I'm also toying with the idea of breaking the rules when it comes to building the Eindecker EIII. Since the BUSA kit aint true scale, I'm leaning towards using brass up front instead of aluminum like everybody else does. I'm not even sure they had aloominum way back then. But I like color contrast of brass against the antique Solartex and am thinking of letting the brass tarnish for that well weathered look.

This pic isn't representative of the actual piece I would be using, just a throw down for grins. Whatta yall think?