Originally Posted by Sandbagger

Hi Albert,
Sorry, I should have included the micro-tube I use for rigging and pipework.
As for the front of an Eindecker - if you are talking about the metal effect on the engine cowl and side panels - that needs to be painted,

Mike


Hand painted...jeez that's amazing work.

Thanks for the insight Mike. Sorry for all the questions but my old man used to make ships in bottles, proper rigged sailing ships too, then once, he showed me how he did it, and I've been a glutton for details ever since.

Thanks again


"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."