Rex, love the idea of filling the tube to be bent with sand to prevent crimping! Another reason to make a trip to the beach while it is still warm! How is your Ferrules project coming? If it is just as easy to make 300 as it is 100, then let Fokker210 and me know.
Fokker210, glad you liked the shots. The large rudder print: i believe it is an original DR-1 technical drawing.... this was taken from page 121 of "Fokker Dr.1 Triplane- a World War One Legend" by Paul Leaman. First, I scanned the image into a 1 Gig (yes, HUGE) file, then opened it up in PhotoShop to correctly scale it. Then I printed it out on a 42" plotter.... that's how I made the large color print of the DR-1 in my shop too... I have since modified the size of the rudder file to make it easier to open on other computers. I found it nearly spot-on to Sands' rudder.