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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: ScottJ on September 09, 2023, 09:09:58 AM
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MAC Roland D.VIa, 1/72 scale. Aircraft 1202/18 was from the first production batch and as it was one of the first 20 constructed it had the steel tube, wood fared interplane struts (changing to the tapered on the end wood struts after). I replaced the rather wide looking landing legs with wire and the wheels with Aeroclub. Lozenge decals were a mix as at the time they were the very last of my supply... Eagle Strike for uppers and AG for lowers.
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I made a bit of an upgrade by adding the metal shrouds for the aileron control lines on the fuselage and adding some decals to the propeller that I thought I could see in the photograph (from the Datafile).
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Thanks for taking a look...
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Beautiful work in God's Own Scale, well done
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Looks very nice. What did you use for the guns?
Rick in Seattle
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Cracking job on one that's not seen very often.
Got one of these and looked at it a couple of times, but the molding always seemed a bit heavy so you've done a great job to get it looking as crisp as you have
Paul
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Excellent job and very nice finish all round.
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Truly first class job in God's Own Scale. I could easily mistake this for a model in 1/32 scale.
Stephen.
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A lovely Roland, excellent work Scott!
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Nice job! Any major problems with this build? Would like to build one myself someday.
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Thanks for taking a look...
Thank you so much for sharing, my goodness that's pretty. Once again you could tell me this was, say, a 1/48 kit and I'd have accepted it without question. Beautiful work Scott!
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Absolutely superb finish and the crisp detail for the smallest of the three popular scales is impressive. Well done!
Cheers,
Lance
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Very neat.
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Beautiful!!
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Another one of your little masterpieces - great work on your Roland.
Regards
Dave
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Thank you all for being so kind to my Roland, I appreciate all the positive comments.
Rick - I used the breech's from a Roden kit and I don't remember why, the ones supplied by MAC would have worked fine. Plus, I forgot to add the round counter which was already part of the MAC molding. Cooling jackets/sights are Tom's Modelworks.
Paul - This is really a pretty nicely done kit but I agree that the wings look a little thick (especially at the trailing edge) and the ribs are a little too pronounced. Also the cabane struts, landing legs and wheels all look oversized to me. I replaced the landing legs and wheels but tried to thin the cabane struts by scraping and sanding. I quit when they started to look a little funky where the cross support meets.
Rip VW - See above... also, the PE instrument panel is too wide and needs to be cut down to fit when the fuselage is glued together. The cockpit sits well back from the upper wing and the opening is quite large so this is a good area to add some detail as the interior is very visible.
As a note, I scratched the interplane struts and used the old Pegasus Roland D.VI template guide to cut to length... they turned out perfectly sized.
Thanks again for all the input.
Take care
Scott
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Beautiful result, especially in this scale!
Cheers,
Willem
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Thank you for showing this little masterpiece
Greetings Joe