Hello all,
I started this kit during holiday season of 2013 to have a WWI themed build ongoing. I was initially confounded by the multipiece upper wing and discouraged by the lacking Cockpit. Building the engine and test fitting the wings was all the further I got.
Fast foward to this past november, I got the bug to finish a long standing hangar queen, my eduard 1/48 DR.I. I also pulled this out and decided I might get somewhere this time, between steps on my triplane. I first got the wing glued together using my bench top, masking tape and a steel ruler to keep the wing straight but I was underway. I decided in the absence of significant cockpit detail which I feel is very visible, to add it myself. Its not that accurate and isnt going to be mistaken for a real aircraft but its so much better than nothing and doesnt look too bad IMHO. Everthing so far has been done with sheet styrene. I was going to add some pe bits but decided against to keep the detail even looking. PE will be confined to the guns and harness. Some thing have changed since the first photo. The seat brackets are now thinner and the control column is being modified and painted a more appropriate green color.
Beginning of Ignition controls on port wall.
Bulkhead and ammunition bins.
The Roden makes a nicely detailed kit for the most part but the fit can be challenging requiring fore thought sanding sticks and tape.
The plan is to finish this as Ernst Hess's jasta 28w machine, with green rear fuselage and jasta 28s yellow tail with black stripe. I find the scheme simple and attractive.
always open to tips comments and suggestions
Mike
