1/32 "lozenge" and linen sets for the Wingnut Wings kit!
The complex issue of WW1 covering practices raises some challenges for the modeller who wants accuracy, based on the latest thinking and research.
The varied finishes of the Halberstadt CL.II have long been puzzled over and debated and Aviattic now offers these variations which are the result of much deliberation and study.
Wingnut Wing's profile colour callouts can be taken "as read" and are as valid as any other arguments out there but in reality we cannot ascertain any particular scheme on a given machine from period photos.
A pale looking lozenge covering viewed in one image may simply be glare off the varnish captured by a certain type of photographic film of the period and the viewpoint of the much missed Dan san Abbott on such matters has passed into WW1 aviation study folklore and is still being accepted as "fact"..undersurface lozenge printed linen applied to the upper surface certainly makes for a colourful model!
One museum exhibits an original WW1 relic of a section of AEG JII fuselage fabric in just such a colour way ("undersurface" four colour), so do we take this as a viable possibility?
Sadly, the wartime and postwar destruction of so many records and research material means we may never have all the answers...
Similarly with the choice of "stipple" camouflage fuselage decals soon to be released, they simply cannot be proven to be applicable to one aircraft or another and are based on the likely combination of colours relating to detailed capture reports and the approximation of the lozenge colours and shapes they were surely meant to compliment.
My sincere thanks to Steve Cox for tirelessly interpreting my endless changes and requests as we designed these beautiful sheets.
Also to artist Dave Douglass who brought my ideas for the various fuselage stipple combinations to fruition, supplying "master" artworks that will be the source for tailored decals very soon!
Wingnut Wings Halberstadt CL.II built by Guy Goodwin with Aviattic "lozenge" wing decals!..
ATT32196 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II 5 colour “lozenge” upper surfaces with lozenge rib tapes
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Late - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Duellists boxing
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces
ATT32197 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II 5 colour “lozenge” upper surfaces with no rib tapes
Check available photos for likelihood of the practice of no covering tapes on the stitched rib stations on your chosen aircraft.
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Late - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Duellists boxing
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces
ATT32198 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II 5 colour “lozenge” lower surfaces with lozenge rib tapes
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes A,E
Late - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Duellists boxing
ATT32199 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II 5 colour alternative palette “lozenge” lower surfaces with lozenge rib tapes
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes A,E
Late - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Duellists boxing
ATT32200 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II (early) 5 colour lower pattern “lozenge” on upper surfaces with lozenge rib tapes
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes, A,B,C,D
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces
ATT32201 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II (early) 5 colour alternative palette lower pattern “lozenge” on upper surfaces with lozenge rib tapes
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes, A,B,C,D
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces
ATT32202 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II German light linen lower surfaces (upper tail surfaces included)
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes B,C,D
ATT32203 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II bleached CDL lower surfaces (upper tail surfaces included)
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes B,C,D
ATT32204 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II tail surfaces 5 colour “lozenge” with lozenge rib tapes
All "lozenge" covered Halberstadt's would have had their tail surfaces covered in printed linen.
Some were then overpainted, therefore these sheets are optional.
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes B,C,D
Late - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Duellists boxing
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces
ATT32205 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II tail surfaces 5 colour “lozenge” with lozenge rib tapes
All "lozenge" covered Halberstadt's would have had their tail surfaces covered in printed linen, some were then overpainted, therefore these sheets are optional.
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes B,C,D
Late - schemes A,B,C,D,E
Duellists boxing
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces
ATT32206 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II tail surfaces 5 colour “lozenge” with lozenge rib tapes, German light linen lower
All "lozenge" covered Halberstadt's would have had their tail surfaces covered in printed linen.
Some were then overpainted, therefore these sheets are optional.
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes B,C,D
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces
ATT32207 (Clear decal paper) Halberstadt CL.II tail surfaces 5 colour “lozenge” with lozenge rib tapes, bleached CDL lower
All "lozenge" covered Halberstadt's would have had their tail surfaces covered in printed linen.
Some were then overpainted, therefore these sheets are optional.
Wingnut Wings kit recommendation :
Early - schemes B,C,D
Wide edging tapes are intended to be wrapped around wing to undersurfaces