I’m really busy this weekend but determined to crack on with the balloon busting, painting the British Caquot balloon and building a Drachen for the Germans. There’s a bit of an historical debate, so it would seem, about the exact colour of observation balloons, with various possible shades from khaki, to canvas, olive green and even silver dope. I’ve gone for Foundry Drab in three layers for the Caquot balloon but will paint the Drachen in a shade of faded green, which seems to have been aone of the colours used at the time.