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15 June 2005, 03:10 PM
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Best paint scheme
What is the best paint scheme for a German scout aircraft? I'm curious about what paint scheme would look the best, so please let me know what you think would look good.
 (It has to include the lozenge pattern camo)Regards, Dan |
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15 June 2005, 05:16 PM
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there are plenty if you look
Lowenhardt's yellow D.VII does a nice job of this.
Apparently, there were a few partially yellow fuselage Fokks, but only one all yellow. Loz wings. There is no photo known of this one, only text. I'm a fan of early Fokker-built streaks with five color lozenge wings. There is fair evidence to support this. There are dozens of Albatros Dvs to fit your criteria, as well. A Hanno C.III or IIIa also fits your criteria as do Halbie two-holers.
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15 June 2005, 06:44 PM
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I was thinking of all German scouts of the 1917-1918 period, (Albatros, D-VII, etc.) and what aircraft had the "best" paint. Some Jasta 5 aircraft had nice coloring, and being a model builder I would go with what looked the best. Accuracy is not an issue, as I would choose the craft to go with the paint.If you know of any German machine with a especially nice color scheme, please let me know.
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16 June 2005, 05:50 AM
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I've long thought that the color scheme on
 Karl Degelow's D.VII is hard to beat......http://www.rodenplant.com/HTML/421.htm
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16 June 2005, 08:13 AM
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For gaudy (and challenging) color schemes it's hard to beat the Albatros DIII and DV's. The lozenge pattern is particularly challenging if you plan to do the painting yourself.
What scale are you talking about here? |
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16 June 2005, 12:30 PM
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"BEST" paint scheme
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16 June 2005, 12:34 PM
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oops gave you the wrong site, try : www.wingstrut.com/
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17 June 2005, 05:54 PM
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It really doesn't matter what scale, as I scratchbuild models. If I was buyng a kit I would probably go with 1:35 or 1:72 scale, as those scales are the most popular. Anyway, some paint schemes are considered good by almost everyone, (like Richthofen's DR.1, or
Ernst Udet's D-VII, etc.) and these are the ones I'd like to know about.Regards, Dan |
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