Scale Soaring UK

Hello all,
I found this old B&W photo of a Minimoa on the Schempp Hirth website. I am having problems deciphering what the colour scheme is on it and I would appreciate your opinions as I'm not finding anything else on the internet.


Thanks in advance,
Ian

Ian,

The name on the side suggests Cheminitz which is a city in the Dresden/Saxony area of Germany. The colour schemes of German sailplanes from this era were usually region dependent and if this one follows that convention then it would be white and green for Dresden.

The band on the fin and rudder frequently indicates an attempt to obliterate the swastika that would have been painted there, quite often done later in the printing/publication stage and might be in the original red or even black.

I'm sure Vince will be along soon with a much more accurate and in depth explanation.

Thanks Robbie, Do you know if the green is an RLM colour? I'm assuming the tail number 23 has to be white since its so highly constrasted and the rest of the airframe would be ivory & doped linen?


Cheers,
Ian

Would the front of the fuselage be white too? seems to be a highly contrasted colour also.

Ian

There is no white on the glider, except the competition number. See this page from the original site for the colour of the D-7-.... region

Like this??



BC

Whatever the colours, the front of the fuselage is significantly lighter than the rear.

Perhaps this might clarify it a little better:



...............and from a VGC article by Chris Wills from the 1980's:

It looks not dissimilar to the Rhonadler's colour scheme...

RobbieB wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 23:20 Whatever the colours, the front of the fuselage is significantly lighter than the rear.

Perhaps this might clarify it a little better:


data_scan.pdf



...............and from a VGC article by Chris Wills from the 1980's:


data_scan2.pdf

Thanks for sharing the articles. That really clarifies things. Should be a very attractive and interesting scheme. I am assuming it would be RLM 25 Bright Green which seems close to grass green. With all the different colour combinations, there should be enough choices to keep everyone happy. Now to find an interesting scheme for a Kranich!!

Thanks again to all

hi Ian
are you building the mo2a ?