brewerjerry Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) Hi found this wilst browsing the net the flaps seem to be black coloured and the rudder and elevators a different colour to the rest ? or is it just shadowing ? https://www.mediastorehouse.com.au/mary-evans-prints-online/hawker-typhoon-1b-nose-type-event-war-14222724.html?prodid=8105 cheers jerry Edited November 1, 2020 by brewerjerry typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 The flaps are striped black and white, if you look closely, but in shadow. The elevators are the normal Medium Sea Grey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Work In Progress said: The flaps are striped black and white, if you look closely, but in shadow. The elevators are the normal Medium Sea Grey Hi you are right i can see it now you mention it cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDriskill Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) I think you are just seeing surfaces in shadow. I am NOT an expert in vintage photographIc equipment or films by any means, but it's been my observation that WW2-era black-and-white films can be very "contrasty," I.e. show variations in tone which seem disproportional to differences in lighting. When you see multiple photos of one aircraft, it's not unusual for an area that looks lighter than its surroundings in one image, to seem darker in the next, for instance. On complex finishes (such as mottling on German aircraft) it can often leave you really scratching your head... Edited November 1, 2020 by MDriskill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Aereo Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 The thing with photographic emulsions is that they were all - in varying degrees - extremely sensitive to variations in the ultraviolet spectrum, which the human eye cannot see at all, but which show up as tones of grey on film, and that photographers routinely used coloured filters to try and improve (or reduce) contrast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I believe too , that those were id stripes , prior to D Day these planes were striped to id them from the FW190's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Thomas Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 11/1/2020 at 7:58 PM, krow113 said: I believe too , that those were id stripes , prior to D Day these planes were striped to id them from the FW190's. Which is what you would expect as the photo was taken on 11 February 1943. US-T DN277 overshot its landing run at Matlask. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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