Work, health and other issues have made the first half of the year not very productive, but I did managed to finish a pair of two-seaters of the Central powers.
First, KP’s LVG C.VI, embellished with decals from Peddinghaus and Aviattik lozenge. Of course KP would afterwards issue a kit with the same decals, but considering the quality of the decals in this kit I likely would have bought new anyway. Except the decals, it’s a wonderful kit that I heartily recommend. I can’t remember which unit this machine fought in, but the year was 1918. The painted fuselage was atypical, the LVG C.VI were usually finished in plywood, often varnished dark as the originally light finish made them easy to spot. I suppose this was an aeroplane finished in light varnish that was painted on the front to avoid just that.
Next Special hobby’s Lloyd C.V. In contrast a not very numerous aircraft, but it has that decidedly Austrian birdlike appeareance that I am fond of. I cheated with Aviattik decals for the ”autumn” camoflague, but I’m uncertain whether I like it more over a painted look. The model shows a 1917 machine of unknown unit.
