Lozenge decal test it for all

[Doug Baumann]

i know i know black and white ??? what you are looking at is photos of the decal and photo's of the A-H HEX and you can see the simularitys in them and the decal { i hope} the colors are the dark band of the decals the top right photo has the dark band in it the rest is to compear tones yes i have the colors on the decal but this is a test Doug

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[FOKKERJ]

Originally Posted by Doug Baumann

i know i know black and white ??? what you are looking at is photos of the decal and photo's of the A-H HEX and you can see the simularitys in them and the decal { i hope} the colors are the dark band of the decals the top right photo has the dark band in it the rest is to compear tones yes i have the colors on the decal but this is a test Doug

Hi Doug,

Looking good!
Which machine is this fotograf of?

Have you tried the lighter band yet?

Cheers, Jay

P.S. Have you ckecked the size?
Did the measurements I provided check out?

[Doug Baumann]

HI JAY 3 aircraft no not yet i have to work on that tonight

[FOKKERJ]

Originally Posted by Doug Baumann

HI JAY and thanks i should say some thing about the A-H Hex i really didn't mean traced like you would thank of traced but a darkening of the edges of each hex i will post this very soon and i must say i thank i got it the effect is unreal and lovely and matchs closely black and white photo's of the time i will post it tonight ..
Doug

Hi Doug,

Right, as in over painting (not staying within the lines!). It still wouldn't be consistantly repetitious, but would be on a case by case basis.
Maybe a separate area like "Wild Cards"!

It would depend on how severe it was.

Cheers, Jay

P.S. Since you have probably read my last post before have I edited it and added a P.S., you might want to check it out.

Here it is:

"P.S. Have you ckecked the size?
Did the measurements I provided check out?"

Don't forget "WILD CARDS"!

[FOKKERJ]

The image on the lower left looks like it is painted on cloth.
Yes I see the "tracing".
I like the way that you have copied the consistency of the colors not being applied solidly, the paint's saturation is not evenly applied.

In fact, both of the images on the left look like they are painted on cloth!

[Doug Baumann]

HI JAY i am trying also lol lol all photos were from fuselages !! i believe it was from stippling effects like the AEG''s 6 color hex , but know i thank i am on the right track with both A-H and German mottled hex . .... yes Jay i have checked the size and thank your right or at least close the big thing is to make the hex or lozenge as big as you can and scale them down to the size you need , most of the lozenge were made bigger then 1/28 scale and i just scale them down ... Doug

[Doug Baumann]

here is the A-H hex put on my plans drawing one is in black and white the other is in color !! what do you thank ?? am i on the right track ... Doug

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[mgtaylor]

PERSONALY ... YES !! Id say you were SPOT ON for the AH Hex.

You have developed an Amazing EYE for creating this stuff and WE ALL owe a great debt of Gradiute.

If not for your open source work here there simply would be a block hole of working examles of these prints. !!

I think it s great. Cant wait to see it !! Are you building one ?

Yours mIke

[Doug Baumann]

yes i am going to scratch build one, but a AEG GIV is getting in the way .. thanks Mike ...... Doug

[FOKKERJ]

Here is another Artist's interpretation:

Fall of the Eagle - WWI Aviation Art Gallery

Looking good!

Some of the colors look a little bright to me, but otherwise this is looking great!

I will probably have a better feel when you do some decal patterns in the different "Band Widths" and "Light and Dark" colors.

Dr. Martin O'Connor states that "Band Width - the lighter and darker hexagon groupings or bands varied in width from three to seven hexagons."

Also that these were in groups of "Light fuselage bands, Dark fuselage and wing bands, and Light wing bands."

With the Hex flat sides, top and bottom (Points, left and right), he gives us these pattern:

He has the Light fuselage bands as:

"L(light) = 1 = Pale Grey (21B1)
M(medium) = 2 = Orange grey (5B3)
D(dark) = 3 = Terra Cotta (7D7)"



***D******D********************3*******3
L******L********************1*******1
***M******M*********OR*********2*******2
D*****D*********************3*******3
***L*******L********************1*******1
M*****M********************2*******2


"Dark fuselage and wing bands:

L(light) = 1 = Terra Cotta (7D7)
M(medium) = 2 = Prussian Blue (21F7)
D(dark) = 3 = Olive (3F6)

***D******D********************3*******3
L******L********************1*******1
***M******M*********OR*********2*******2
D*****D*********************3*******3
***L*******L********************1*******1
M*****M********************2*******2


"Light wing bands:

1 = Terra Cotta (7D7)
2 = Orange Grey (5B3)
3 = Olive (3F6)
4 = Blue (21B6)

****3******3*******3
2*******2*******2*******2
****1*******1*******1
4*******4*******4*******4
****2*******2*******2
1*******1*******1*******1
****3*******3*******3
4*******4*******4*******4
****1*******1*******1
2*******2*******2*******2
****4*******4*******4



Then we need to add the "WILD CARD" Hexagons.
These are randomly distributed amongst the Light and Dark patterns, in small quantity. The colors given are:

"Pale Turquoise (24A3) and
Greyish Blue (23B4)"

A/G had these Wild Cards on the side of their decal sheet for the modeler's discretion.

Have fun, Jay aka FOKKERJ

P.S. I hope that this is a help.