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 Finnish Air Force History part 3A (Keskinen & Stenman) says that the first seven Fokker D. XXIs that were manufactured in the Netherlands had Dutch camouflagebruin (camoulage brown) top surfaces. These planes were shipped to Finland in late 1937 and assembled in Tampere. But was camo brown already used in 1937, and was it ever used as a uniform colour, not as part of the three tone camouflage? Here's some footage from 1938 Aviation Expo in Helsinki, FR-81 is seen starting at 1 minute mark. The bottom looks to be reflective, but is it natural metal or painted aluminium finish? What about the upper colour, any opinions about whether it's dark brown or perhaps khaki which the Dutch used before the three tone camo.

https://yle.fi/a/20-105591

 

Here's a photo of the same FR-81, probably from 1938 as well.

https://www.finna.fi/Record/sim.M016-21163?sid=3476041918&lng=en-gb&imgid=1

 

 

  • 1 month later...
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The Finnsih Fokker D.XXIs that were manufactured in Holland were painted in a chocolate brown (FS 27056) on upper surfaces and lower surfaces in a silvery gray. Xtracolor 500 Duralumin is a pretty good match in my opinion

  • 3 weeks later...
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I had used Humbroll 98 chocolate for my plane.

 

Alain

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