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Re: JU-88 Props--wood or metal?
"The Ju 88 A-4 should have had the broader VS-11 (compared to the thin cord metal VDM) propellers made of wood. The wooden propellers also had a final coat of RLM 70. The composition beneath was plywood with a very narrow metallic leading edge and a very thin metal mesh all over the propeller blade. Then everything was covered with a red-brown primer and finally coated.
Cheers, Azi."
"However one should be careful to judge an Ju 88 variant from the props only, many hundred were re-built examples and Im not an expert (yet). (EdNorth)"
Both are correct. Since any engine could take either the metal (narrow bladed) or the wooden (wide bladed) props, you should get a photo of the actual a/c you are modelling. But, the tendency was for the wider wooden blades to be fitted.
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