> I really appreciate all the info on the Roland paint scheme.
Did we get all that cleared up? There only seems to be
documentation on one aircraft with a real shark's mouth" the others seem
to have no teeth [I'm struggling with a quip here, but inspiration seems
to have deserted me, for once 80)]
>
> I am building a Hannover CLIIIa, and was wondering about the
> racks around the gunner's position that hold what appear to be flares or
> small bombs. Were the racks painted the same color as the plane surface
> beneath them?
Possible, but I'd expect them to be painted one of the primer colours,
i.e. grey-green or medium grey, or even dk. olive green: there seem to have
been at least three GP colours in use.
BTW, the rack were for small fragmnetation bombs used on ground-attack
work.
> Also, what would the bombs/flares look like.
.....which were cylinrdical in shape, scored [like a Mills-36] to
fragment, and had a short shaft with [4?] stabilisation fins attached.
Were they bare
> metal, or painted some color?
Could have been either, but my feeling would be bare metal [the
same as a Mills bomb].
Hope this helps,
Mick.
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