A trial fit of the internal cockpit structure earlier, gives a very close fit within the fuselage sides.
I decided to build 6758/16 since several good photographs exist of this aircraft and are provided in the WNW instruction book.
Also I just liked the colour scheme as it was in my mind, what a Rumpler would look like, although with somewhat speculative colours.
To this end I have opened up the small semi-circular engine cooling slots in the fuselage cowl, just behind the propeller spinner.
WNW provide a recessed area making it a simple job to cut out the slots using a sharp Xacto knife and cleaning up the hole with a small strip of wet and dry paper.
I sprayed the interior with Tamiya paints, as per the WNW suggestions. Notice there are some injection sink marks inside the lower engine cowl area. Although this area has been painted with XF-76 Grey-Green , it is not seen once the fuselage is closed up and the engine fitted onto the engine bearers.
The fabric area within the fuselage was sprayed using a home mix of a shade using white , buff, and deck tan. Once this had dried, I carefully brushed a filter of "Mig Productions P402 : Brown for Desert Yellow" over this, to create a slightly streaked and worn effect.
Again , much of this effect is hidden once the fuselage is closed up.
Ray Rimmell's datafile 149 on the "Rumpler at War "also has some really good pictures and additional information which shows how much detail WNW have packed into their kit. I noticed the copper tube running from the observers fuel tank to the main tank under the pilot's seat, on page 11 of his guide, showing close up photos of the Rumpler displayed in Munich. This was replicated with a short piece of copper fuse wire 0.4 mm I think, and placed into holes drilled in the fuel tanks.
You might be able to just make this out on the second photo of the fuselage structure posted earlier.
That's it for now.
Off home in a few days time to pick up my replacement drills ,Doug's prop, and a few other goodies .
