vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Absolutly excellent!
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That is pretty ingenious and nicely done!
Some where there is a guy who is paid to come with these camo patterns.....
I've always thought that about some of the hi-vis 'recognition' markings too! Let's design a highly effective camouflage pattern, which will take many man-hours of work and countless field trials, not to mention much experimentation with paint colours, hues, finishes and types. Then, when we are happy that we have the best possible compromise to allow effective concealement on the ground and in the air, with the least effect on performance, we can splat on some colour, just to liven things up a bit!
Have to admit though, the luftwaffe camouflage was a modification of the original dark patterns, starting with the extension of the undrside blue colour up the sides of the fuselage, to be more effective in the bright skies during the winter of 1940 to '41. The mottling originated as a result of needing to tone-down this modification for operations over the Channel and southern England from the BoB onwards, and the later patterns were an extension of this. Even though a compromise, in order to achieve concealment on the ground, ground to air and air to air, these later schemes did work well from all accounts.