Hi Guys, Can anyone offer some info. on the wing colors of this a/c? I found a color profile of it and it shows the wings both upper and lower as being DK green on the ends and Lilac in the middle. The fuselage is natural wood with a black spiral strip. The tail is black but the rudder and elevator are white. The spinner is half black and half white. Wheels look black with a lilac circle around the rim? Can anyone confirm this and also the serial number which is "unknown" according to the profile. Dan-San, I'm sure you'll have something to add. Thanks in advance for your help. Cheers!

See Von Richthofen and his Flying Circus by Greg van Wyngarden, *Albatros Pub. Ltd. *P.10. *It is an OAW built machine. *Greg has the colours placed different than your reference. *

Thanks Stephen, This is a book that has been on my list to buy. I appreciate your response. Cheers!

JohnFitz:
The wings on Ltn Kurt Wüsthoff's Alb. D.III(OAW)xxxx/17 were as follows:
Upper wing, slooping from the second rib inboard from the aileron on the trailing edge to the leading edge of the first full rib at the aileron ( two ribs out from the trailing edge color start.) The line from the trailing edge to the leading edge is straight but squigglely. The tips are dark green,(25F7) the center is greyish violet,(18D6)
Bottom wings: Left wing, squgglely line from the fifth rib on the trailing edge to the sixth rib on the leading from the wing tip. out board dark green, inboard greyish violet. Right wing, dark green wing tip with a squgglely line on and over the sixth rib. Greyish violet on the inboard side.
The under sides of the wings are sky blue,(24B4)
The upper wing iron crosses are 1400 mm high with 50 mm borders and centered in-line with the interplane struts.
The lower wing iron crosses are 1000 mm high with a 50 mm border and are centered between thesecond and third ribs from the wing tips.
The struts were medium grey.
the spinner was black with two white discs 200 mm in diameter centered 100 mm apart. the wheel covers were black with a white valve access cover.
The fuselage band was 250 mm wide and wrapped around the fuselage four and one half times. The empennage was black.
The fuselage was shellacked and varnished birch plywood, color of yellow straw, (4B4)
Blue skies,
Dan-San

Hi Dan-San,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Your description matches pretty well the color profile I found, or the other way around, but the spinner sounds different. Not sure I understand what you mean by "white Discs"? Do you mean rings around the spinner? Also, you say the "empennage" was black. Does this include the rudder and elevator? Do you have a color profile of this A/C? I really appreciate the detail of your description. Look forward to hearing back from you. Cheers!

JohnFitz:
The white discs are spots. They are perpendicular to the propeller across the spinner.
Empennage is the entire tail.
I have a line drawing, it is Js10-16. $4.00 plus $1.50 for postage and handling.
Blue skies,
Dan-San

Thanks Dan-San,

I'll take you up on the drawing. Now I understand the "white Discs". The color profile I have shows the spinner either half white, half black or in quarters. Glade you told me about the empennage also. Hope you are not disappointed if I model this A/C instead of Loather's. I really did consider it. Best regards, John.