[WWI] Another F2b question, barely OT

[Paul Thompson]

I'm making up an Aeroclub F2b as a Mark IV. To keep it roughly OT, I'm doing 
one that was a 1918 airframe later brought up to Mark IV standard. I know 
most of the changes needed, but 2 remain:

1). Since this will be a wartime airframe later painted silver, does anyone 
have an informed opinion as to whether the fabric would be simply 
overpainted, so I can leave the inside CDL, or would it have been recovered, 
using salmon pink/red primer?

2). The pilot had a metal seat, square in plan view, and I assume much like 
any other '20s and '30s fighter seat. Does anyone have any other idea as to 
shape? There's a side view in the Datafile special, part 2, taken from the 
relevant Air Publication. It's just a dotted outline, so not terribly 
helpful.


If anyone can help, better take it offlist as these mods are definately 
post-war.



Paul T.