06.12.2008, 17:38
I was hoping some of the skinners/camo experts could provide some insight. In the mail this evening I received a copy of Jerry Crandall's great book on the rare FW-190D-13 "Yellow 10" and I have a question for the Luftwaffe camo experts / skinners out there. The color profiles show a very green mottle on the a/c including the prop spinner which also features a white spiral.
However, on the inside back cover of the book there are three color photos of the same a/c after it was fully restored and displayed at the Doug Champlin Museum. I have no doubt the color profiles are correct and the the 190 was painted in this scheme but I'm quite astonished that in the color photos the green looks like a dark grey even the prop spinner looks grey. So can the color differences be attributed to the type of day it was or from the nature of the photography since they were taken in October of 1990?
From the background in the color photos it looks to me like a clear, bright day not overcast. I'm just surprised at how non-green the color looks like in the photographs than in the color profiles.
I found this on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9fqPIJIIU8 at about 2:14 there is a shot that really shows it grey ...
However, on the inside back cover of the book there are three color photos of the same a/c after it was fully restored and displayed at the Doug Champlin Museum. I have no doubt the color profiles are correct and the the 190 was painted in this scheme but I'm quite astonished that in the color photos the green looks like a dark grey even the prop spinner looks grey. So can the color differences be attributed to the type of day it was or from the nature of the photography since they were taken in October of 1990?
From the background in the color photos it looks to me like a clear, bright day not overcast. I'm just surprised at how non-green the color looks like in the photographs than in the color profiles.
I found this on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9fqPIJIIU8 at about 2:14 there is a shot that really shows it grey ...