I'm very curious about the weight and strength of thin ply vs. thicker balsa. I can't imagine that 1/32 balsa sheeting would be very strong but two layers of 1/64 ply seems like it might be quite solid.
Actually if I were to keep with the spirit instead of the practice of the original builders I should probably just do the whole fuse in fibreglass cause that's sure what they were have done!
I may just decide to build the fuse so that the cockpit areas look authentic and go with traditional building methods on the rest. At least with a fabric covered aircraft you see the "insides" against the sun but planes like the Pfalz and the Albatros could be carved out of foam or molded in glass for all the difference it would make. This is actually what has kept me away from these aircraft for so long -- they're somehow a bit too much like WWII birds! All surface and no interior.
