My sincere thanks to everyone again for the kind words - it's very encouraging for me
Although decals are provided for the stripes on the tail, I decided it was simpler to paint the pattern. The instructions suggest the lighter colour was silver-grey, but since this aircraft had no other silver-grey parts, I wondered how that was possible? Other references said that it was black on white, so I painted the parts with an off-white and NATO black (which is a sort-off black-grey). It also helps handling the model with protected paint..rather than decals which love to disintegrate at the edges.
I mounted the engine inside the fuselage, and like all of my builds, the cowlings will cover up a good part of it. For me it's the only way to enjoy the beautiful, elliptical smooth streamlined look of an Albatros fighter.
The tubular gun sight had to be modified to fit, since the plate it sits on would interfere - the instructions don't allow for this (?). And I had to drill a hole in the wind screen to align with it.
Cheers,
Gary
