> >Although I don't have the Datafile here: this sounds like one of the
> >"night fighting" machines. During Zeppelin and Gotha raids, there
> >were a few planes "converted" for the night fighting role. One of
> >these "conversions" included painting over the "white" (and maybe one
> >of the other colors?) of the roundel and fin flash with either black,
> >or PC-10, to tone down the colors, and make it "harder" to see than a
> >"standard" machine.
>
> Actually the white and red parts of all markings and the blue of the wing
> roundels on the cover look normal. It is merely the blue on the tail flash
> and the fuselage side that 'appear' to have been printed as purest black.
I *knew* I shouldn't have said anything until I saw the Datafile.
When I did pull it out, I gave a Homer Doh! and thought gads, how
could I be so stupid? It appears to me just to be a printing error.
Nothing more. My apologies.
Matt
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Matthew Bittner WW1 Modeler, ecto subscriber, semi-new dad,
meba@cso.com PowerBuilder developer; Omaha, Nebraska
Disclaimer: opinions expressed by me are my responsibility only.
"Villians I say to you now: knock off all that evil!"
- The Tick
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