Hello to all! I'm currently embarking on a new scratchbuilding project and could use a little help. The plan is to make a Jeannin Stahltaube with all the bells and whistles. However, I've run into a little problem...
The two major references that I have on hand are a hard-won copy of Windsock's Taube at War, plus some sprue shots and the downloadable JPG/PDF of Wingnut Wings' Stahltaube instruction booklet.
As I compare the Windsock drawings and the 3-view plans in the WNW instructions, I can see several noticeable discrepancies between the two. Particularly in the wing, cockpit and nose shapes. The instructions seem to compare more favourably to photographs of the real thing and I suspect that the Wingnut team had access to more up-to-date sources than the datafile did. Unfortunately the 3-view drawing in the WNW booklet is too fuzzy and low resolution for me to take any reliable measurements from it. Which leaves me cap in hand, asking for a favour...
If anyone has the WNW Taube kit handy, would they be able to come to the rescue and provide a fresh scan of the 3-view drawing that is shown on page 17?? I think if I am armed with that at a resolution of 600 or at a pinch, 300dpi, I should be able to answer all my questions regarding shape and dimensions and get me motoring again.
Thanks so much for taking a look! Here's an image of the page in question and a pic of the model so far:
