As you say Paul, these things happen.
The V.23 looks repairable and it's the rarest of them, and a scrach build if I remember correctly...
Cheers matey
Yep the V23 was a scratchbuit. Undercarriage is brass and can be straightened out with wheels being drilled out and brass axle fitted. Wing should bend back into position and hopefully won't need too much touching up. I've started with the Floh which has similar damage; once that's done I'll tackle the V23.
Don't scrap them! If they cannot be repaired one of two things could be done. A crash schene diorama or alternatively a post armistice scene whereby aircraft were piled up in a field. I saw an archive picture of this, it was in Italy or the former AHE and the aircraft piled up were war reparations to Italy. There must have been similar pictures elsewhere of both aircraft and equipment if googled.
Alan.
Good idea Alan (When say scrap I'm thinking more of complete rebuilds rather than break up for pieces)
I'll start with the two simple repairs and then look at the Albie and Pfalz. Suspect both will need top wing/rigging removed so these may give the opportunity to give them a repaint in different schemes
(I was rooting through various books this morning to see how much extra work would be involved)
The LVG and DR1 took most of the impact. The Dr1 is the first model I built and all the plastic struts need replacing (I've got some spares) - time for a new scheme on this one methinks
The LVG is a tricky one, but liek you I'm thinking a rebuild into a landing 'crash' will work. I'll sort the others out first and then take a closer look
