Re: Roland CII paint scheme
Erik Pilawskii (xopowo@u.washington.edu)
Fri, 23 Dec 1994 13:14:42 -0800 (PST)
> On Thu, 22 Dec 1994, William McHarg wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > On page 158 of German Aircraft of the First World War by
> > Thetford and Grey there is a photograph of a Roland CII.
> > The part that interests me is the shark's mouth (or whale
> > mouth?) painted on the nose. Has anyone ever seen a description of what
> > the rest of the paint scheme of this aircraft is? It appears to have
> > dark upper surfaces, and lighter colored undersurfaces. There are also
> > light-colored curtains neatly tied back on the window visible under the
> > wing.
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Most sources have the a/c as painted light grey overall.
>
> If you want more pictures of the whale mouthed Rolands, a good source is
> the old Arco-Aircam book on shark mouths (Vol. 1).
>
> P.S. I believe those curtains were just painted onto the window.
>
If I recall correctly, that machine was attributed to von Schleich (well,
attributed anyway...) by Airfix, who presented the kit on the box of their
1/72 Roland D.II kit. Beats me if they're bonkers, or what...
Erik
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