Second episode of my doubts, the fuselage and engine colours...
I know noone had the answer but I'm just loocking for diferent point of view.
Anyway, write all this in this post helps me to do my choices...
so let's see what we have...
as far as I know there are three Caudron G4 autochromes.
autochrome are original colour pics (lumière brothers invent this system). autochrome pictures have reputaiton to keep original colour and resist at the time...
first one a lumière autochrome taken in Rosnay en summer of 1917, the G4 n°1547 of the C39.
Second one , an autochrome showing all C30 pilots in 1916. This picture have been taken in Rosnay too and perhaps it's the same photographer. Admire the uniformity of the uniforms!
The third one was founded in Lyon by Marc Chassard. It belongs to an unknow squadron.
We also have two caudron conserved in Museums: one in the MAE orf Paris and thi other one in the NASM near Washington.
both of them have been restaured, but the washington one seems to keep more originals elements.
the Le Bourget museum one:
and the NASM one:
Loocking at the autochromes, the second one is most interesting. The third one is very strange and seems grey blue, mean while the first one seems to be in the same colours than the second one.
By the way, it seemms evident the the Paris G4 paint have been based in this autochrome
If I am not Wrong the NASM one have kept is original paint , in the fuselage. it seems much more yellowish...
sur la fantastique maquette en scratch intégral de Maya32 au 1/32 que vous avez certainement encore en tête, on a en quelque sorte, un mix des deux tons:
in this wondefull al scratched 1/32 model, we have a mix with the cowler based in NASM colour and fuselage based in the autochrome colours...
I will have too choose between two options:
An 100 years old autochrome or an 100 years old plane's paint...
I would say I think the autochrome resist better at past time than paint in the plane...
Jörg take as reference the NASM it seems (correct me if I am wrong)
Xmalt would be more in the autochrome spirit (with metal part in the same colour but lighter)
and you, what do you think about it ?
Xan