Nieuport Camouflage Application Methods

[rfindley]

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.

[petrov27]

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

[Tomasz]

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).