[Laserlloyd]

Jim:

I had forgot if you were a builder or not. I know If I was building a Dr.I like Achim is the last thing I would want on my plane was something the said that it was a repo. If I was lucky I would have a LeRhône type 9Ja or Oberursel UR II rebuilt by Fred Murin, a pair of Spandau LMG 08/15 from Dave Watts and some gauges that's all that would be original but everything else would be as close to the original as possible.

I really don't get your statement "The difference between making high quality reproductions and forgeries is largely in whether the reproductions are clearly marked as such. That is the ethical thing to do."

Forgery on what... because it doesn't say it's a repo doesn't make it original and something that you know is over 90 years old. I look at Fred's FI trip and how beautiful it is to me marked up with the words reproduction all over it.

When was the last time you saw a antique car and said that's really a nice car but some of the part on the car are reproduction and there not labeled.

I know that Fokker hasn't made these dataplates for over 90 years and there is no copyright on them. We are not talking about Fine art in which I would say yes that is a Forgery IF it was said to be the original.

I commend all builder's out there that try to make their plane as original and true to the original one was. Ted can sell them as reproductions but it doesn't have to say that on it. I don't know if you know who Rodney is and what he did to hurt WW1 aviation but if I sell something as original for $25.00 you must be really lucky and if you bought it for thousands of dollars then your the fool like every one on Ebay buying MVR's Fokker DR.I fabric.

Your mixing two things together reproductions and Fakes past off as original.

Jim, Please don't take this the wrong way I just disagree with your statement.

Lloyd...