Quick Albatros question

[Squiffy]

Evening, chaps. I'm currently applying rib tapes to the planes of a lozenged D.III. Should the tailplanes have rib tapes?

[ALBATROS1234]

there arent many d.iii albatri with lozenge which scheme are you doing squiffy?

[kornbeef]

there arent many d.iii albatri with lozenge which scheme are you doing squiffy?

Just the later DIII (OAW) I believe but I've learned you never can say for certain, I believe Albatros Works themselves had moved onto the  D.V production by hthe Flugstof had become  the fabric of choice.

[Squiffy]

Thanks, RB.

there arent many d.iii albatri with lozenge which scheme are you doing squiffy?

I'm building the old Revell kit and as I've got some Aviattic lozenge left over from my Gotha build I thought I'd make use of it. I'm working from a single side view of a D.III in the Osprey book Albatros Aces of World War 1 - part 1. The kite in question is shown as being flown by Paul Strahle (Jasta 57, I think - not got the book to hand ATM). It has a red nose, blue fuselage and blue undersides to the planes, with lozenge uppers.

It has a more rounded rudder (for which I've modified the kit part), so my limited knowledge of Albatri would mean OAW built.

[uncletony]

Yes, the OAW machines had the rudder identical to that on the D.V

[kornbeef]

Strahle did fly a late OAW machine such marked. :-)

[ALBATROS1234]

cool deal,cant wait to see her sqiff

[stefanbuss]

Yes, the OAW machines had the rudder identical to that on the D.V

Bo,

aren't you supposed to be away on holidays (as in "not lurking on the interwebs")?

Stefan 

[uncletony]

Yes, the OAW machines had the rudder identical to that on the D.V

Bo,

aren't you supposed to be away on holidays (as in "not lurking on the interwebs")?

Stefan 

It's a work-cation...