View Single Post
  #4  
Old August 20th 03, 12:59 PM
nafod40
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Ed Wischmeyer wrote:

I've been researching the lozenge camouflage scheme, as I am making
a computer workbench, and just for kicks thought I would make it
look like the top of a biplane wing (looking good too). I stumbled
onto this company in my search...


IIRC, the originals were hand painted in an irregular pattern. The
woven stuff probably would be regular, and you might have matching
across seams to deal with... if you care about such things.


Well, now that I'm a lozenge camouflage expert, or at least know more than
I ever thought I would via google...

They (the Germans) started out handpainting, but quickly moved to printed
fabric, as it was much lighter and way easier. They had a different
coloration for the top and bottom wings too, with dark on top and light on
the bottom.

I'm not up to speed on covering of aircraft with fabric. Wouldn't using a
patterned ceconite mean you couldn't paint it? So the UV would act on it
quickly?