Howdy!
Now it is ready. The quality of these photos is not ideal as I had to take them with artificial lighting. But there is no real chance for enough natural lighting for a month or two around these parts, so here goes.
This was quite a bit easier than the G.V, because I attached the upper wing now and could use split+sanded bamboo instead of the kit struts. I had built the other basic bits in the late 90?s, but all the smaller things, wheels, inner details, armament etc were missing. But now it is done, rigging and all. I also repainted the plane to a lighter shade and repainted the red bits over the green ones as the recent wisdom is that they were actually red like on Brandenburg?s lead machine. This K was one of the three `headquarter machines`, which were the lead planes on the daylight raids to England on the summer of 1917. This model portrays the machine as depicted in the famous (only) film clip of the London bombers taking off. So it has two upper wing tanks and the mudguards are missing, like in the clip.
So now I have resurrected these two unfinished Gothas, which I begun when the kits came out. This is not over yet, because I still have G.III and G.Va/b in the stash. One day, one day,,,,
Cheers, Skyhook
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