[WWI] Plywood

[Helen and Chris]

Hi,

everyone seems to talk about plywood being an alternative fuselage skin to canvas - an Albatros had a plywood skin, for instance.  And, in reply to a question, the answer came back that an AGO had a wood skin.

In view of the complaints about woodgrain decals, my questions are these:-

How many ply were the plywood?

What wood(s) were used - oak, ash etc.?

How did these two questions vary from one country to another?

I can probably work out how varnish darkened each wood, but it would be useful to know the above so that I can try and copy the essence of a particular woods grain.

TIA

Chris.
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