The more I look at the picture of WK616, the more I think its just a trick of the light (generally), if you look at many of the other black and white pictures in DCW’s collection taken about the same time you will see that the light refracts very differently from the fabric covered surfaces (rudder), metal surfaces and the moulded surfaces (nose cone). If you look at the picture you will notice that it is high in contrast with the black levels heavily raised (the hangars in the background are almost solid black), this would also increase the contrast, depth and overall appearance of the curved areas of the fuselage making them seem darker than they truly are. Of course all this actually just adds to the question of the area in-front of the cockpit, which should really stand out if it was its normal black!
So to sum-up my thoughts, I think everything is silver except the area in front of the cockpit – which should be black, but isn’t, but then it could be silver also – confused yet??
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