Friends,
here is my latest achievement (as usual, based on a photo)
Osprey: Aviation Elite Units 26, p. 52
This Albatros was put onto its back in Summer 1917 by Leutnant der Reserve Johannes Windrath, during a landing accident.
As some of you already know, I have to work with a certain european aircraft manufacturer (with, not for), who is trying to develop a military airlifter. This means I have to attend to a lot of meetings with senior managment levels, and I have to suffer a lot from all those managemnt blurbs, like "bottom up, top down approach" (which would be a fitting title for my small diorama, as well). I think that most of these guys have no real clue of what they are talking about - this kind of "experts" tends to talk excitedly about of what they think are the important topics, but tend to ignore real life [end of rant].
I just want to show you that things like that happend during the Great War, as well. When an aircraft was lost, you couldn't simply go to the nearest Armeeflugpark and take the next plane. Forms had to be filled in, visits from superior levels had to be endured, evidance of the destroyed aircraft had to be shown. And this not only happened to the lowly JagdStaffelns of the Amerikaprogramm, but to the elite JaStas as well, even to JaSta Boelcke, getting a visit from a Hauptmann beim Stabe of Armeegruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht (hence the bavarian livery the guy is using). JaSta Boelcke was operating in that Armeegruppe's sector during 1917.
And what does he find: A minor scratch on the Iron cross. The bent struts, broken undercarriage, disrupted engine all get to be ignored.
This of course is the Roden kit, detailed with pe from Part and HGW, WNW engine and MGs. The interior received no additional detailing (you can't see inside anyway), and the WNW engine is only slightly enhanced (sparkplugs and minor fittings). Details on the aircraft's belly were added, of course (fuel valve, the missing springs on the undercarriage).
The last thing still to do is to fit a small badge to the base.
Stefan
