[WWI] Pfalz D.VIII

[Eric Gallaud]

Hello,

Thank you for the information, Dave, they are very interesting. I think 
that I will go for the 5 colour fabric rib tape.
I also will paint the Baumer's marking in black.

Jim, thank you also for you information.

All the best
Eric

Hooper, Dave a écrit :
> Hi Eric
>
> I built this kit a year or so ago, and very easy it was to build too. I
> didn't add rib tapes, mainly because it was a review model and I was in
> hurry to finish it. However I regretted it later as I didn't feel the
> finished item looked quite right without them. 
>
> Now to your question:-
>
> According to Dan San Abbot:-
>
> Dan_San_Abbott
> 3 May 2003, 06:59 AM
> PaulC:
> Pfalf Flugzeugwerke covered the Late production Pfalz D.IIIa, Pfalz VIII
> and Pfalz D.XII with five color printed fabric. The rib tapes were cut
> strips of matching five color fabric, dark pattern and the light pattern
> on the bottom. The rudder was covered with dark pattern or plain fabric
> and over painted with white paint.
> Blue skies,
> Dan-San
>
> By the way, I'm sure you realise already that Baumers fuselage strip
> markings supplied with the kit are incorrect (at least incorrect to
> popular opinion) - they shoud be black, white and red.
>
> Good luck with the build
>
> Regards
>
> Dave
>
>
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> Behalf Of Eric Gallaud
> Sent: 20 April 2008 17:27
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
> Subject: [WWI] Pfalz D.VIII
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> Hello,
>
> I build a Pfalz D.VIII from Ardpol and I have a question regarding the 
> camo. The wings will be covered by lozenge 5 colours, but what about the
>
> rib tapes ? Are they blue/pink, made from camo or invisible ?
> The plane I intend to depict is Baumer's one. On the Pfalz aircraft book
>
> (FMP) Alan Durkota represented this plane without any rib tape. What is 
> the "truth" ?
>
> All the very best
> Eric
>
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