Hs 123 camouflage diagram

[Pilot]

Greetings all,

did anybody have camouflage diagram for Hs 123 with RLM 70 and 71 on top side?

Cheers

[ChrisS]

Hello Pilot

I can find no reference for a 70/71 Hs 123, plenty of books have the early colour splinter. However the front cover of Waffen Arsenal's Luftwaffe II Band 13 by Squadron Signal/Podzun-Verlag has a side profile with clear colour demarcations. PM me with your email if you don't have this illustration.

Cheers

Chris

[Pilot]

Thank you Chris- PM are on

[Mohawk73]

Something Like this?

[Pilot]

You are right Mohawk- just something like that. I have few images and try to make color profile but any attempt fail as well I see only one deep color on topside and I am not sure that they are single painted at top side.

Thank you for your time

[Mohawk73]

Y're welcom

[chuckschmitz]

Not a diagram but a good top view.

Chuck

[ChrisS]

Hi Chuck

That is a great picture but it illustrates the early upper three colour 61/62/63 scheme. The 70/71 scheme is difficult in the that the demarcation is almost impossible to discern on photos as the aircraft are often dusty, the colours have faded and the ambient light and glare often masks the colour borders. I have a lot of photos of this charismatic aircraft and on only a handful is this scheme in evidence and then only on parts of the aircraft.

Regards

Chris

[Pilot]

Yes, this is excellent top view of the old scheme! Thank you, it is useful too! Here it is result of your kind help:



Cheers

[Modeldad]

As far as I have been able to determine, the HS 123 was not painted in 70/71. It was in the 61/62/63/65 or an over-all dark green, most likely over paint of the four-color scheme.

The shadow cast by the upper wing is often mistaken for another color.