Wingnut Wings 1:32 Roland C.IIa (Early) Feldflieger-Abteilung (A)292b

[FarEast]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the comments as it motivates me!

WOW, just WOW. Love it.
James

James, I removed one of the wheels to see how she would sit nose down - She just naturally went in to the position seen in the reference photo. I have a feeling this might have happened while the aircraft was actually stationary - maybe the axle gave way while they were loading it or as the aircraft came to the end of the taxi as there is absolutely no other damage apart from to the axle and prop visible!

[RAGIII]

This continues to be utterly amazing! Nice work on the wheels!
RAGIII

[Des]

Extremely good work on the tyres, wheels and undercarriage James.

Des.

[Pgtaylorart]

Beautiful work, James! It's great to see you go the extra mile on the wheels. It makes a difference!

George

[FarEast]

Apparently someone has made the accusation that I don't actually build my models and that some one who has only been in the hobby for a little over a year can't possibly produce the level of model that I am.

Now I have to say I found it rather amusing and also a compliment but I have a confession to make, I do have some help.......I have a human that unscrews the paints for me before I begin and cuts the really small pieces off the sprue for me.



Silly Humans

[coyotemagic]

 
Cheers,
Bud

[Pgtaylorart]

I knew your work was beyond human!

George

[Michael Scarborough]

Now that is funny.....truly.

[FarEast]

Right enough of the silly business - so this weekend I got a lot of the smaller details done.

First up the exhaust system and surrounding cowlings, the image shows a very clean and fresh looking Roland and it looks like the condition of the exhaust is also fairly new so I decided to make a break from the norm and go for a newish looking one.

Now I remember reading about how another member did this - search as I may I couldn't find the post nor could I remember the name of the member so I had to guess and muddle my way through this - but to whom ever it was that posted how to paint metallic looking exhausts thank you! It inspired me!

The method I used was after giving the whole exhaust a base of black, I then dry brushed in one direction and in patches Flat Aluminum, steel and Metallic greys.

Then using Vallejo Rust Effect set and also the MIG AMMO streaking Rust went about trying to create something that looked like the onset of rust.

[FarEast]

Next up the gun turret.



A little more posing to get the angle right.

[coyotemagic]

Truly magnificent, James!  Congratulations to your pup!  He's brilliant!
Cheers,
Bud

[Pgtaylorart]

Another nice update! Good boy! You deserve a biscuit!

George

[jknaus]

Truly inspirational build. Very well done.
James

[radio]

Exellent build James.
Cheers
Martin

[FarEast]

So last night I was able to get a tiny bit of work in - with about 1 hour I decided to work on the controls.

First up the horns on the rudder - These were supplemented with the modified Gaspatch turnbuckles.



Then the airleron control horns - now even though the Feldflieger-Abteilung (A)292b aircraft used the 'Late' Variant wings the controls were still that of the C.II therefore parts from the earlier version were requide to make this aircraft authentic 'D9' controls were used as well as 'D5' on the lower wings.

Again these were modified with Gaspatch 'One ended' turnbuckles to enhance the detail of the kit.



Last but not least I started making one of the unique custom features of the Feldflieger-Abteilung (A)292b aircraft and that is what is believed to be a rear view mirror on the right side of the fuselage just where the wing joins.



I used a spare part of the kit and also some sprue to make the part.