Turnbuckle colours

[Ernie]

Hi everyone,
  I am toiling away on an 1/48 Eindecker, using .04mm brass tube to represent
the turnbuckles.  What I am wondering is should I leave them brass
colour, or paint them dark grey or something similar?
  Thanks for the help!

Best Regards,
Ernie

[uncletony]

From what I can work out they would have been made of steel on the Fokker Eindeckers.

[Ernie]

Thanks, Bo!

 

[kornbeef]

I tend to paint them a mix of steel and brass to try to get a cadmium plated look. I did read the turnbuckles on the E. series were colour coded though somewhere.

[Des]

I make all my turnbuckles out of brass tube, with me handling the brass over time it tarnishes to a very nice bronze colour, I have seen original turnbuckles in a bronze colour.

Des.

[Des]

Here are some turnbuckles which give an idea of the colour, the first one is what Achim Engels used on his Fokker builds.

Des.

[Nigel Jackson]

Really useful photos, Des. Thanks for posting them.

Best wishes
Nigel

[uncletony]

Yep, those are great ref photos, thanks Des!

[Ernie]

These photos are just perfect, Des. Many thanks for the help!

Cheers,
Ernie