Joe like I`ve said lucky you these Pyro kits are really hard to come by in Poland.
My latest shopping list consists of Etrich Taube, Halberstadt II and Morane G each in 1:48.
I hope I`ll have some time off from my scientific work during the summer to have fun with Gotha V...
I don't know exactly how old the Pyro kits are but , the instuction sheets have tunned yellow with age . This kits themselves seem of high quality and the parts fit together very well. Full rigging instuctions/ diagrams and painting (color) suggestions are included.
However, the aircrafts are not too acurately modeled and detailed in some ways The box art is is misleading and the contents in the boxes do no match the box art .
Example.....
I'm currently building the Avro which appears to be a "D' model acording to the box art .
However the model has a covered fusalage like the 'E" (easier to rig) with the tail feathers, etc reprsenting that of a "D". I'm not shure if a "D" ever had a covered fuselage.
The fuselage frame and bracing under the CDL is well modeled however.
It does contain a correct "Green" engine which is fairly well detailed but, it appears to be a 60 HP version and not the more historically correct 35 HP.
The wheels included are covered and not the bare wire wheels like the box art .
There is very sketchy info/photos on the early Avros anyway and all seven "D"s built were reportedly different in many ways .
Those aircrafts were most likely even modifed after initial assembly, even after an extremely rare photo might have been taken.
So, the Pyro model is still very credible.
Some pics show a metal forward fusalage and some showed what appears to be painted or varnished plywood.
Since that part of the model has a somewhat strange faint textue to it ( not wood grain and clearly not CDL), I went with painted plywood and gave it a somewhat motteled brown color with oils to represent that .
In any event, some guess work and good ol' artistic license is in order.
Anyway I decided to just build it OTB for the most part as it will still make an interesting model and be an easy build .
BTW, the Bleriot also seems to have the same generic/ hybrid qualities and does not match the box art in some ways. It does have an uncovered fusalage (that must be rigged ) however.
Given that a few Blariots we actually built in the US, who knows exacty what might have be modified on any given aircraft.
So again, the Pyro model is certianly credible.
