I guess there's nothing like a worthy cause to inspire a body to take on a difficult project. I look at the section of the stash containing VeeDay, Meikraft and Merlin kits and I realize they're not going to build themselves. When the Albatros C. III came out in the mid-1980s (I think), I was so very, very excited. And now, even though there are a couple of better kits available, I still remember that I put off work on the Meikraft kits "until my skills improved sufficiently".
So now I will begin work on the Albatros. I haven't figured out what colors to use, especially the Datafile said it was in production so long that it had many different color schemes.
After a day or so, I have gotten the big parts cleaned up of the huge sprue gates and numerous ejection pins. I hope I can hols my focus long enough to finish this one.
Rick in Seattle