[WWI] CDL .. again

[Tom Mason]

All this about CDL brings a question to mind. I read somewhere that some 
Fokker E. III looked grey because the fabric they used had tiny black dots 
on it like  news print pictures. Any truth to this?

T.O.M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Christy" <jbarchristy at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] CDL .. again


> Hi Michael,
>
>  When I made my Spinne I used black oil paint straight from the tube. The 
> flying surfaces were made of 10 thou styrene; I just rubbed the oil paint 
> on and let it dry about a day then rubbed it off using cotton buds. It 
> gave the surfaces a varigated off white appearance. I finished it off with 
> a coat of matt varnish althought today I would recomend Klear/Future. See 
> my picture sight again.
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Joel
>
> Michael Kendix <mkendix at hotmail.com> wrote:
>  My just about on-topic Fokker Spinne is up to the flying surface painting
> stage. Yes, it's linen. But do people think it should be cream-colored or
> simply white? As I mentioned, the museum replica of a Wright Bros.
> aeroplane is white.
>
> Ideas anyone?
>
> Michael
>
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