Hello again! A small update...
Although it doesn't look like much, it's taken me a few weeks of trial and error to get the look of the CDL and PC10 linen that I was wanting. I'm using the Aviattic clear decals which allows me to do underpainting to show the rib tapes and wood spars without covering up the linen texture on the decal.
I used German/Austro-Hungarian Linen for the CDL since I wanted to be able to add a subtle yellow-orange color. I pre-shaded with Tamiya Smoke, Clear Yellow, and Clear Orange over Gloss White. I used a spare wing from my Pup as a test bed until I found the right colors and shades. The underpainting looks very different after the decal was applied so it took many versions before I felt it was what I wanted. I still need to add weathering over the top of the decal to finish it off.
Frisket masking film was used to make templates for the decal shapes. I used to use this as an illustrator long before the advent of Photoshop to mask out shapes for airbrushing. OK, now I'm feeling old...
For the PC10 I used Aviattic's PC10 “light” WW1 RFC/RAF Doped Linen. I actually wanted the final color to be much darker so the "light" gave me some room to add the pre-shading. I also used Tamiya Smoke, Clear Green and Clear Orange to adjust the color to the shade I wanted. You can see this before the decal was applied in the photos below of the fuselage sides.
Now on to finishing the task of decaling and weathering all the linen. After that is finished, everything can finally be assembled, then on to the joy of all that rigging!
Thanks!
George
