A set of two masks for the national insignia of the Fokker triplane. Without glazing film, because the subject leaves its cockpit uncovered.
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The triplane was one of the few types on which a pilot's personal markings became part of his reputation. Pilots had whole fuselages repainted: one flew with lettering across the upper wing surface, another with an all-black machine and a white heart, a third had the cowling sprayed yellow so that even his own observers in balloons would recognize it. The factory finish disappeared under these coats very quickly.
That is precisely why the number of national insignia differed from aircraft to aircraft. This set with a pair of insignia masks matches a subject with a more modest layout of crosses; other sheets for the type are cut with three. Because the machine has no canopy, there is no glazing film in the box, which holds for this type in general and is not a shortcoming of the set.
On machines with a dark personal finish a base coat has to be sprayed under the white field of the cross, otherwise white will not cover even after three layers. The recommended procedure is a light gray base, then white and finally a smaller cutout for the black arm of the cross.
On First World War types the surface of a model is usually textured with simulated fabric and plywood. The film holds well on such a surface, but it has to be pressed down with a blunt tool along the whole edge, otherwise a mist of paint gets underneath it during spraying.
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