It looks fantastic?great work on the tensioning.
It looks just great even under macro.
How would you rate the kit in general in terms of fit and accuracy, Mike?
Servus
Bertl
Hi Bertl,
Like the Roland D.II the kit is well produced.
It's boxed as an operational aircraft of No.47 Squadron (RFC), the only squadron to fly operationally.
Mostly this aircraft was used as a trainer, hence my changes to the model.
The general fit of parts is good and the surfaces in the main do not have 3D print layer lines.
The only problem areas are:
The reinforcing rods through the wings pass under the locating recesses for the interplane struts.
So you need to shorten the strut ends to fit.
When the ailerons are fitted, their control horns are directly in-line with the interplane struts.
So if you correctly rig the aircraft, the struts get in the way, so I re-positioned the control horns slightly.
The only surface layer lines that needed sanding were on the fin and slightly on the fuselage sides.
The rib tapes on the underside of the upper wing and ailerons are too thick, especially the shorter, intermediate rib tapes at the leading edge.
They were sanded down to reduce their thickness.
Overall the kit is good and well worth building,
Mike
