DH Mosquito Primer colour

The wood would have originally have been coated in a varnish or a coat of red dope, the fabric would then have been applied using red medium/ non taughtening dope and the build up coats would have been the same red dope. A silver coat/s would then have been applied. Originally I believe tinted dopes would have been used to give fabric surfaces thier top colour, nowadays after the silver coat a cellulose grey primer is used followed by cellulose top coat. It should allways be cellulose for ease of making fabric repairs to control surfaces.

Thanks Guys. I’ll post a picture when I finish it.

Any news on if/when we are going to get a full size one back in the air ?

Hi Glen,

Any more pictures of RR 299?

Neilly

Here is a picture of the British Aerospace Mosquito when Dad did the paint and fabric. It shows both the red and the silver dope

Vintage Fabrics – Mosquito RR299

Glenn

Some pictures taken last year of TA 122

NH

Hi Shorty,

The first coats are red primer & the last is silver. This is to counter the UV effects of the sun.

Cheers,
Neilly

Silver or red, I believe (Bruce will know better). As far as I know, the silver was to prevent sunlight damaging the fabric, and the red was the tautning dope.
The silver was painted on over the red.