Roland D.VI in a US camouflage scheme

[rhwinter]

Hi all, I found this Profile by Juanita Franzi of - as far as I remember - a post armistice Roland D.VI in US-Service, trying out a new camouflage-scheme.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=428382947237684&set=a.193638894045425.48364.171168422959139&type=1&permPage=1

I remember to have seen a photo of that plane too.
Does anyone have some more Information on that plane? Pics? Links? Literature?
Thank you!
Richard

P.S. With a bit more of Information I could well fancy, building the WNW-Roland D.VI in that scheme. Perhaps if Pheon Decals could... (*hint, hint*)

[BLOWHARD]

Buy this book, it's HIGHLY recommended!!! 
http://www.amazon.com/Roland-Aircraft-WWI-Centennial-Perspective/dp/1935881205/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393104198&sr=8-1&keywords=Roland+aircraft

[rhwinter]

Thank you, BLOWHARD! Seems to be a wonderful book for Roland addicts like me... There's a reference in this book to an article by Colin Owers in Windsock Worldwide Vol. 29, 2, that "covers experimental USAS day camouflage with many rare photos and spectacular Roland D.VIb colour profiles from Juanita Franzi".
I'll have a look!

[flypaper]

I have 7 photos of this a/c from all sides plus from above along with information about what the possible colors (chip card) used in its paint job. The only problem I am having is every time I try to up load them I get a to big message.

Flypaper

[stefanbuss]

IIRC, some photos of that paintjob are included in the datafile on the DVI, but no mention of the paints used. Searching for Colin's article in Windsock vol 29 might be a good idea.

Stefan

[rhwinter]

Hi, flypaper,
although I'll be ordering Windsock Worldwide Vol. 29, 2, soon to get hold on Colin Owers' article, I'd be very much interested in your photos... I don't know how to post big datafiles here on the Forum, but if you'd want, you could send them via a provider (e.g. this one: https://de.hightail.com/up?phi_action=app/orchestrateUpload) to me - although I'd love to see them shared with everyone here too! And I don't know what to offer to you in return.
Richard

[rhwinter]

Did it - thanks Red Baron!

[flypaper]

Hi, flypaper,
although I'll be ordering Windsock Worldwide Vol. 29, 2, soon to get hold on Colin Owers' article, I'd be very much interested in your photos... I don't know how to post big datafiles here on the Forum, but if you'd want, you could send them via a provider (e.g. this one: https://de.hightail.com/up?phi_action=app/orchestrateUpload) to me - although I'd love to see them shared with everyone here too! And I don't know what to offer to you in return.
Richard

Hello Richard

I have hopes this will work.

http://s202.photobucket.com/user/flypaper2222/library/US%20Roland%20D-VI%20plus%20color%20cards

I have seen and read Owens article. I wish he had done more to identify the colors used better. The 3 cards I added show what colors were used in the US ARMY during those days very few were used by the Air Service, but, since the others were available some of them may have been used on the Roland and other scheme experiments.

Flypaper

[rhwinter]

Thank you very much, Flypaper!!

[rhwinter]

Hurra, WingnutWings DID IT!! Thannnkyou!

[stefanbuss]

At least we now have WNW's interpretation of the experimental US camo on the DVIb.

Nice.

Stefan

[drdave]

Where.?

[flypaper]

I wondr how much interest there will be in it (world wide), after all it was a one of a kind and existed for a very short time before it was destroyed in a hangar fire.

FP

[rhwinter]

Yes sure, flypaper, you're right, but wouldn't the world be a lot more boring, if there were or would have been more Camels and Fokker D.VII? (My 5 Cents..)
Richard

[uncletony]

actually I think there will be tremendous interest on the part of modelers towards the McCook Field Roland. It's a "different", very colorful yet bellicose camo scheme with excellent references avail yet still open to plenty of interpretation (the mysterious shiny metal appliqué on the belly! Bare metal foil? Alclad II? ). There are also several iterations of the scheme providing more interest. I bet we see bunches of them...