[WWI] Ago C.II colour schemes

[Steve Cox]

Thanks to all those who replied. There is a picture of a C.II in flight in
Imrie¹s German Army Air Service, that shows the fuselage & Booms lighter
than the wings, so I think I¹ll go with CDL for the wings and tail, and pale
blue/grey for the rest.

Does the datafile have any internal detail or pictures of the underwing
radiator?  I¹ll have to look out for a copy at the Hendon Model show on
Sunday ­ GWICC will be there ­ Sopwiths & Fokkers are the theme

 The kit is the Joystick vacform. I started cutting it out many years ago,
the impetus to pick it up again came from one of my model club members, who
is doing a display of twin-boomers for our club show in September.

Now I¹ve got the bug, I need to get hold of some more kits and do a
three-bay C.I and a C.III

Von Fremery ­ I had heard that, but it was in the Encyclopedia Fernettica,
so I didn¹t really believe it.  :)
regards
Steve



From: Diego Fernetti <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
Reply-To: WW1 Mail List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 19:36:59 -0300
To: WW1 Mail List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Subject: Re: [WWI] Ago C.II colour schemes


Steve!
> The Ago C.II had plywood fuselage and booms, yet none of the pictures I have
> show any trace of any grain on fuselage or booms (except for the prototype).
> Every picture shows a uniform pale colour, the white of the markings shows
> up against this colour.
>
> Any references or views on what finish was used?

Probably the plywood was covered with doped fabric, as in the case of
Pfalz and Roland fuselages. The colours were -as per datafile- pale
straw yellow (CDL?) with dark edgings, or perhaps, pale blue/grey as
in Roland C.IIs.
Which kit are you building? Or perhaps a scratchbuilt Ago?
Did you knew that Von Frémery, one of the designers, was born in Buenos
Aires?
D.



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