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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: PrzemoL on December 19, 2014, 06:06:52 AM
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Let me join the great company of Roland-builders with my thread. In the process of cleaning down the WNW kits stash to accept the just ordered W.12 and Felixstowe, I came to my last box - Roland D.VIa:
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Some time ago I got a gift from Richard from Aviattic
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which I am duly going to use (thanks, Richard, once more).
I will also use Łukasz's goodies from Taurus to detail 160hp Mercedes D.III.
(http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww109/PrzemoLPP/roland%20d-vi/rol-29_zps1dab3460.jpg)
I plan to build Kissenberth's black bird with Edelweiss.
In the recent days I managed to build the cockpit interior. To the kit I added the control lines and four cabane rigging lines, which I plan to lead all the way through the fuselage to the final ports. I have also added the fuel selector swiches and carb control rods. I would like to change the suggested sequence of assembly and postpone the engine mounting after the fuselage closing and painting, to avoid problems with masking. Here it is how it looks like for the moment.
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Absolut beautiful work and paint.
Martin
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Looks like a real good start to me.
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Awesome cockpit work, as usual, Prez! Really looking forward to watching this one come together.
Cheers,
Bud
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This is looking extremely good Przemol, the cockpit interior is superb and your wood is perfect, well done.
Des.
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Beautiful cockpit ! :D
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great, for me the best kit from WnW and I'm sure you will recreate incredible model! I will be keeping an eye or two on this build
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You don't hang around, Prez! :o
Lovely work on the pit.
More!
vB
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Nice work, really cool to see all these D.VIs being built by our master modellers...
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Perhaps we should have had a group build? ;D
When I finish my ... oh never mind.
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Hello to all,
Terrific !!!! I like it !
Best regards.
Alain.
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Yes, seeing these Rolands come together sure have me thinking about doing one sooner rather than later.
I look forward to taking notes on this build!
Cheers from NYC,
Michael
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Your doing it again Prze, another beauty. You are hard to keep up to, a blur of building and all top drawer! I'll be following and learning as usual.......
Cheers,
Lance
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Beautiful, Prez! Looking foreward to what's to come...! By the way: No Polish version available?
Richard
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Welcome aboard :D
Beautiful cockpit, from where you take the time to build so fast?
Greetings.
Jacek
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Thank you, everybody. Your kind words are greatly appreciated!
Perhaps we should have had a group build? ;D
I do not object, if there is one I will gladly join!
BTW, once we had a custom of mini-group-builds at one of Polish forums. Such thing was started when at least four build threads on the same topic were started. It seems we just have four running now!
Beautiful, Prez! Looking foreward to what's to come...! By the way: No Polish version available?
Richard
Not that I would be aware of it. Pity. But we are still proud to owe the only one survivor in Cracow!
Welcome aboard :D
Beautiful cockpit, from where you take the time to build so fast?
Greetings.
Jacek
No idea, Jacek. I just happen to use every minute of my spare time. It is not a hobby anymore, it is an addiction!
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Not that I would be aware of it. Pity. But we are still proud to owe the only one survivor in Cracow!
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That's why I asked, Prez. How did the plane make it to the Kraków museum? A Freikorpsplane from the post WW1 fightings in Upper Silesia? Or Beute from WW2?
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Not that I would be aware of it. Pity. But we are still proud to owe the only one survivor in Cracow!
That's why I asked, Prez. How did the plane make it to the Kraków museum? A Freikorpsplane from the post WW1 fightings in Upper Silesia? Or Beute from WW2?
WW2 trophy, as far as I know.
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The cockpit is gorgeous. The colors are crisp and beautiful, with just enough weathering and shading.
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Outstanding start as usual! Lovely wood work on the interior and terrific details!
RAGIII
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Good grief, Prze, every time I decide to try one of your builds
you start another. To say you are a prolific modeler is a huge
understatement, but it is a real bonus to learn from one of the
best. Excellent start, by the way. Nothing new there. ;) ;D
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Absolutely beautiful!!!...as always... your cockpit is truly inspiring!!! ;)
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Many thanks for your kind words, gentlemen.
The modelling continues...
I have closed the fuselage and added the MG cables as per The Red Baron's build ;)
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Then I started with Mercedes D.III. At the beginning I was tempted to build it almost out of the box and shamelessly cover the missing bits it with cowling. But then I had a glimpse at my Albatros and realised that I would never forgive myself, if I had not tried to detail this engine again (most probably for the last time!). So here it goes:
The holes for the Taurus's valve springs and spark plugs drilled:
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The springs are in:
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This time I decided to use Taurus set "Easy to paint" with the rocker mechanism in separate pieces (19 elements instead of one). I almost regretted this decision but finally I got it assembled:
(http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww109/PrzemoLPP/roland%20d-vi/rol-41_zps03c7847e.jpg)
And to end the day, I have added the spark plugs and tubes for electric wires ( I have managed to break one of these, the keen-eyed can probably tell which one it is).
(http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww109/PrzemoLPP/roland%20d-vi/rol-43_zps2e2c3dc8.jpg)
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Hello to all,
Amazing work my precious... ;) ;D
I use Taurus products too, good one I think.
Best regards.
Gol...heu....Alain. ;D
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How did the plane make it to the Kraków museum?
Put there during WW2 to prevent any bomb damage and stayed there after the war. The Roland was originally on display at the Zeughaus in Berlin, afaik. I think to remember that information came from Windsock International Volume 26/something, describing the build of WNW's model. If you need to know, I can check during the next days.
Stefan
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Nice to see the engine going together, you have done a good job with the tiny Taurus springs and spark plugs.
Des.
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Lovely..
They're very fiddly..
Guy
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Hello Prezmo,
Another beauty in the make. Absolutely gorgeous interior and your painting is as always fabulous. Keep on the magnificent work. You are going faster and faster with every build.
Kind regards
Patrick
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I love the engine stand! Brilliant!
Isn't it? ;) I am so proud of it! ;)
The engine is basically completed, only some grime to finish it. (BTW, the merciless macro-photography revealed some flaws in the paint and disconnected spark plugs... already corrected) I have added electric wires, air pump pipes, carb and magneto control mechanisms. The control rods/cables will be added after the engine is mounted
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I have also added a fuel line which may just be visible when the engine gets installed.
(http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww109/PrzemoLPP/roland%20d-vi/rol-48_zps105e6c0d.jpg)
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Beautiful detail work on the engine and fuel line!
RAGIII
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The engine looks very nice.
Soon I'll start to building my motor. Also I have a parts Taurus and I'm afraid if I manage to mount it perfectly as you did it.
Adam.
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Love the engin and the details on it, PrzemoL - very nice done ;)
....................but your engin stand is realy the coolest thing :D
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Very good engin and fuselage so far.
Martin
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Beautiful engine, Prze. :D What did you use for the sparkplug wires?
As usual, an uplifting update, my friend.
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Looks super Prze :D
I have an aversion to macro photography! After being really pleased with something I then want to chuck it in the bin after a close up shot... ::)
Unlike Bo & Bertl - their detail work looks better in close up... :P
Happy New Year...
Guy
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Excellent work detailing the engine Przemol, it's all the fine detail that sets the engine off.
Des.
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I love what you've done so far on the engine Prze!
Warren
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Excellent job on that power plant, Prez!
Cheers,
Bud
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Tremendous. I've got mine out of the stash now!
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Thank you, everybody! I am glad you like my efforts on the engine.
Ernie, the electric wires were made from thin copper wire (about 0.2mm) painted brown.
Justin, thank you for the heads up! I have noticed the problem and was going to write about it. However, I also tried it twice and it is possible to squeeze in both, the engine together with the oil tank to the closed fuselage. So I will not break the fuselage.
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A few steps forward...
Spandau machine guns assembled
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Tail painted white
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Then I started working with Aviattic losenge. I can only say superlatives! Finely workable, covers all the surface details like a glove, fits to the kit elements perfectly and the linen image is spectacular. Yet, I had to learn first. My very first attempt was a failure. I have wrongly assumed that CDL base colour will be fine. I have added some beige rib shading. And the result was far too dark. Luckily I have experimented on the elevator for which two decal sets are included. So it was not a problem to scrape everything and start again. Now I went for off-white base (Pactra white and mid stone in about 1:5 proportion). And the result was just fine on the tailplane
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Only that the Mid stone rib shading proved to be too weak. For the remaining surfaces I will probably go for something more pronounced. The under sides are now ready for it but I have enough for today.
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Hello to all,
Thanks for sharing, so i'll not mistake using Aviattic decals. ;)
Best regards.
Alain.
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Fantastic engine Przemo and the lozenge is fabulous!
Kind regards
Patrick
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Hi again Prze
Yes, the lozenge is perfect! Looks brilliant when it's done as well as that :)
Guy
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Hello Przemol,
two questions:
a) did you use Master's update for the Spandau Barrels/jackets?
b) the Lozenge from Aviattic: Is this a set specifically for the Roland?
I hope you will succeed with your plan of shading on the wings.
Regards,
Stefan
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Very great work.
Martin
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Thank you, everybody.
Stefan, the Spandaus are from the WNW kit elements only. And the question on Aviattic decals has already been answered ;)
Richard, I read the instructions! I usually do. But I had some stupid imagination, that the CDL base will give more linen-like look... :-[
Any way, the shading seems to be working fine but the work has paused now, because I have just collected the WNW BIG BOX and touching its sprues and sniffing the plastic was too tempting!!! :D
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Nice work. The engine is looking good, and the springs add a great deal.
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Really beautiful job on the engine. I wish I could get a hand on a 1/72 MAC D-VIa...maybe soon.
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Thank you, Mike and Vincent.
In the recent days, besides planning the Felixstowe build and storage, I continued on this build.
The losenge decalling is now completed. Once again, thank you Richard for generous gift, it surely made this model look more realistic.
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I have also painted and decalled the fuselage
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I have tried to enliven the overall black with some paint scratches (wood brown or silver on metal bits), hardly visible in these poor shots, I hope to take better ones at later stages.
I will also add some wash to emphasize the surface details, but not on the black. Also the white areas on the tailplane and the rudder will get some shading along the ribs.
And the engine is not so pristine any more.
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As always, Prez, your decal and paint work are extraordinary. This is well on it's way to being a real show stopper.
Cheers,
Bud
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As always, Prez, your decal and paint work are extraordinary. This is well on it's way to being a real show stopper.
Cheers,
Bud
As always I agree 100% with Bud! Your usual Brilliant painting and decaling!
RAGIII
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:)Beautiful Model workshop.
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Hi Przemo,
I couldn't agree more with Bud and Rick. Absolutely fabulous!
Kind regards
Patrick
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Your engine is beautiful and the Aviattic's decals are once and for all perfect.
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Hello to al,
Amazing work and paint. Great !!
Best regards.
Alain.
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Always enjoy your builds Prze 8)
Terri
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I've been following this Build closely, Prze, and as always you are doing great work. Another winner on the way, great paint and detail, beautifully clean results, and a pleasure to follow along. Compliments on your top quality work.
Cheers,
Lance
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Great to all Prze.
Martin
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Thank you, everybody, for your overly kind words!
And my Roland is slowly approaching the proud stage of a monoplane. Tail feathers ready shaded and cabled, lower wings attached, all the turnbuckles for the rigging done on the wing and the fuselage, undercarriage struts attached.
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It looks great.
Martin
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Beautiful! The Lozenge and rib tapes are outstanding!
RAGIII
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Really beautiful. I also plan to build Kissenberth's D-VIa...when I manage to get a hand on a 1/72 kit of it...
approachig the proud stage of a monoplane
I also like this step. Those birds look like racers of the 20's then, and they would also have a lot of appeal as monoplanes...
BTW, funny how the colors of the lozenges may vary depending on the lighting. On the topmost shot, the blue looks like purple, when it looks blue on others.
I went backwards in the post but couldn't find how you managed to highlight the riblets this way. A pre-shading?
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What will be your next step? Fitting the engine and it's covers, or rigging the undercarriage?
Having built the Kissenberth scheme myself, I really like watching what you are doing here.
Stefan
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Thank you, gentlemen.
Really beautiful. I also plan to build Kissenberth's D-VIa...when I manage to get a hand on a 1/72 kit of it...
Vincent, the MAC kit in 72nd scale is quite fine, I have built it.
http://www.ikb.poznan.pl/przemyslaw.litewka/modele_pliki/roland6.html
There is one flaw I remember, which I did not dare to correct, the wing span is about 1.5mm too short. Correction would influence the rib pattern - it was too much for me 5 years ago. Now I would probably scrape the ribs down and restore them only by shading. Otherwise the kit was a pleasure to build.
BTW, funny how the colors of the lozenges may vary depending on the lighting. On the topmost shot, the blue looks like purple, when it looks blue on others.
I went backwards in the post but couldn't find how you managed to highlight the riblets this way. A pre-shading?
Vincent, the different colours on the losenge are the fault of white-balance settings of the camera. This time I set them on auto and the first shot was taken with LED lamp lighting, while the remaining ones were with camera flash.
The riblets were masked with tape and preshaded. There is a photo showing such masking for undersides, where I used 1mm wide Aizu tape for the ribs. On the upperside I used additionally 0.7mm tape for the false ribs.
What will be your next step? Fitting the engine and it's covers, or rigging the undercarriage?
Having built the Kissenberth scheme myself, I really like watching what you are doing here.
Stefan
Stefan, I will rig the undercarriage and complete it with the wheels first. Then I will go to the engine installation with some additional bits which can be added only when it sits on its place. I plan not to attach the side engine cowlings, they would obscure all the details added to the engine. The front and the top cover will do ;)
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Thank you, Richard. I am glad you like your decals as much as I do ;)
I will try to take the final photos taking more care for the camera settings including the white balance to show the colours I really got.
And this build is clearly approaching its finale.
The recent assembly steps were:
- u/c rigging
- engine mounting plus some additional control cables and rods for the carburettors
- under-wing bits including Spandaus, windscreen, tacho and fuel gauge
- struts and the lower radiator pipe glued with the use of the top wing put on to control the geometry
- the top wing itself
- wheels
- the upper radiator pipe and the front cowling
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I have also started painting the wood on the propeller
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and prepared the ailerons control horns with their turnbuckles plus two further ones destined for fuselage-top wing cables.
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Beautiful work Prze!
Warren
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Wonderful work.
Martin
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Beautiful work as always! By the way I am really envious of all of my fellow modelers who do such gorgeous props! Is yours masked and sprayed or pencil? I just can't seem to make the pencil method work :-[
RAGIII
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Amazing job, Prze. Just a stunning model!
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Phenomenal update, Prez! Almost done! How did you replicate the wood showing through the worn black paint? Looks very convincing.
Cheers,
Bud
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So, you are using your camera's flash for making your photos?
plus two further ones destined for fuselage-top wing cables.
Good that you are doing those as well - it seems they are forgotten too often on those Roland builds, which i find very strange, as they are so obvious (if you take care to examine the fuselage thoroughly, that is),
Stefan
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Thank you everybody for watching and comments.
RAG, the prop was painted, the layers pattern masked, then some additional touches with different colours were done with a fine brush. Finally the coat of clear orange. However, it is still not completed, I still have to polish it and cover with clear gloss before the Axial logo decals and the prop boss gets its metal colour.
How did you replicate the wood showing through the worn black paint? Looks very convincing.
Cheers,
Bud
To me it is not fully satisfying. But if you like it, I can sell you the technique ;) Simple - drybrushing the semi-dried beige brown paint pigment along the edges. Just this. Still, looks better than solid dull black.
So, you are using your camera's flash for making your photos?
Stefan
Only for in-progress shots. I do not have enough space at home to have the proper photo set with lighting, background, camera tripod, etc. open all the time. And I am too lazy to set it for each update.
plus two further ones destined for fuselage-top wing cables.
Good that you are doing those as well - it seems they are forgotten too often on those Roland builds, which i find very strange, as they are so obvious (if you take care to examine the fuselage thoroughly, that is),
Stefan
Actually these two turnbuckles are for two front cables - they will be located at the line mid span, more or less. The rear cables have the turnbuckles as well, but just under the top wing. Those two will be tied directly to the eyelets which are already glued there.
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Looking at your last set of photos once more (actually to have another look at your prop), i suddenly realized that you actually had decided to give your Roland a set of eyes. Nice to see this version - on my build i decided against them, but they look cool.
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Excellent build as always!
FOr some reason, I was thinking that you are going for a "wooden" fuselage, but the black one looks excellent especially with the eyes, nice detail :)
Best regards,
Sasho
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Looking absolutely beautiful Przemol, the fuselage painting and the lozenge decal are superb, this is a very stunning model.
Des.
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You continue to amaze me PrzemoL! Your propeller is magnificent!
Kind regards
Patrick
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Thank you, gents.
Stefan, I know that the eyes are debatable, at least. But I do like this little nice touch, they really add some more charm to this bird.
In the meantime... almost there! This is definitely the last in-progress report.
The followed steps were:
- aileron control lines
- fuselage-top wing cables
- propeller
- ailerons
- 12 of the remaining 14 rigging cables
- the radiator shutter control cable (this was a chain as per the WNW instructions but I had no way to model a chain, I used a tin wire to imitate something of this sort :-[)
(http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww109/PrzemoLPP/roland%20d-vi/rol-76_zps93b6d6e4.jpg)
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Your Roland is looking Spectacular! The rigging is really the final touch!
RAGIII
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It looks very great. ;D
Martin
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Love the eyes! Beautiful build Prze!
Warren
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Very nicely done Prez, the finish is "top drawer"! The absolute epitome of a crisp, clean Build, well done!
Cheers,
Lance
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Always a pleasure seeing your work, PrZe ;)
Crisp and tidy!
Well done!!
VB
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I agree with Bob Przemo, it is a real joy to see your work.
Kind regards
Patrick
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Hello Prez:
Another outstanding build! This is a very attractive scheme, even though it is all black the contrast with the Edesweiss, the lozenge and white tail, make it very attractive, your highlighting the wood on the fuselage make it really stand out.
Best
Mark
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Thank you, gentlemen. Now the Edeweiss Vogel is completed. One photo here, more in the appropriate section:
http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=4889.0
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Awesome!
RAGIII
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I've always believed that the Roland D.VI looked best in it's natural, unpainted form, but you've made a believer of me. I love your rendition of this scheme and when I do my dual D.VI build, you can bet one will be in these markings. Outstanding work, as always, Prez!
Cheers,
Bud
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Very nicely built, PrzemoL.
Your Edelweiß Vogel looks realy great.
Do you already know news to the original wings in Krakow Museum?
How far is progressed the restoration of the original D.VIb fuselage?
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Exellent build Przemol.
Martin
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Thank you, your kind words are truly appreciated.
Bud, I would also think the same way you do. However, my beloved one chose the flower scheme and now, looking at the completed model I am thankful to her, it does look very nice.
Bertl, the story behind the Roland wings in Kraków Museum is a bit mysterious. I have heard that TVAL offered to build a replica for the museum and add the copy of Hispano-driven Bristol Fighter (which I showed some months ago) for th exchange to the original fuselage. And the same story-teller told me that the museum refused. Unfortunately I live almost 500km from Krakow, so I cannot just go there to check what is going on. I do not know if the wings for Roland and the TVAL F.2B are still there (the original info was that it remains there till the end of last October). And there is a silence about this. I am very curious, what will be the outcome.
In the meantime, the original fuselage forms a part of a very fine exposition set out for the anniversary of WW1 outbreak.
Here are my photos I took last October. And it seems no further restoration was under way.
http://s710.photobucket.com/user/PrzemoLPP/library/Roland-krakow?sort=3&page=1
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Hi PrzemoL,
thanks for the info regarding the D.VIb restauration.
I really hope, that one day this beautiful old bird stands with wings in the hangar.
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I've always believed that the Roland D.VI looked best in it's natural, unpainted form, but you've made a believer of me
You're taking the words from my mouth. That's exactly what came up to my mind when I saw it. Great model.
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Thank you, Vincent, your kind words are greatly appreciated.
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Hi PrzemoL,
thanks for the info regarding the D.VIb restauration.
I really hope, that one day this beautiful old bird stands with wings in the hangar.
The current state of Roland - F.2B story is, that the TVAL-built replica of the Bristol Fighter is still at the museum in Cracow (4 months after it was supposed to leave). Still, I have no news about the possible deal.
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Your Roland is just lovely! I've been following your build and can't say enough good things.
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Thank you, oldalbie. I am glad you like it, too.
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Absolutely superb!
My sincere congratulations, for your LFG Roland!! :)
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Nice to see the next beautiful made model.
Adam.
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Many thanks, Naimbs and Adam.