DFW C.V (Av) 287/18

[Wolf]

Great work so far.
I am a little bit astonished to read about this shortcommings regarding the instructions. Never thought to find these problems with WNW Kits.

[Des]

Great work so far Stefan.

I will check it out today and see what the radiator shutter linkage is that I missed, off hand I can't remember.

As far as the Wingnut instructions are concerned, I have built quite a lot of their kits and every one of them has had some sort of issue with the instructions, albeit only minor errors but errors all the same.

Des.

[Michael Scarborough]

every one of them has had some sort of issue with the instructions

I thought it was just my newness to kits like this so am somewhat relieved to hear this is not my imagination. I find that there is so much going on in the instructions with the coloring and 3-D aspects, yet there seem to be steps simply left out. Like, "when was I supposed to have applied that part?"

Michael

[Des]

It's quite a common occurance in the Wingnut instructions, they tend to give instructions for certain aspects of the build but way out of sequence to the rest of the build, very confusing, part numbers are sometimes given incorrectly for certain parts and some assembly instructions are missed all together, all minor issues but annoying. The reason I didn't attach the radiator shutter cables is because the instructions did not give clear evidence of where the cables attach to the radiator.

Des.

[PrzemoL]

Great work so far Stefan. This build of yours may be a guide for me soon as I am tempted to get me one of these for Christmas.

Regarding the incomplete instructions in WNW kits, I can only confirm this. If you happen to build an Albie or a Pfalz you will see the sockets in the dashboard for fuel switches, with nice holes for them. But the switches themselves are not in the kit, though they are clearly illustrated in the accompanying photos. From my Fee build I remember several issues of this kind related to the Beardmore engine - missing pipes and not too tiny!
However, I take those as an advantage, almost. Adding these bits from scratch brings more modelling value to your build, and finding them in the photos attached or found in other sources - even more so. After all, it is modelling not Lego bricks assembly, isn't it? Sometimes I have a feeling, they guys at WNW play with us or even bet among themselves, who of us WNW freaks finds more pieces omitted on purpose by them in their, nevertheless, spectacular products!

[stefanbuss]

If happen you build an Albie or a Pfalz you will see the sockets in the dashboard for fuel switches, with nice holes for them.

Przemol, yes you are right. I remember I had to add those on my Albatros DV as well.

Stefan

[KitRookie37]

Hello to all,
A magnific office ! Follow the white rabbit...heu....Stefan. 
Best regards.
Alain.

[stefanbuss]

Just a small update - fuselage and wings are painted, but have to dry (for a rather long time, as we have only 1°Celsius in the room that I have to use for painting (fumes etc., you know)), so no photos yet.

Only this one:

The exhaust, worn and (a bit) rusty.

And monsewer le piloteur

Don't worry, it's only one pilot - a marvellous Kellerkind figure.

Stefan

[eindecker]

Now, that's what I'm talking about! The pilot figure is so right. I must know where you bought it.

[radio]

The figure is very nice.
Martin

[stefanbuss]

Eindecker,

Martin Hille (Kellerkind) has set up an online shop for our Needs: http://www.kellerkind-miniaturen.com/

Nice guy, good Service, terrific products.

Stefan

[Ernie]

The figures look great, Stephan.  Very nicely painted!

Cheers,
Ernie

[Dric]

Lovely work Stefan.
Dric

[stefanbuss]

The last weeks were spent with trying to improve my photos' quality. Takes a lot of effort to find the right values to be happy with.

I hope there is some small improvement to be seen!

[Umlaufmotor]

The exhaust looks very good in my eyes, Stefan!

.....................very cool idea, dog and pilot the same scarf