Re: Albatros DV Markings

Mick Fauchon (ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au)
Sat, 6 Aug 1994 14:51:36 +1000 (EST)

Vic,

> Hi gang, I'm posting this for a friend who is interested in building
> the Albatros DV that was flown by Hpt. Eduard Ritter von Schleich. He was
> the CO of Jasta 21 in 1917. The a/c is well documented in the Profile pub.
> of the Alb. DV. The only problem is who makes a set of markings for this
> a/c. I suspect that it won't be an easy task to hand paint the lion on
> the blue and white diamond background. Most of the other markings are
> straight forward. If anyone has a source for this DV, let me know.
> LATERS...............

There's a colour (!) drawing of it in Flying Colours (Which, of
course, is at home).
Work out your sums, enlarge the drawing to whatever scale, and
you have a template. The hound's-tooth design is, of course, blue and white
for Bavaria.

Cheers,

Mick.

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