richtofen fokker dr 1 425/17 underside color?

[aurelien wolff]

Hello, I got the revell kit of manfred von richtofen plane and I was wondering if it's correct to say the underside of its wings was blue or not

Thanks for your answers!

 

[Wurger]

The Richthofen's Fokker Dr.I 425/17 in March 1918 was of the red overall.

 

[Wurger]

And here a quite large first shot seen above.

the pic source: the net.

 

[aurelien wolff]

I've seen some claim it shows a blue separation? What colour were von Richthofen's aircraft?

 

[Wurger]

I can't see any separation between the two colours that should be noticed at the wing leading edges. If there would be the light blue colour on the undersides the difference didn't look like there. See the tyre tone. The difference in the paint tinge there is caused by the ligh and the type of the red paint that seems to be of the satin, almost gloss one. The only difference between the Dr.I 425/17 seen in March and the same Dr.I 425/17 in April were the German crosses that were changed from the Pattee ones to the Balken crosses and the white rudder for the April kite ... according to the Cutting Edge Decals set for Richthoffen's triplanes and Eduard kit.