[WWI] Added:Fokker Dr.I

Shane Weier bristolf2b at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 12 14:14:23 EST 2009


TOM
 
>>> The Fokker Dr.I looks fantastic. I do have one suggestion though. The >>> fuselage framing should be painted a grey/green like RLM 02. >>AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
 
>Hey it was just a minor thing. At least it's not in the realm of AMS.
 
You need to understand the history of the list.
 
About 12 years ago, maybe longer I JOKINGLY suggested in this list, that so long as no-one actually knew the colour of the metalwork on the LVG I was building (or most of the German aircraft for that matter), one might as well use RLM02 to keep the Luftwaffle fans happy.
 
JOKE!  JOKE!
 
Unfortunately one Tom Cleaver took the idea seriously, wrote it in every one of his many reviews on the internet, and before one could say...
 
AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
 
...it has so spread that it has become received wisdom that WW1 German aircraft were painted with a colour like RLM02.
 
Try looking for ANY reference ANYWHERE that says that, which is older than my first list email. Of all my time on the list, that has to be the stupidest thing I ever did, and I'mnow thoroughly ashamed of it.
 
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