>I'm presently building the Pegasus 1/72 Albatros DV straight from
>the box, in a 5 colour lozenge scheme. Pegasus and other references
>say to apply the lozenge spanwise. For the lower mainplane this fits ok,
>but for the upper mainplane there is going to be a join. Now, as the
>suction peak of the aerofoil is near to the leading edge, I would put
>the join near to the trailing edge. Is this how Albatros covered their
>mainplanes ? Advice needed.
If applying it spanwise, there should be a seam line running the length of the
wing about 2/3 up the height of the aileron cutout. DON'T try to match either
the pattern of the ailerons or match the two spanwise pieces.
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