Thanks all! I tend to agree that some splashes of colour might go well.
To that end, i've had an idea for some markings. The 11 year old me would have read McCudden's Flying Fury, where he describes the famous "green tail", a particular Albatros that he and 56 squadron faced in late 1917 and early 1918, and for which he held quite a lot of respect due to its pilot's flying skill. His description of his adversary's colours reads:
"We got close enough to open fire, and I engaged an Albatros, who was painted with a red nose, a yellow fuselage, and a green tail. He also had the letter K, on his top-plane. This Hun was destined to be always fighting my patrol somehow, and for the next three months we were continually meeting him." This description has confused historians, as it sounds allot like Jasta 5. However, McCudden goes on to describe the colours of the adversary squadron in this way:
"By now I was in the middle of these Albatroses and saw that they were a patrol of good Huns whom we had fought before. They all had red noses and yellow fuselages, but each had a different coloured tail. There was a red, light blue - who I had sent to sports - black, yellow, black and white striped, and our dear old 'green tail'. By Jove! They were a tough lot."Modern thinking is that his famous adversary was not from Jasta 5, but from Jasta 35b.
I am thinking perhaps an interpretation on McCudden's famous adversary might be interesting...? Red nose, green tail, "K" in white on the upper wing (and maybe fuselage, also in white, which might have been harder to spot in the heat of combat)... Thoughts?
Cheers,
BC
PS - if anyone wants to read more historical research about who "green tail" was, see here -
http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34568
