20 December 2003, 07:29 AM
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Two-seater Pilot
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Location: Manchester, Ky
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Originally posted by Langdon@Dec 20 2003, 06:24 AM
[b] There is no evidence to suggest that any D.VIII wings were painted with a solid colour, As I have stated earlier in the thread I believe the Factory test photo is of a D.VIII wing. It would be nice if Dan-San can support his statement that he has photos showing different styles and possibly an image showing the streaky effect on latter built aircraft.
There was no reason to stop using streaky camouflage on the D.VIII wing, it seems to me that it was only the advent of printed fabric that changed Fokker's use of camouflage style on fabric covered surfaces, to move to a mono tone colour would have been a regressive step as far as camouflage goes and of course it would have used more paint. I think the reason the streaky effect does not often show up is that the stains are transperent, as well as being covered with a glossy varnish layer which could effect the way it is viewed from certain angles.
Langdon
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You're forgetting one possibility.........
It might be cheaper!
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