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Hexagon color on Austro-Hungarian Aviatiks

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Borsos:
Hello all,

I am no expert at A-H warcolors at all. And as I am building HPHs Aviatik Berg D. I (Aviatik built series 138), I just wondered about the to me unusual colors HPH recommends with its color callouts:


My knowledge - or I should better call it just „memory“ -  of those hexagons were much more like that:



In spite of HPH offers an Aviatik built Berg and WDF 45 shows like the flashback boxart Linke- Crawfords Lohner-built Berg, the pattern is quite similar, but the tones are much colder on HPH and much warmer on the latter color depictions.

I tried to get a little deeper into researching, huberlu seems to have had similar questions (http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35183).
I learned at least two things:
1. There‘s no definite answer to the question how exactly those Hexagon camouflage looked like in 1918
2. The reason for this is „ There were so many variations from painter to painter, Manufacturer to manufacturer, Fliks, Fleks, and Flaks, a lot of the schemes were applied in the field! Not to mention the variations in colors from batch to batch and sources.“ (I love statements like these, as they give you so much artistic license  :)  )

In short: Am I completely wrong, when I stick to HPHs general color layout, but go for colors with a warmer shade like on WDF 45?
I am not going to use HPHs separately sold decals anyway (because I just don’t like the colors) but the masks that are given with the kit.

Many thanks in advance
Andreas

Rob Hart:
The artwork in the JaPo book of the same aircraft featured by HPH and shown in your photos has the same pattern, but some of the colors are different. Specifically, the green and the darker tan are both darker. I recall that the colors of the decals in the Flashback kit received much criticism when the kit was released. I also have a set of Doug Baumann decals that matches the artwork in the JaPo book fairly closely with the exception of the dark blue being brighter.
Personally, I'm not very rigid regarding WWI colors. I think that there are just too many variables to consider when trying to determine the exact color of 100+ year old doped fabric and I to fall squarely into the "close enough" camp. My advice is to make an educated guess and go with what you like and feel comfortable defending.

Borsos:
Thanks Rob! That’s a pragmatic way that I went more than once, too.
Andreas

Tim Mixon:
Andreas,
Personally, I like HPH’s colder colors.  I feel it is more of a cammo representation than the brighter depictions. Whichever way you choose I’m sure it will look fabulous. 

All the best,
Tim

pepperman42:
Would Osprey's Austro Hungarian aces (#46) by Christopher Chant or Austro Hungarian Fighter Units by Zoltan Czirok help? I don't own either.

Steve

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