[WWI] Added:Fokker Dr.I

[Kerry Lynn]

Shane,

It appears that Memorial Flight may have taken you seriously:
http://storage.mfa.free.fr/gallery/fokker/int31.jpg

-K-

Shane Weier wrote:
> 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!
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> ...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.
>  
> Shane
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