Wingnut Wings WNW Roland C.IIa "White 2", Schusta 6

[Umlaufmotor]

Hello everyone,

Thank you very much for your comments. 

Servus
Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

I did find a little time for the Roland C.II after all.
The screw heads - or was it nailed (?) - of the sliding guides were indicated with a 0.2mm carbide drill bit



A sneaky look through the window:



Servus
Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Precise filling and sanding is important on these wing/fuselage joints.





The wing roots are filed precisely straight at the transition to the wing with a fine diamond file so that the wings fit cleanly.







The joint seam at the cockpit edge is reproduced with thin hot-drawn plastic.



Servus
Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

When filing the lower wing root smooth, I damaged the mounting cover of the antenna.
A disk with a diameter of 4.7mm was punched out of 0.2mm thick (or thin) plastic card, drilled out in the middle and glued on.



The screw heads all around were again marked with a 0.2mm drill bit.
Actually, these should be raised screw heads ..... Let's see, maybe I'll glue short, thin pieces of casting slip into the holes and cut them to the right length to imitate screw heads.
But nobody will actually see that down there under the fuselage anyway



Then I reach for the kitchen towel, Tamiya tape and Maskol.
The fuselage is now ready for priming.
I will use "Sailcolor" from Gunze for this.





It is interesting how short and compact the fuselage of the Pfalz D.VIII looks next to the two-seater Roland C.II.
As a reminder, the single-seat Albatros fighters are only marginally shorter than the Roland C.II.
If you have these sizes in mind, you realize how small a Pfalz D.VIII is in comparison.

Servus
Bertl

[PrzemoL]

Great work all around. Always a pleasure to follow your build logs!

Pfalz D.VIII is indeed short but if you add the rudder and the engine cowling it becomes much longer 
Funny, I have just realized that my two completed models - Pfalz D.VIII and Roland C.II are standing side by side on the same shelf

[bobs_buckles]

Lovely work, Bertl 

BB

[NigelR]

More amazing work Bertl, inspirational as always.

[macsporran]

Your detail work is, as always, incredible, Bertl.
Inspirational stuff.
Sandy

[Rookie]

You are posting faster than I can read 

Amazing work Bertl!

Willem

[AngryJazz]

Amazing work! Thanks for sharing so many tips and tricks. I have to return to this build log when i start my kit 

[Umlaufmotor]

The last "Roland" - picture in this thread is more than a year old.
That means it was high time to paint the fuselage and remove the Maskol again.
Many years ago, I had a WingnutWings Hansa Brandenburg W.29 covered with Maskol in my display case for several years.
When I wanted to remove the Maskol after all this time, a large part of the masked paintwork and smaller plastic components were damaged because the formerly soft Maskol compound had bonded permanently to the painted surface.
I didn't want to have to deal with this problem again.

So ? as for the Albatrosses, work is currently continuing on the Roland C.IIa.

As a reminder, I got the kit second-hand from an estate sale.
Unfortunately, the previous owner had damaged several areas of the fuselage when removing the parts from the sprue.
The fuselage center seam on the Roland therefore had to be completely rebuilt.
I used the rib tape decals from WingnutWings for this. A total of three layers of rib tape were applied (the Wingnut decals are very thin) and I am very happy with the result.











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Bertl

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[Umlaufmotor]

Under the paint, the fuselage seam is clearly visible again, but by no means too thick, etc.









Paint chips have also been added to the landing gear axle fairing.
This was quite easy to do.
Immediately after painting the respective color, I washed it off with warm water using a short-haired brush with coarse bristles, always brushing lightly in the direction of flight.





I am currently sitting in front of the model, masking the shark mouth and the white squares of the Iron Crosses.
These markings will be painted without using the (very good) kit decals.
Almost all of the important parts and small parts are already finished, only the wings have not yet been painted.
I think I will now finish building this kit without interrupting it again.

Then we'll continue with the Albatrosses - and a fantastic Pfalz D.VIII is also still awaiting completion.. .

Servus
Bertl

[RAGIII]

Your work on this one is outstanding as always Bertl! The details are superb and your painting is Fantastic! It's nice to see you use a simple technique for the seam. Something I have actually done Myself 
RAGIII

[NigelR]

Well this is a nice surprise! This one is looking very good, your attention to those small details is really impressive as always.

[Tim Mixon]

Very impressive work Bertl.