This actually started as somebody else's "shelf queen" but it IS already started. I woke up and didn't want to go another day without a Hannover on the shelf.
Evilbay offered this up for $34.99. Already started, it's qualified for the "Shelf Queen" GB.
Came with usable kit decals and an additional set that would have been included with the Koster Aero Enterprises Hannover kit.
Fuselage and cockpit is already together and painted dark grey, should be varnished wood, I hope I can get in there.
Several bits have come loose in the cockpit. An inventory of parts revealed everything is complete in the box except one itty bitty cylinder head.
I have 5, I need 6. I hope I can fix these after being damaged. I will try and fake something up and put on the last cylinder hidden under the wing.
I will re-imagine these intakes with round material instead of the P-E stuff.
The wing is incorrectly made as one long sweeping curve. The Hannover had 3 separate sections of straight upper wing.
Boiling water allowed me to soften enough to straighten and flatten.
I then made deep cuts on the bottom and super glued in correct position. (Notice the holes for the cabane struts are not equidistance from the center line of the wing, put a pin in that for now...)
Apparently all early Eduard kits were timid on panel lines so all those have been re-scored deeper along with the missing ones on the top wing. I will add the missing hinges with my furnace tape.
Bottom stabilizer was fabric covered wood so no ribs.
Just like the Pup, early Eduard kits had good bones and plenty of room to improve.
More soon.
