Re: German Prop Colour?
 

There was always exception and they are interesting for modelers. For excample there is few late war Bf109 with pale propeller baldes, maybe RLM76, and some with painted blade tips. But this is just exceptions, not the wide used rule.

Re: German Prop Colour?
 

A little info from LEMB.

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Some interesting aspects may appear if you read your reference material thouroghly...

Quoting "L.Dv 521/1 Behandlungs- und Anwendungsvorschrift für Flugzeuglacke 1941"
Flieglack 7146 (Luftschrauben-Anstrich) (Prop blade painting)
...
Verarbeitungsvorschrift (instruction for processing)
1. Careful degreasing of the propeller blades
2. Thinly spraying laquer 7142,- in one layer...(a primer of no particular colour)
3. Spraying laquer 7146.71 in one layer crosswise... (1st layer pigmented in RLM 71)
4. Spraying laquer 7146.70 in one layer crosswise... (2nd layer pigmented in RLM 70)

So metal prop blades show two different pigmented layers of colours with blackgreen RLM 70 painted over dark green 71. The reason is evident - to control the amount of necessary paint layers. This significates that an ageing prop blade will show more and more of RLM 71 and thus appear brighter. Btw, only the airscrew manufacturer was allowed to paint the prop blades because of the imminent danger of unbalance.

What does this mean for the wooden prop blades? As I´ve stated before, the Lackkette for wooden parts is quite different with different laquers and primers, most of them in transparent colours. Given the fact only one pigmented layer would be necessary to cover the basic layers this might be RLM 71 dark green. But that´s a first theory - I´ve found no special description for wooden props up to now.

Regards

Fran

Re: German Prop Colour?
 

Wood get wood sealer and primer coat but after that final coat of color. So the rule you have mention above is for sure used for that type of propeller too.