The long, long wait is finally over. I bought WNW Albatros B.II right after it was released in 2015 with the intention to build it as a Polish post-war machine. Soon afterwards my friends from Melius Manu suggested that they would prepare conversions from Early to Late which was used in Poland. The said conversions were to include resin parts and decals. Time was passing, the resin bits were prepared but the decals were pending. Recently, I managed to beg to get the resin test bits including the interplane struts which were prepared by me. Doing it I devoted the original struts from my kit so there was no going back for me since then. Thus, I also ordered two decals I need for my preferred example from a different source. At the moment I cannot say, if the promised conversion will indeed be available as planned at any time. But at least I am the lucky guy to have almost everything required to build my model!
I have chosen a civilian version of late Albatros B.II flown in my home city Poznan under auspices of Polish Aviators Union in 1925.
There is one photo of the aircraft known to us
It shows thick interplane struts, stick control (not sure if dual, I will go for rear cockpit controls only), top radiator, different fuselage side steps and different layout of elevator controls, no cooling vents for the engine. Also the exhaust is unique.
By extrapolation - the undercarriage struts and tail supporting struts are provided as thick, too. The propeller is the type seen on other post war Polish B.IIs.
The resin bits I got allow to replace everything except for the rectangular side steps - I will remedy it with some spare PE.