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Offline Ernie

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Turnbuckle colours
« on: May 18, 2013, 08:06:02 AM »
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
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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2013, 08:35:44 AM »
From what I can work out they would have been made of steel on the Fokker Eindeckers.
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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2013, 08:48:16 AM »
Thanks, Bo!

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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2013, 09:17:20 AM »
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.
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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2014, 09:46:54 AM »
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.

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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2014, 01:20:44 PM »
Here are some turnbuckles which give an idea of the colour, the first one is what Achim Engels used on his Fokker builds.

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Offline Nigel Jackson

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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2014, 05:45:42 PM »
Really useful photos, Des. Thanks for posting them.

Best wishes
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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2014, 07:51:05 PM »
Yep, those are great ref photos, thanks Des!
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Re: Turnbuckle colours
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2014, 07:54:15 PM »
These photos are just perfect, Des. Many thanks for the help!

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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