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Rick:
Fok.DR.425/15 was delivered in the standard Fokker military finish of olive brown streaking on the upper and side surfaces and sky blue varnished > turquoise and all standard makings as required by Idflieg and contractual order from Idflieg. The dark red paint was applied by the mechanics who took care of his plane. The red paint is poorly mixed, the carbon black is not in solution and crudely applied. The paint is thinnly applied and is somewhat transparent. There is only one coat of red paint, it lacks a vehicle to give it good coverage.
The thickness of the paint film on the piece I had was .004" thick. The finishing requirements were two coats of dope, one coat of camouflage color, and one coat of varnish to waterproof the fabric surfaces. In 1918 in order to conserve dope ( was in critical shortage)on the Fok.D.VII, the the wings and tails were given two coats of dope and the fuselage one coat of dope and a coat of varnish to waterproof the fabric surfaces.
Blue skies,
Dan-San
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