeuvres with the Army in the summer of 1939 to aid identification of 'friendly' and 'enemy' forces. Presumably they were rehearsing the Blitzkrieg to be unleashed shortly against Poland. The few references I have for these oddly marked aircraft (and those of other fighter units) at this time show them to be pristine. Definitely a peace time phenomenon
Incidentally I've always seen the 70/71 Luftwaffe splinter and the early war RAF Dark Green/Dark Earth as having more in common than might first meet the eye. The RAF scheme has a higher contrast, but the colours are from a similar palette.
They'd also both given them up on fighters by late 1941 and gone for a grey and grey/green (75/74) scheme and an grey and green (Ocean Grey/Dark Green) scheme respectively
Cheers
Steve
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