[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Andreas and maccullagh,

I heard back from Ken Merrick about the subject of paint variability. His position, as detailed in his latest two books, is that paint manufacturers did have to adjust their formulas slightly for ingredient variability, apparently to maintain shade against color standards. He said that the RLM held the paint manufacturers to very tight tolerances. Even so, slight variations of half a shade did happen.

The subject of reviewing the AWM Me 163 B colors has been discussed earlier in this thread. The aircraft has been repainted, but photos do exist of it when it had its original camouflage. We are trying to obtain as many of these as possible.

Regards,
Richard