To finish up and refine my Fokker streaking technique, I decided that Voss's 103 would be the best candidate.
While rooting around for something else I found a pile of old magazines I forgot I had.
While flipping through I was amazed how timely my discovery was.
I had remembered McCudden's description from my childhood and was going to search that up but low and behold, here it is along with others.
I was always surprised at his reference to silver. I was fascinated to read almost every other eye witness description also mentions "silver", silver-grey", "grey".
Most especially the eye witness description of Voss's aircraft by a trained examiner, Lt. Barfoot Saunt.
Saunt specifically states THREE separate colors, "green, blue and grey"
I have a pretty good idea of how I'm going to accomplish this. I am amazed and disappointed that even the well researched Aviattic decals do not take into account the eye witness references to silver-grey.
In this excellent photo of 103, I will have the dark areas green/green/brown but the areas in between that have been shown as the light blue with green streaking will be filled with a grey, silver/grey streaking that will be light in value close to the blue. The grey streaking will allow the blue to show through just as it peeks through the green streaks.
That's my cunning plan and I'm sticking to it. (Unless someone can talk me out of it.)
I'm excited about presenting Voss's 103 that more closely reflects the eye witness accounts. Eduard wings are primed white, may do some test streaks with green and the grey tomorrow.