Thanks much for the tips - now that I've finally figured out the "notify" button on this forum, I'll be able to read them sooner.
Here's what's in Wikipedia - with no citation natch:
"All D.VIIs were produced with either the five-color Fünffarbiger or less often, the four-color Vierfarbiger lozenge camouflage covering, except for early Fokker-produced D.VIIs, which had a streaked green fuselage. Factory camouflage finishes were often overpainted with colorful paint schemes or insignia for the Jasta or for a pilot."
That streaked olive/green (at least to my eyes) camo I find very neat indeed and would be a real challenge. (So would an overpaint if I had a good photo for inspiration.)
I think modelers have two basic outlooks. In my junior high all the guys spent half a year in shop (wood & metal) and half a year in art. In modeling the shop gents are meticulous, appreciate technical accuracy, are very clever in the build and like stuff like PE. The art gents look for an excuse to break out the paints and ponder issues like streaking an entire airplane. I'm in the art group. (Lots of guys liked both shop and art of course, but there were always preferences. A couple of guys in 1962-63 were smart enough to get into Home Economics instead of shop, figuring that cooking would be more useful than lathe work. The good old days.)
Anyway a DVII now tops the "to buy" list. Right now I'm staring at a Special Hobby 1/32 Morane Saulnier N. That's a short run model with resin and PE. (Gulp) That's not a kit for a Tamiya fanboy like me. But I bought it because it has a megaton of what we used to call "funk appeal" that screams "build me." Hope I remember something from shop.
Eric