[WWI] "Accurate colours"

[Christopher Malany]

Hi, Brad:

> The same thing goes for PC10.  Lately I've been
> re-reading a lot of the classics, William Fry, Cecil
> Lewis, Arthur Lee, etc...  I've found at least three
> accounts of RFC aircraft, SEs, SPADs, in the field,
> described as "chocolate" in colour.

On the other hand, Hank Burden described the PC10 on
his S.E.5a as "green."  All of which supports the
points made by contributors to this thread already: 
If the participants of the Great War had difficulty
characterising a color they saw for hours daily, any 
modeler faces real challenges in the search for the
absolute, authentic color - like a quest for the Holy
Grail, without the killer rabbit.

The important thing is that we continue to be
interested in these questions, and keep looking for
what we feel are plausible interpretations of the
actual colors, even in hardware stores.  For me, this
is part of the real fun of the hobby!  

> This would make an interesting model for the IMPS
> judges to look at: Von Richthofen's PINK
> Albatros???!!?? Now all we need to figure out is
> WHICH colour pink.

That's a no-brainer.  The authentic color is Revlon's
lacquer nail polish, #MvR 122 - "Rittmeister Coral
Blush."  Next question?

- Chris Malany