Hi,
after a long time of little modeling progress I've finished my WNW Fokker E.IV. As usual, a delightful model to build - especially the interior. It is "upgraded" with a Taurus engine, some HGW fabric seatbelts, and Gaspatch (1/48) turnbuckles. It was painted with a combination of Tamiya/Gunze acrylic lacquers, Drooling Bulldog lacquers and Schminke inks. It is supposed to represent E.IV 161/16 (Lt. Muller) of Kest 6 in April 1917 - WNW option D; i.e. it is a late survivor and I have interpreted the paint scheme liberally - using the photograph - to show the accretion of the various camouflage practices from 1915-16/early 1917. For example I've interpreted the pale tone on the starboard wing as lilac:
1. Basic factory unbleached linen for fuselage (except dorsal), ochre varnished/dyed flying surfaces and upper fuselage.
2. Light streaky field application of light olive and light brown on the fuselage sides.
3. Overpainting of upper wing crosses (and tailplane) with light brown, light olive and lilac, leaving inner part of wings in factory finish.
4. Camouflaging of the aluminium cowl and fuselage decking with dark green and red-brown.
Refer to my accompanying Ian Huntley-based article (or 'flight of fancy' if you like) for the background/inspiration for this [Markings & Camouflage sub-forum]. I've also tried to represent the various oil staining seen in various photos on both lower fuselage and wings. It is rigged with de-stranded Easyline for main wires, UVR for control lines, the turnbuckles attached flexibly to small copper-wire loops.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers
GrahamB