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Eichhörnchen · 12-17-16, 03:22 AM

That's interesting, the point that they were actually more visible from above while in flight... it makes perfect sense: the higher they flew, cloud, also simply density of atmosphere below, would cause them them stand out.

Also, it was known that a coat of matte paint slowed an aircraft by a considerable amount (especially a big one) owing to weight of the paint and the drag. The RAF continued to paint their bombers because they flew mainly at night but I don't know why they didn't also return to natural metal for their fighters.

The Luftwaffe began painting their fighters in more 'earthy' colours such as "braunviolette" right down their flanks and over the tailfins (often previously left light grey) in the later stages of then war because they were having to spend far more time on the ground, at which times a top camouflage would indeed be best.

Luftwaffe camouflage just by itself is a vast, fascinating and often controversial subject.

Aktungbby · 12-17-16, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

That's interesting, the point that
The Luftwaffe began painting their fighters in more 'earthy' colours such as "braunviolette" right down their flanks and over the tailfins (often previously left light grey) in the later stages of then war because they were having to spend far more time on the ground, at which times a top camouflage would indeed be best.

Luftwaffe camouflage just by itself is a vast, fascinating and often controversial subject.

Well just fill in the colour 'braunviolette' on this and show us!

Jimbuna · 12-17-16, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Top man. I can now see an edit button on the last three, but it looks like all of my preceding posts on this thread have lost their edit buttons.

I need my edit buttons, for removing defamatory remarks etc.

I've compared your account with that of Dowly in the admin control panel and they are almost identical so some change in the user group settings must have taken place.

I'll speak with Neal about it and hopefully matters can be rectified.

Eichhörnchen · 12-17-16, 08:32 AM

Must be a rodent thing.

Meanwhile, @ Aktung, they never used Braunviolett on the Me109E... it was a late-war RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) colour used on G's and K's, so there

Eichhörnchen · 12-17-16, 11:04 AM

Done a bit more today

And a bit more today

Eichhörnchen · 01-05-17, 01:08 PM

(before)

I've changed it quite a bit now and tried to convey more speed

Aktungbby · 01-12-17, 11:13 AM

http://inktank.fi/digital-artworks-jakub-rozalski/

Fubar2Niner · 01-12-17, 02:16 PM

^
Thanks for the link mate. Nice concept, the past mixed with the future. Not new I know, but well executed.

Eichhörnchen · 02-17-17, 02:47 PM

A Barn Owl... finished today.

fumo30 · 03-03-17, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

A Barn Owl... finished today.

Aww! Perfect!

Here's the tune:
Agincourt - Barn Owl Blues

Eichhörnchen · 03-04-17, 04:30 AM

Thank you, fumo30

Eichhörnchen · 04-05-17, 03:28 PM

Catfish · 04-06-17, 01:35 AM

Beautiful hare! Just right for the Easter days, too

I recently saw one on a field here, but they have become rare (all this industrialisation eating up there natural habitats).

Eichhörnchen · 04-06-17, 02:14 AM

Thanks, Catfish; we still see them, some years more than others, but they're thankfully not as scarce here in the fens as elsewhere.

Catfish · 04-06-17, 03:50 AM

Their population has gone back two thirds only in the last ten years in Germany, a direct result of intensive agrarian industry, and all kinds of poisons getting into the food chain

Then: Hunters, who do not care for protection but are eager to shoot. Hares and does are also hunted by crows, in open territory and all those open fields.

In Germany, hares have a lot of nicknames describing special "features" or manners of those bunnies like "Meister Lampe" or "Muemmelmann".
"Jans Mümmelmann, der alte Heidhase, lag in seinem Lager auf dem blanken Heidberg, ließ sich die Mittagssonne auf den billigen Balg scheinen und dachte nach über Leben und Tod."
(Jans Muemmelmann, the old heathland hare, lay on its lair on top of the blank Heidberg (heath mountain), let the midday sun shine on his cheap hide, and thought about life and death.) A short story by H. Löns

12-17-16, 03:22 AM	#556
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's interesting, the point that they were actually more visible from above while in flight... it makes perfect sense: the higher they flew, cloud, also simply density of atmosphere below, would cause them them stand out. Also, it was known that a coat of matte paint slowed an aircraft by a considerable amount (especially a big one) owing to weight of the paint and the drag. The RAF continued to paint their bombers because they flew mainly at night but I don't know why they didn't also return to natural metal for their fighters. The Luftwaffe began painting their fighters in more 'earthy' colours such as "braunviolette" right down their flanks and over the tailfins (often previously left light grey) in the later stages of then war because they were having to spend far more time on the ground, at which times a top camouflage would indeed be best. Luftwaffe camouflage just by itself is a vast, fascinating and often controversial subject. __________________

12-17-16, 08:32 AM	#559
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Must be a rodent thing. Meanwhile, @ Aktung, they never used Braunviolett on the Me109E... it was a late-war RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) colour used on G's and K's, so there __________________

12-17-16, 11:04 AM	#560
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Done a bit more today And a bit more today __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 12-18-16 at 11:56 AM.

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	More progress on 'Remagen Strike' (before) I've changed it quite a bit now and tried to convey more speed __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 01-05-17 at 01:17 PM.

01-12-17, 11:13 AM	#562
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,968 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	http://inktank.fi/digital-artworks-jakub-rozalski/ __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-12-17, 02:16 PM	#563
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,139 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	^ Thanks for the link mate. Nice concept, the past mixed with the future. Not new I know, but well executed.

02-17-17, 02:47 PM	#564
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	A Barn Owl... finished today. __________________

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thank you, fumo30 __________________

04-05-17, 03:28 PM	#567
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Just finished this __________________

04-06-17, 01:35 AM	#568
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,904 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Beautiful hare! Just right for the Easter days, too I recently saw one on a field here, but they have become rare (all this industrialisation eating up there natural habitats). __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

04-06-17, 02:14 AM	#569
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,787 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Catfish; we still see them, some years more than others, but they're thankfully not as scarce here in the fens as elsewhere. __________________

04-06-17, 03:50 AM	#570
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,904 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Their population has gone back two thirds only in the last ten years in Germany, a direct result of intensive agrarian industry, and all kinds of poisons getting into the food chain Then: Hunters, who do not care for protection but are eager to shoot. Hares and does are also hunted by crows, in open territory and all those open fields. In Germany, hares have a lot of nicknames describing special "features" or manners of those bunnies like "Meister Lampe" or "Muemmelmann". "Jans Mümmelmann, der alte Heidhase, lag in seinem Lager auf dem blanken Heidberg, ließ sich die Mittagssonne auf den billigen Balg scheinen und dachte nach über Leben und Tod." (Jans Muemmelmann, the old heathland hare, lay on its lair on top of the blank Heidberg (heath mountain), let the midday sun shine on his cheap hide, and thought about life and death.) A short story by H. Löns __________________ >^..^<)))>{ All generalizations are wrong. Last edited by Catfish; 04-06-17 at 05:07 AM.*