V-2 color?
Teufelsdröckh
florentius at mac.com
Wed May 2 14:40:34 CDT 2001
A description of markings can be found here:
<http://www.v2rocket.com/start/makeup/makeup.html>
And check out these links for the manned V2, the A4b!
<http://www.v2rocket.com/start/makeup/a9pilot.gif>
<http://www.v2rocket.com/start/makeup/a4b_pattern.jpg>
<http://www.netaxs.com/people/ebailey/a4b_launch.jpg>
<http://www.netaxs.com/people/ebailey/a4bphoto.jpg>
Thomas Morrison wrote:
>
> Hey, does anyone happen to know the color of the
> actual V-2s fired by the Germans in WWII? The only images I've been able to
> locate are of rockets that the Americans captured
> and fired from White Sands. In order to study the rate of rotation, etc, the
> Americans painted them in various two-tone color schemes, but I'm not so
> certain this was true for the Germans.
> Oh, and by the way, I believe some of you may find this site
> to be of (mild) interest: http://www.imex-model.com/V2-rockets.htm
> Dig the name of the company. ;)
>
> Cheers,
> TM
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