Tweener Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) Having taken in interest in Baltic air forces recently, I have been particularly interested in building a Latvian Fokker D.VII, Nieuport 24, Bulldog, and Gladiator. Does anyone know what exact dark green paint color was used by the Latvians on the upper surfaces of these aircraft? And whether or not the bottom surfaces were light gray or aluminum? If they were light gray, which color exactly? Thanks all, Tweener Edited September 14, 2018 by Tweener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) I have the book, "Latvian Air Force 1918 - 1940". Unfortunately there is no mention which shade of green is used, every caption says "Dark Green". Regarding photos and profiles... Fokker D.VII: Dark Green overall Gloster Gladiator Mk.I: Dark Green with Light Grey lower surface Bristol Bulldog Mk.II: Natural metal overall with upper wings, tailplane surfaces and upper rear fuselage decking in Dark Green Nieuport 24bis: Apparently they only had one but there is no photo or profile Edited September 14, 2018 by fubar57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweener Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 47 minutes ago, fubar57 said: I have the book, "Latvian Air Force 1918 - 1940". Unfortunately there is no mention which shade of green is used, every caption says "Dark Green". Regarding photos and profiles... Fokker D.VII: Dark Green overall Gloster Gladiator Mk.I: Dark Green with Light Grey lower surface Bristol Bulldog Mk.II: Natural metal overall with upper wings, tailplane surfaces and upper rear fuselage decking in Dark Green Nieuport 24bis: Apparently they only had one but there is no photo or profile I actually have a few photos of Nieuport 24 and some profiles to go with them, the bird was painted a few different ways during its service. As for the Dark Green, I'm tempted to go with FS 34089 or 34990. Maybe some experiments are in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 A kind of dark pine green is what I have always used...FS 34089 is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmaas Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 As far as Gladiators, here's a good link to numerous photos: LINK I would think the undersurfaces were not light gray, but rather aluminium dope/lacquer, as was the practice with other export Gladiators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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