Thank you Rick, Zac and Bob! Really made some headway today...
I tried making the guns with the paper jackets and attempted to slot them. It was ok, but the rest of the plane is turning out so nicely, I figured I'd splurge and use photo-etch from an old WNW kit. I do like the look of actually seeing the cooling part of the cooling jackets! Kind of cheating, but I won't tell anyone.
I also reconfigured the ammo feeds as they were very simplified and totally inaccurate in the kit. Mine are not perfect either, but a bit closer to the real thing. I still need to add a cross member under the gun butts and add the gun butt pads as well. The paper gun breaches and components looks great with some black paint and a bit o' dry brushing with silver.
I was sort of on a roll, I'd been test fitting the top wing on the I-struts and just committed some glue et voila! Top wing is partially on and dang if it isn't straight. I've never put a plastic triplane together that came out this straight on the first go. Double dang. Next hurdle will be the cabanes which I hope will go together with little drama.
Cool beans. Man...this is a nice model and does look every inch a
Fokker Dr. I. My complements to the designer!
Dan
