Lozenge Download Page
DXF files by Bill Brown
The zip files below below contain 1/24 scale lozenge patterns in .dxf format which will print
out on A4 size sheets.
Four colour lozenge
Five colour lozenge
Naval hexagons
PDF files by Bill Brown
The files below below contain 1/24 scale lozenge patterns in .pdf format which will print
out on A4 size sheets.
Five colour lozenge upper
Five colour lozenge lower
JPEG files by Rich Weber
These files will read into any standard graphics program, such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro,
and you will not need a CAD system or special viewer. You will have to calculate what size to print the images off though,
and may need to crop them for larger scales. Most graphics programs allow you to specify the size of the printed image.
A useful piece of information to help you scale the patterns to suit your model is that the Germans used standard roll widths
on which the lozenge fabric was delivered. The patterns here have the joins between the bolts of fabric included
(just look for the discontinuities), so you just need to check this dimension with some quick partial test prints,
and multiply by the scale of your model.
Here are some notes by Rich about roll widths:
"Four colour was shipped on rolls that were about 4' 3" wide. Five color was closer to 4' 6" wide.
There was an inch or so lost in making the seams so the finished strips on the wings were a bit narrower.
They didn't like to put seams on top of ribs. This sometimes caused them to make a panel a little shorter.
To confuse things further, the covering on Fokker D.VII wings shows that the panels for both 4 and 5 color
cloth were the same width! (About 4 1/7th rib spaces.) Speculation is that they had already made up the
cutting patterns for the 4 color, and continued to use them with the 5, using the cut offs as rib tape material.
Also worth noting, for the fanatic, is that the pattern was often (usually) reversed in alternating panels
across the wing.
Variations abound."
Here are the zipped JPEG files:
Four colour upper zipped JPEG file
Four colour lower zipped JPEG file
Five colour upper zipped JPEG file
Five colour lower zipped JPEG file
Please note that all these files are placed here free of charge for the benefit of the scale model community, and would
request that they not be used for commercial purposes without the permission of the authors.
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