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The WW1 modelers' reference library => Markings and Camouflage => Topic started by: rfindley on September 18, 2020, 08:23:24 AM

Title: Nieuport Camouflage Application Methods
Post by: rfindley on September 18, 2020, 08:23:24 AM
Wondering about Ni 11, 17 & 28 multicolor camouflage applications.  Were these sprayed soft-edge or hand painted hard edge?  I've got a stack of 1/48 kits and in that scale I figured it makes a difference.
Title: Re: Nieuport Camouflage Application Methods
Post by: petrov27 on September 18, 2020, 12:18:26 PM
Howdy,

N11 & 17 I would do soft edge on the camo (though not sure how often the N11 saw camo applied)
N28 is the later French five color scheme and it seems typically hard-edged
Title: Re: Nieuport Camouflage Application Methods
Post by: Tomasz on November 13, 2020, 06:26:30 AM
Verdun camouflage seen on early Nieuports (10, 11, 12, 15, 17) was made of oil paints sprayed with use of early spraying devices.

Late Nieuports (27, 28) carried "butterfly" camouflage painted with brush. Metal and wooden surfaces were painted with use of oil paints while fabric was painted with use of pigmented and aluminized dope (that is dope with color pigments and aluminum powder added).