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EricGoedkoop · 7 April 2006, 08:51 AM

Yikes!

Here we go!

This is one of those horses that will continue to show faint signs of life until the Heavens open and drop a miraculous scrap of of something in our laps - and therefore will continue to be beaten. The materials list is one of the best clues right now and I buy a multi-colored wing, but I remain skeptical about the "streaked" application. My pet Unproven and Unprovable Dilettante's Theory on the whole Fokker issue is that 1) the streaked finish on fabric as seen on the Dr.I, early D.VII, Fokker-built AEGs and other assorted machines was multi-colored, at least two and possibly as many as four; 2) the E.V / D.VIII wings were also multi-colored, stained in large patches; 3) the "streaking" seen in some photos of said wings is more likely a combination of wood grain and hasty ("efficient") application of stain than a deliberate technique; and 4) such a multi-colored camouflage pattern on said wings would probably not merit very much special comment because it's really not at all dissimilar to the camouflage seen on many, many German aircraft prior to the introduction of the lozenge fabric - it's simply a version of the "terrain camo" just like, for example, the mauve and green patches seen on Albatros wings.

I'm not sure I agree color-wise with Achim's olive and light blue version of the fabric streaking, but I'm 100% with him on how these finishes were created: "I just take a brush and paint that thing." I reckon that applies to the E.V / D.VIII wing as much as it does to the Dr.Is and D.VIIs.

Commence Deriding the Armchair Historians . . . . . . now.

7 April 2006, 08:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
EricGoedkoop Pinko Peacenik Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 1,450	Yikes! Here we go! This is one of those horses that will continue to show faint signs of life until the Heavens open and drop a miraculous scrap of of something in our laps - and therefore will continue to be beaten. The materials list is one of the best clues right now and I buy a multi-colored wing, but I remain skeptical about the "streaked" application. My pet Unproven and Unprovable Dilettante's Theory on the whole Fokker issue is that 1) the streaked finish on fabric as seen on the Dr.I, early D.VII, Fokker-built AEGs and other assorted machines was multi-colored, at least two and possibly as many as four; 2) the E.V / D.VIII wings were also multi-colored, stained in large patches; 3) the "streaking" seen in some photos of said wings is more likely a combination of wood grain and hasty ("efficient") application of stain than a deliberate technique; and 4) such a multi-colored camouflage pattern on said wings would probably not merit very much special comment because it's really not at all dissimilar to the camouflage seen on many, many German aircraft prior to the introduction of the lozenge fabric - it's simply a version of the "terrain camo" just like, for example, the mauve and green patches seen on Albatros wings. I'm not sure I agree color-wise with Achim's olive and light blue version of the fabric streaking, but I'm 100% with him on how these finishes were created: "I just take a brush and paint that thing." I reckon that applies to the E.V / D.VIII wing as much as it does to the Dr.Is and D.VIIs. Commence Deriding the Armchair Historians . . . . . . now. Last edited by EricGoedkoop; 7 April 2006 at 08:57 AM.