New Lozenge decals

[StephenLawson]

Originally Posted by jamo

Do you use the same colour rib tapes on the under surfaces of the wings as on the upper surface?

Greetings Jamo; Yes I believe they were one piece around the rib profile. Even to the use of upper colour lozenge cut in strips. Dan and I disagree on this. If OAW used solid lt. blue rib tapes and Albatros used Salmon pink, these were one piece around the rib profiles. From the examples I have seen used on wing panels this was true of the lozenge as well.

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Stephen Lawson:
I agree the the Albatros salmon and the OAW light blue were used one piece top and bottom. On the Lozenge cut strips the dark pattern was used on the top surface and the light pattern on the bottom surface. The two strips can be tacked to the leading edge of the rib to serve as an anchor point.
Blue skies.
Dan-San

[StephenLawson]

As I said Dan and I disagree on this, but he has seen our 5 colour undersurface Fokker D.VII wing panel fabric, verified by Alan Toelle. It has top colour rib tapes. Just putting this back on track now this is about a water slide decal for modeling WWI German aircraft.

[Blaxland's Mistake]

Please put us out of our misery and tell us what manufacturer is making them, when they will be released, how much they are, and where we can get them.

GB

[StephenLawson]

Originally Posted by Blaxland's Mistake

Please put us out of our misery and tell us what manufacturer is making them, when they will be released, how much they are, and where we can get them. GB

I can only repeat what they will let me say.

A. At first it will be available from their website.
B. One sheet will have about six strips of lozenge decal.
C. The projected price is 9.00 USD a sheet.
D. As I have mentioned they are very easy to work with and in many ways are as good as the OOP Eagle Strike sets.
E. They did do the "dark" 5 colour upper instead of Eagle Strike's "Very Dark" 5 colour upper. (There were two types according to the experts).
F. They will be announced available as soon as the website shopping cart is up and running.
G. The owner is NOT ME. But he does frequent here.
H. He will be the one to announce when it all comes together.

[WarrenD]

Stephen,
Are they only going to do 1/48th or will they do other scales such as 1/72nd as well?

Warren

[StephenLawson]

I was told that they would do 1/72. When I don't know.

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Stephen:
Do you know which company the wing came from? you are stating all three did the same thing relative to the rib tapes. All three used cut strips of lozenge fabric for rib tapes. Can you locate the actual position of the cross on the wing?
Blue skies,
Dan-San

[StephenLawson]

The subject is decals and their application so here is another example of just that. A late model Fokker D, VII OAW , probably 8331/18.



Rib tapes here are upper surface type on the lower surfaces like our fabric at the Lafayette Foundation.

[StephenLawson]

Here is a progress report from the American connection. It looks like streaking for the Dr.I types will be offered as well.

"Dear Stephen

How goes it? Attached is the layout for the instructions. If you would be so kind, could you have a look and let me know if I’ve made any major errors? And generally how it reads? I’d REALLY appreciate your opinion. Oh, yes, there will be step-by-step images for the novice of the reverse. Just haven’t gotten there yet.

Are the other lozenge builds progressing? If you provide a few shots in high resolution, when you finish, I’ll probably use them on the instructions instead. Only because they will be more pristine and better illustrate the basic product.

Fabric texture is at the printer now. And the interior lozenge is coming along nicely. As well as the streaking. Cheers!. . ."