[WWI] Schultz's Early-Fokker D.VII

[Tom Solinski]

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From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of J. Michael Vice
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 6:18 PM
To: wwi at wwi-models.org
Subject: [WWI] Schultz's Early-Fokker D.VII

 

I've finally decided to get serious about finishing this kit and I've
painted much of it, but I need help on the colors for the axle-wing.  Fokker
Anthology No. 1 shows a number of color drawings, but I can't see the
axle-wing.  Three possibilities come to mind:

 

1.  The thing is covered with 5-color lozenge, top and bottom, just like the
wings (whose upper top was overpainted red).

 

2.  It was painted solid "Fokker Green" on top and light blue underneath.

 

3.  It was painted like the fuselage (before the white overcoating), CDL
with streaky Fokker Green on top and light blue under.

 

Anyone have special insights--or a WAG ("wild-a**-guess")?

 

                                            Mike

 

 

Mike from the text in Antholgy I it was Fokker 368/17 from the first Fokker
production batch which makes it fairly positive that the fuselage was
streaky green and blue before it was painted.  The text even says the
streaking shows under the white paint.

 

So if it was a Streaked airplane then the axle wing would have been streaked
too.. Antholgy 1 page 30 center column top paragraph.

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