Thank you all very much, Gary, Przemo, Steve, PJ, Lukasz, Richie and Rick, for your kind words of support!
PJ, I completely agree, it could also be Pressstoff or any other kind of Ersatzstoffe they had to use in 1918.
Steve, yes, it's brass tubing with wire core, squeezed by my Albion Alloys Strutter. This time these struts aren't quite flat, because I am running out of brass piping and I had only very thin pipes left. I used to use Albion Alloys products but they are hard to get here these days so I ordered some AK brass tubes in various sizes. And what shall I say? They just suck. They are almost solid and only give room for a 0,3 mm wire core. No way to make struts with them. Therefore I need to go on with what I have left from AA. I sanded them flat with sanding sticks.
When I build a model that is no WNW (or Copper State) kit, I test fit all maior components before the detailing and painting phase of the build. I simply want to know if the final product resembles the original or if the proportions just aren't right. I think they are with this kit, what do you think? I pinned all flying surfaces with 0.3 wire onto the fuselage. I am using the kit's landing gear struts as they fit quite nicely, but what I dislike are the wheels from the kit. I replaced them with a pair of Roden's Albatros wheels that fit the scale pland of the Berg fighter perfectly (I'll regret that when I build that Albatros...)
I attached the wheels with masking fluid. Seconds after taking these pictures, they broke off...
... because there actually is a difference in weight between plastic and resin kits.
What is also visible in these photos is that there needs to be some redetailing of the tail surfaces as the ribs are completely wrong located. The ribs on the elevators should lign up with those on the tailplane. Also the rudder is a little too long to fit the fin propperly
Best regards,
Andreas
