Triplane Fuselage Framework

Trackpad · 27 May 2006, 07:31 AM

Hi, Everyone,

Quick call for information: does anyone know if there is a definitive colour for the internal tubular framework for the Fokker Triplane? I've seen RLM 02 used, but I wonder if there is anything definite out there. Hey, maybe it IS RLM 02! My Windsock Datafile Special does not mention anything that I can find. Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,

Gary

mgtaylor · 27 May 2006, 09:42 AM

There are others most likely better qualified to answer.

The Interior framework metal tubing I understand to have been painted a Lt Grey.

MK has a specific color for it, GC08 GERMAN LIGHT GREY. I thought it might have been left unfinished Steel, but I am wrong and to me it seems it served as a kind of Rust/Primer Coat?

Yours Truely

Mike www.misterkitusa.com

Dan_San_Abbott · 29 May 2006, 06:26 PM

Trackpad:
Fokker Flugzeugwerke use light grey paint to rust proof the steel frame work on their aircraft. I wonder if they drilled a small hole at each end of the tubes and put linseed oil in one hole fill the the tube, and then let it drain out the other hole to rust prioof the inside of the tubing?
Blue skies,
Dan-San

SteveS · 29 May 2006, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan_San_Abbott

Trackpad:
Fokker Flugzeugwerke use light grey paint to rust proof the steel frame work on their aircraft. I wonder if they drilled a small hole at each end of the tubes and put linseed oil in one hole fill the the tube, and then let it drain out the other hole to rust prioof the inside of the tubing?
Blue skies,
Dan-San

I had heard (although I can't remember where) that the tubing was heated up during welding to evaporate any moisture inside to retard any internal rusting.

Salute,
Steve

Terry_Crisp · 29 May 2006, 07:42 PM

Genlemen,
The early tripes had the framework painted something near Feldgrau (they were obsessed with the color apparently). At some point in the production run ( probably at the grounding for wing failures, but I'll have to research the exact date) Idflieg. insisted that the tubing be painted with clear so as not to hide defects or corrosion. So it's one or the other from that point. Wish I could be more specific but my memory is not what...., what was I talking about?
Best regards to all,
Terry

StephenLawson · 30 May 2006, 10:40 AM

Greetings all;
This information was first published in the US whern the NASM restored (such as it was) Fok. D.VII 4635/18.

Trackpad · 30 May 2006, 02:12 PM

Hello, Everyone,

Thanks for all of this information. I plan on doing two triplanes, one in the "100" block and the other in the "400" block. Evidently, the first gets the grey treatment while the other probably goes with a glosscoated bare metal finish. I rather doubt that specific serials will have this type of information recorded...or would they? "The first step towards knowledge is the recognition of one's ignorance."

Thanks again!

Gary