| Welcome to the world of WW1 scale modelling! As you have already discovered nothing ever seems to be “black and white”, the more research you do the more different answers you get and in the end it’s up to you to decide what is best for your particular model. I appreciate that with your technical approach this really goes against the grain but unfortunately the information just isn’t reliable enough to get definite answers.
One “up side” is that no one can say with certainty that you’ve done something wrong!
One tip I would give is that when working from plans never assume that they are correct! As the original model develops things have a habit of changing and the plans don’t always keep up. |