[WWI] Udet's seimen Schurcket D.III

[Tom Mason]

Dave,

Did he fly the SSW D.III in action? If it was a newly received plane they might have had time to do only the LO! on one side. If not you can still use this story to explain you model and tell them to prove you wrong. Oh, and thanks for the help.

T.O.M.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Calhoun 
  To: wwi at wwi-models.org 
  Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:23 PM
  Subject: [WWI] Udet's seimen Schurcket D.III



  Well Hi everyone, I've been in digest mode for a while and am about a week behind, so this may have already been answered.  But looking at the photos in Windsock's von  Richthofen's flying circus book, it appears that the wings are a single color not lozenge. As Dan says the red paint applied in the field was light allowing some of the dark polygons to show through.  But in the pamphlet that came with the Americal Gryphon Jasta 4 sheet, it says something a little different.  Udet had his D.III painted quickly for publicity photos, and the fuselage and upper wings were painted red.  also the white Lo! was only applied to the starbord side of the fuselage and photos confirm that the port side did not have the LO!.  Also based on this description the underside of the wings would have remained lozenge.  And I assume from the photo in the Windsock book that the rudder was white, it says in the photo caption that the white rudder can be seen in the photo although it must have been cropped off by the printer since there is no rudder seen in the photo in my book!
  So you see my version in the gallery is overall red with white rudder & Lo on both sides, I built mine about 15 years ago when the Eduard kit was first released, and after seeing Dan's profile a few years over went back & overpainted the wings (already covered with lozenge decals of course) with a coat of red.  Of course I painted the lower wings and applied Lo! to both sides of the fuselage, but right or wrong I'm sure no one knows for sure!
  Thanks,
  Dave
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  Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:51:51 -0500
  From: "Tom Mason" <tom.mason at charter.net>
  Subject: [WWI] Udet's seimen Schurcket D.III
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  I asked this question a few days ago and got no response. So, I am asking it again. At he Aerodrome forum I saw a five view drawing by Dan San Abbott depicting Ernst Udet's SSW D.III as all red except rudder and metal panel under the nose. Other references I have seen shown the wings in lozenge fabric. Which is correct?

  T.O.M.
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