Re: Alb. DIII question

Erik Pilawskii (xopowo@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 11:55:42 -0800 (PST)

> Hope no one will mind a departure from all the Tool Talk and Power Loading
> being discussed, but I have a question in urgent need of a an answer (my
> current project is being held up by this). Re: the panel on the top of the
> Alb. DIII fuselage - i.e., the part between the cockpit and the propellor
> that the guns were mounted on - what material was this made of (plywood or
> metal?) and what color would it have been painted, straight out of the factory?
>
Mark,

If you have a graphics web browser, head over to my SDAM page:
http://www@weber.u.washington.edu/~xopowo/sdam.html

There's a picture (Alb.DV) of the area you're describing. I would think
that most of these metal panels left the factory in grey, or greyish-green,
depending on the manufacturer.
Erik
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