Markings for Hans Pippart’s Fokker Dr.1?

[RC Boater Bill]

I am looking at doing Pippart’s black Dr.1 in 1/72.  What I’ve learned so far is that his plane was finished this way:

 

Standard blue undersides for wings and fuselage.   Fokker streaking on lower and middle wings.  Fuselage sides and top painted a dark color ( black seems likely).  Standard white rudder, with a simple straight-sided cross.  Horizontal tail surfaces in standard Jasta 19 colors of yellow with one broad black stripe on each side.  Cowling is white.   Personal marking was a yellow circle on the fuselage sides and top just aft of the cockpit. (No other markings on the fuselage.)

 

My questions are about the upper surface of the top wing, and the markings on the underside of the bottom wing......

 

Top Wing:

Should it be standard streaked camo, or black?  What about the crosses and their backgrounds?   The Osprey “Fokker Dr.1 Aces” book says Pippart’s plane had a yellow circle on the center of the top wing, but says nothing else about the wing, and doesn’t include a profile drawing.

 

Bottom Wing:  What markings there? 

 

 

I see that Pheon decals has this plane in their JG II collection sheet, but I’m reluctant to buy an expensive sheet (+ shipping to USA) for just one plane.....  I’m hoping someone here has it and can answer my questions....

 

Thanks for reading this far....😁

 

[wavanberkel]

I do not know a lot about this aircraft, but there is a gentleman on https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/ who is i.m.o.o. an expert on these aircraft.

 

Maybe this link wil help you to contact him:

 

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11501.0

 

Willem

[RC Boater Bill]

On 3/29/2021 at 3:04 PM, wavanberkel said:

I do not know a lot about this aircraft, but there is a gentleman on https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/ who is i.m.o.o. an expert on these aircraft.

 

Maybe this link wil help you to contact him:

 

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11501.0

 

Willem

Thanks for that referral- I found a thread discussing this very subject!