Airco DH2. Finished Pics Pg 10.

[zenrat]

Paint on today.  Not having any suitable undoped linen paint for the fabric covering I have painted it all with Vallejo Deck Tan.  I may mask all the ribs on the upper wing and give it a coat of lightened paint like i've seen done in all the magazine Wingnut builds.  But there's a lot of ribs to tape.  I'm certainly not bothering to do the underside or the lower wing.

[NARSES2]

You can use lots of shades for unpainted linen, it's not as though there was an official spec.

[Wardukw]

And remember Fred those Wingnut birds are all 32nd scale..not 72nd..much easier to do with the big birds...reckon it would look great if ya did tho..would break up a solid single colour 👍

[zenrat]

1/32?  That would be even weirder than 1/48!   

Tis done.  Wasn't too hard as I just did the top of the upper wing and the horizontal tail.  Rigging it will be harder.
I just cut strips of 0.5 mm tape and stuck them down over the moulded ridges where the ribs were.

[jcf]

You can use lots of shades for unpainted linen, it's not as though there was an official spec.

Technically speaking clear-doped linen (CDL) is painted. 

[Wardukw]

1/32?  That would be even weirder than 1/48!   

Tis done.  Wasn't too hard as I just did the top of the upper wing and the horizontal tail.  Rigging it will be harder.
I just cut strips of 0.5 mm tape and stuck them down over the moulded ridges where the ribs were.

At your age I don't want to shock you to much Fred but there's many many many different scales out there not just 72nd.
I know you'll say "Say it isn't so" but I'm afraid to say my good friend that yes it's ture.   

[zenrat]

You can use lots of shades for unpainted linen, it's not as though there was an official spec.

Technically speaking clear-doped linen (CDL)is painted. 

I know that.  I forgot what it was called.  Senior moment.

1/32?  That would be even weirder than 1/48!   

Tis done.  Wasn't too hard as I just did the top of the upper wing and the horizontal tail.  Rigging it will be harder.
I just cut strips of 0.5 mm tape and stuck them down over the moulded ridges where the ribs were.

At your age I don't want to shock you to much Fred but there's many many many different scales out there...

Yes.  Other than 1/72 for aircraft there is 1/144 for bigger aircraft (and ekranoplans), 1/25 for cars, 1/35 for armoured cars, and 1/48 for...

...tanks.   

[NARSES2]

You can use lots of shades for unpainted linen, it's not as though there was an official spec.

Technically speaking clear-doped linen (CDL)is painted. 

Technically speaking, yes 

[Old Wombat]

1/32?  That would be even weirder than 1/48!   

At your age I don't want to shock you to much Fred but there's many many many different scales out there...

Yes.  Other than 1/72 for aircraft there is 1/144 for bigger aircraft (and ekranoplans), 1/25 for cars, 1/35 for armoured cars, and 1/48 for...

...tanks.   

You're a weird, weird man, Fred!

[PR19_Kit]

Yes.  Other than 1/72 for aircraft there is 1/144 for bigger aircraft (and ekranoplans), 1/25 for cars, 1/35 for armoured cars, and 1/48 for...

...tanks. 

You're a weird, weird man, Fred!

Sounds perfectly normal to me. 

[Wardukw]

Yes.  Other than 1/72 for aircraft there is 1/144 for bigger aircraft (and ekranoplans), 1/25 for cars, 1/35 for armoured cars, and 1/48 for...

...tanks. 

You're a weird, weird man, Fred!

Sounds perfectly normal to me. 

Nope I'm with Guy on this one   

[zenrat]

You're a weird, weird man, Fred!

You only just worked that out?

[Old Wombat]

You're a weird, weird man, Fred!

You only just worked that out?

Oh, Hell, no, it's just the first time I've felt the need to express it.

[Rick Lowe]

You're a weird, weird man, Fred!

You only just worked that out?

Oh, Hell, no, it's just the first time I've felt the need to express it.

Yeah, it's all about not shattering someone's long-held self-delusions...   

[zenrat]

I still have the school report my form tutor wrote when I left school.
"Fred is eccentric..."
My proudest moment.

Transfers on the DH2.  Luckilly one of the two rudder options could be flipped.
Presumably the roundels were that size so the Fokkers could find them easilly...
You can just see where I masked the rib tapes.  It's very subtle.

DH2 Jet WIP 10-09-23 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr