Roozje Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 For my WnW DFW C.V. I researching a color scheme. Does anybody have more information about the plane below? Thank you in advance roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I suggest that you post on ww1aircraftmodels.com There are a couple of first class and very well informed Polish modellers who post there regularly - they will probably be able to help you with your question. BTW it is the best site on the web for WW1 aircraft and related topics. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roozje Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayFranz Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) It won't be good news ... I am convinced that this painting is fictional. And the description is full of inaccuracies. There is no such pilot or observer on the lists of crews of the 3rd Eskadra Wielkopolska (GreatPoland Squadron) and I have never seen a photograph of a Polish DFW C.V with such a painting. The emblem of the 3rd Squadron (later name is 12 Eskadra Wywiadowcza / 12th Recce Sq) was a white arrow, not an eagle. In addition, the drawing - even if based on facts - is still incomplete, there are no registration numbers painted on the hull, and no tactical number. The colors used for the graphics are also different than on other Polish DFW C.V. III Eskadra used several DFV C.V aircraft, but only during training, right after formation. The use of an emblem with an eagle on a school plane - that is, the symbol of the state - in a non-statutory form, as a personal sign? School planes were usually painted according to the regulations. Painting as in the picture is very attractive, but that's why it should appear somewhere in the form of a photograph, and it is not. So - IMHO this drawing is a fake. Edited August 8, 2020 by KayFranz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roozje Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Dear KayFranz, Thank you for your thorough answer. Could you take a look at link http://www.samolotypolskie.pl/samoloty/835/126/DFW-C-V ? Below in the gallery there is an image of a DFW. Could it be this color scheme? Thanx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayFranz Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Yep. It may be just painting, but in this photo you can't see anything. So only maybe. It's just fun, paint as you like. Do you have decals for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roozje Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Thanks! I am still in a research time for the DFW, so no, no decals. Think I have to print them myself. Or do you know a good place where to get 1/32 Polish decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayFranz Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 15 minutes ago, Roozje said: ...do you know a good place where to get 1/32 Polish decals. yo - http://www.modelmaker.com.pl/MD32094-Bristol-Fighter-F-2B-in-Polish-service/1371/ 16 minutes ago, Roozje said: Think I have to print them myself. Check your inbox tomorrow or Monday 🤪... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roozje Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Know them. but thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayFranz Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Surprise ... You're right. The crew of D.F.W. C.V: No. 1 - Sgt. Wiktor Daniel, no. 2 - cpl. obs. Mieczysław Serdecki. March 1920 A beautiful eagle is painted on a light strip (light green - pea). Such a painting clearly indicates a "civil" plane, one of about 30 copies of this type purchased in 1919 in D.F.W.'s plants, where they were also produced for the needs of civil aviation (hence the painting). Visible added machine gun turntable ("civilian" planes were purchased without weapons), the same as on Breguets XIV (TO-3 type). Found here: https://forum.odkrywca.pl/topic/761637-sylwetki-lotników-ii-rp-1918--1920/?do=findComment&comment=1969180 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roozje Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 NICE! Thank you very very much! Light green - pea will be a beauty next to all camouflage green etc. I will digg in the forum . Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Interesting. Lewis gun on a modified Scarff ring. Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehed Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Might the gun ring be an LVG ring, very similar to the Scarff ring. Used on the AEG GIV and LVG CVI during 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHWinter Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, KayFranz said: Surprise ... You're right. The crew of D.F.W. C.V: No. 1 - Sgt. Wiktor Daniel, no. 2 - cpl. obs. Mieczysław Serdecki. March 1920 A beautiful eagle is painted on a light strip (light green - pea). Such a painting clearly indicates a "civil" plane, one of about 30 copies of this type purchased in 1919 in D.F.W.'s plants, where they were also produced for the needs of civil aviation (hence the painting). Visible added machine gun turntable ("civilian" planes were purchased without weapons), the same as on Breguets XIV (TO-3 type). Found here: https://forum.odkrywca.pl/topic/761637-sylwetki-lotników-ii-rp-1918--1920/?do=findComment&comment=1969180 Say, KayFranz, do you know where to get more information on DFW's post-war production for the civil market? Any literature? Thank you! Richard Edited August 9, 2020 by RHWinter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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