I had a bit of time last evening to look through some of the Canberra negatives. Takes quite a bit of time to look for specific aircraft, and longer to position various size negatives on the scanner, scan, resize, put on Photobucket, file, crop etc etc. But no sense having them if they are just going to stay in boxes and not be available to those with special interest in specific aircraft etc. Would certainly like to set up something that would at least Partially compensate for the time involved. (when I am not just doing scans of negatives for my Own aero interests). In any event, I looked at the seven negatives of WJ775 and honestly, as they all seem to be views of the entire aircraft, none seem to be close up enough to see any additional German stencils on the aircraft. But I’d have to go and scan them all to be sure and that will take half the morning for me. (when I Should be working.)Looking at one of your links I went through the files for 333 and found six for that, over a span of years. (this one is the most recent..)These were more interesting as I could make a NICE scan of one that was more close up. Then there is the fun of “rivet-counting” detail. The attached images, shown here, are only posted at 72dpi (standard Internet viewing resolution) The negative was actually scanned at 4800dpi, where the fun begins. They show the side stencils and markings, much more clear than these. But these still have good results, and,I think are enjoyable. You will notice that you CAN actually count the (24) rivets/screws in the round port in the cockpit windshield. You could also count the screws and position of them in the base of a small external antenna (not shown here). So working with negatives, and varying resolutions of scans and sizing takes some work but can produce interesting and satisfying results.
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