There are just so many WWI profiles out there, I'm wondering which ones to trust. I'll probably never build the SSW... It's just ugly.
Gaz
Gaz,
Don't be so hasty, it's a solid Kit and with a few modifications to correct a couple of minor flaws it builds into a very impressive model. There's lots of after market goodies for it, an excellent PE Set by Brengun and the Aviattic decals not to mention Aviattic's resin engine. Des did a beautiful job on the Kit as covered on the home web site here and several have been done by members here as well. Following your posts here you seem to like a bit of a challenge, I know you'd enjoy this one!
Cheers,
Lance
I'm not arguing about kit quality as I've seen some impressive builds of it. I just don't like the shape of it. It's tubby. The shape I like is the shark: Albatros Fighters, Roland D.II(really want someone to make one), Roland C.II, Pfalz D.III. ...etc...
Even the Fokker Dr.I It's pretty tubby itself, but I bought one anyway. It's just too iconic to not build with it's many color schemes and I want to try out the olive-stripey effect.
Also, the SSW D.III/D.IV were arguably the best fighter aircraft in the war. Their rate of climb and ceiling were phenomenal for the era.
I've heard a little about it's performance. But it's shape just isn't graceful. I can accept a block-ish, aggressive shape like the SE-5 and Fokker D.VII. It's length that adds grace.
Gaz