[WWI] bits of new brain ooze

[Robert Karr]

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> But later in the aternoon we DID get to see the new SPAD XIII that Roger
> Freeman built in Texas for Javier.

Did he flew in it?>>

No. It's still awaiting final engine tweeking sitting in the hangar up there 
in "Magic Land".

<< no pics- you guys get the SPAD shot.
 http://www.karrart.com/aviationartblog/

" It’s strange aluminized paint pulls the same optical tricks similar paint
did in 1918."

This is intriguing. Elaborate, please!>>

 There's a sort of cloudy fish scale shift that causes the color to look 
hazy from certain angles, but if you look directly down on it, the actual 
color is pretty strong. The repro's surface stubstances were made to be as 
close as possible to the real deal. The aluminized stuff on the fabric was 
visibly different than the non-aluminized stuff on the metal work. The 
actual color pigments were the same, only the presence or not of the 
aluminum made the difference. And then there's the phenomenon that Alan 
Toelle calls "flop" that's difficult to describe, but seems to be an effect 
that causes certain parts of an object to catch more light than other parts 
that may be more directly lit.Weird.
RK
yeah yeah.......