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Old 12 October 2008, 05:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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5 color Lozenge - techmod or Eduard?

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I am looking for a little opinion on Lozenge decals. What I have is the decals from the 8110 Eduard D.V kit, and I would like to do the Loezer Black and white aircraft as well as the Stropp aircraft.
First problem is the kit only has one set of lozenge decals, and from what I have read they are not accurate for either plane - plus I like the darker 5 color lozenge anyway.
It looks like I have two options of aftermarket decals for 5 color dark lozenge - Eduard and Techmod. They are both close in price and as far as I can tell I will need to buy after market rib tape decals either way.

So, question is this: any opinions or advice either way?
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Old 12 October 2008, 06:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Here is a bit of fun. Some of the best lozenge out there for this purpose. IMO. Its all detailed in the models title here.

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Five color printed fabric.

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Shaun, five color printed fabric is five color printed fabric. All the fabrics were printed by the same cloth mill, Idflieg, controlled the orders, dye colors, purchased and distributed the finished fabric to the German aircraft industry. There are two fabrics, an upper dark pattern and a lower light pattern. The dark pattern was intended to be used on upper and side surfaces and the lighter pattern on the under surfaces.
Oblt. Bruno Loezer's Alb.D.Va 5602/17 has a painted camouflage scheme, it is not covered with printed fabric.
Stropp, Alb.D.Va 7161/17, which is now in the National Air &Space Museum in Washington D.C. the wings and tailplane are correctly covered with 5 color printed fabric,but do not belong to Alb.D.Va
7161/17. However, the wings do not match the serial number on the fuselage, they are from at least two different aircraft, and not Alb.D.Va D.7161/17. Alb.D.Va 7161/17 is from a batch built by Albatros that were finished in a painted camouflage.
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Old 12 October 2008, 07:13 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks!

Thanks Dan and Stephen!
stephen. Those Microsculpt decals sound pretty good, thanks for the link, I think I may give them a try.
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