I moved this from Sandbaggers build thread to avoid a derailment. besides, i've learned some stuff since then...

I bought my father-in-law a Dumas balsa wood and tissue Pfalz DIII for Christmas. It's right about 1:20 scale (18" wingspan). But it's meant to be a rubber band flying model, he wants to display it, and the kit prop is rather cartoonish for this purpose. I pulled a drawing off of Wikipedia, it says the real prop was 2750 mm across, so a 137 mm two-blade prop... or could I get an actual drawing and just scale it?

My Googling hasn't helped much so far... as a matter f fact it made it worse! At WWI Aero (I think) (I'm so blasted busy...), there was an actual photo of DIII (note DIIIa) with a 4 bladed prop! And no prop cone, but perhaps it hadn't been mounted yet. The prop cone and prop would be so much nicer if properly represented... but now, is it two blade,4 blade???! I don't think I've ever seen a WWI scout or fighter with a 4 blade prop before! Still, many of you know this stuff WAY better than I do.

Thanks all, Happy New Year!