[WWI] Fokker DVII Color Question

[Stephen Auslender]

The fun thing abouit this forum is that the opinions range from guys who try to get as accurate as possible to the guys who paint the models any way they want.
Years ago when I was into flying models the accuracy depended on the intent of the model. If the guy was building to enter it in a scale contest (usually staged by the AMA) then he would strive for accuracy. Those of us who build and flew strictly for the fun of it painted the airplanes to suit our fancy. It was for fun and creativity that we built our models.
I always felt that the guys who built the flying models were freer to use their imagination as the goal was to build models that flew well.
I also feel that a lot of the guys who build the plastic models that are intended for static display have this question hanging about, "Why" What am I gonna do with this after I build it? 
IMPS came along with their contests and their plated plastic trophies and a lot of guys got the bug to build to win contests. 
Well that suites them, never meant much to me, though.
I build for the fun of it.
I have a bunch of reference books on the topics that show lots of color schemes. They are fun to read and look at However, 
I still prefer to paint my own schemes my way. If I want a cheap plastic trophy I'll build my own. That will be a lot of fun, too.
You pays your money and you makes your choices.
Enjoy,
Stephen
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ernest thomas" <reason108 at hotmail.com>
To: <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Fokker DVII Color Question


> >From: "Tom Solinski"
> 
>>An all red D-VII paint job is accurate if you're doing something from
>>"Wings" or another 1920's Hollywood movie.  But then how do we know it was
>>red because the film was B&W?
>>
>>If you want something more scale like on a Fokker, the Poles would repaint
>>them Green on top and lt Blue on the bottom.  Otherwise you're now on a
>>quest for Lozenge printed paper, and 3x $45 for the D-VII anthologies
> 
> And Tom makes a real good point here, Smokey. In light of the big gray 
> plastic propeller, I would even go as far as suggesting you could create 
> your own personal scheme. You could incorporate authentic elements that you 
> might happen to like, such as fuselage bands, initials, striped tails, 
> checkerboards, etc. but put them with your own overall color scheme that you 
> are comfortable doing,(read: avoiding making home made lozenge tissue).
> Funny thing about Fokkers is that they look good in so many colors.
> E.
> 
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