WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.

[DannyVM]

Thank's guy's for the very nice comment's

Greetz

Danny

[DannyVM]

Time to put some more progress on this bird, but first, i have a question for you guy's and girl's.

Regarding the propellor, i am a little bit lost

The version i am building should have, according to the WNW instructions, an axial propellor (kitpart n° E24).





iff i am right, this should be a late war propellor. I have a photo of a late war Fokker DR.I from Jasta 14, that is also equiped with this sort propellor.



Now iff you guy's look good, you can see the Axial logo on this propellor. The same logo is included on the decal sheed, but for a strange reason WNW instructions mentioned that theire must be another logo should be applied to the propellor?? A german cross with some logo aside??

Now take a look at this photo, this is the actual plane i am building, and iff you take a closer look, you will see the German cross logo on his propellor, but, i doubth iff this is an axial propellor??



and a closer look, at the tip of the propellor



Could it be that WNW made an error regarding the choise of the propellor, or is it just me:mental:

Iff it should be the axial propellor, i think it would make sense to add the axial logo onto the propellor, but it could also be another propellor , in order to put the cross logo onto it.

Please guy's, help me to brainstorm this problem

Greetz

Danny

[uncletony]

i believe the props with the iron cross logos were manufactured by Germania

[vincentm]

Don't know if that will help or get your more confused, but on a LF Models logo sheet I bought, the iron cross appears on the Garuda logo. Which doesn't mean there cannot be iron crosses on other prop brands logos, moreover...

[DannyVM]

Hi guy's,

      i believe the props with the iron cross logos were manufactured by Germania                                 

Thank's for the info Bo.

     Don't know if that will help or get your more confused, but on a LF Models logo sheet I bought, the iron cross appears on the Garuda logo. Which doesn't mean there cannot be iron crosses on other prop brands logos, moreover...                 

Thank's Vincent, you stated an idea, and yes, maybe it was a normal thing, to add german crosses to the logo's of the different manufacturers.

Now iff i compare the five different prop's to the photo, in the same angle, only one gave me enough sattisfaction, and that's according to the WNW instructions a Heine prop.

The kit's prop, in two different angles, in compare with the photo shown in the instructions book.





My dicission was quickly made that this was the prop, and therefore i used this.

For now, let's go further with the progress, slow.....but all thing's will come together nicely

I did some dry-fit of attaching the lower wing to the fuselage, together with the landing gear and wheels.

 





there's still need of much detailling and wheatering, but for now, all part's are painted in theire respectivly color's so the fun can begin.



The bungee cord's of the landinggear are allready finnished.



That's all for now folk's. thank's for watching.

Greetz

Danny

[radio]

You make a great work Danny.
Martin

[RAGIII]

Danny, Looking absolutely stunning! The bungee cords on the gear are extremely well painted/executed!
RAGIII

[Des]

Your work so far has been outstanding, I look forward to seeing the next progress photos.

Des.

[DannyVM]

Thank's guy's for the very nice feedback

Greetz

danny

[coyotemagic]

Truly brilliant work, Danny!  Your lozenge application is flawless.
Cheers,
Bud

[DannyVM]

Thank's Bud for the nice comment.

Hey guy's, i'm back with some more progress.

Today, i did some work on the wing's and fuselage and some part's, regarding the matt coat. For this i used Tamiya matt clear.
Also, the lower wing and landing gear was attached and glued to the fuselage.

Fuselage with lower wing after receiving it's matt coat.



Also attached the exhaust to the engine.





Engine cowl dry fitted to the fuselage, i don't know iff i will leaved this way, maybe i will redo the cowl.



After this was done, i made all eyelets for the attachment of the rigging, and glued them to the wing's.



For now, all pre-needed attachments are done, so it was time to glue the upper wing to the fuselage and lower wing. I was not very eager to do this, because off the proper alligment that was needed, but to my surprise, it fitted perfect, and together with that the alligment was perfect without the need of a jig, or device.

















And, last progress of the day, the wooden propellor, my real first problem-child of this kit. Nothing to do with the quality of the kit part, but all with my skills of painting a wooden prop   
Ok, i restarted this prop for about five time's before i could get this result.







I will rest my case with this result.:hmmm: :hmmm:

That's it for now, thank's for watching guy's.

Greetz

Danny

[mgunns]

Hello Danny:

Great work all around to date.  I especially like your prop!  Very nicely done.  I like your weathering on the cowl as well.  You are doing outstanding work on this model Danny.

Best

Mark

[RAGIII]

Danny, better with each update... as it should be! Love the prop! This is a beautiful build!!
RAGIII

[DannyVM]

Thank's guy's for the nice comment.

Indeed, i'm learning allot with this build, new techniques, and try out's, really i'm lost for now, addiction has taken his toll, and so i'm forever hooked with WNW kit's. This is the path i will follow from now on.

Greetz

Danny

[Dagmar Henderickx]

Danny,

I really like your build. Love the lozenge, wooden fuselage and what you have done with the prop!

Greetings,

Dagmar