Went to bed on Friday night with a fever of 38.9 so things weren't looking good for the weekends efforts at the workbench. However I woke up on Saturday feeling much better and with a normal temperature - although feeling rather hung over, not a fun feeling when you haven't been drinking!
So today it was time to attach the wings and start adding some of the minor details.
I also had to make custom markings for the rudder, as the size and location of the Fliegertruppe des Deutschen Kaiserreiches this was done by butchering one of the ones from the kit.
From here I could start rigging the lower wings to the fuselage, now here is the problem; this aircraft is using the C.II fuselage with the C.IIa wings - the two aircraft are rigged slightly differently! Not only that but this aircraft uses the older airleron controls things were a little confusing!
So after going over all of the documentation I had on the Roland C.II aircraft I decided that as it was using the new wings then it would also be rigged the same as the C.IIa, however the airleron controls would need to be rigged the same as the C.II.
Obviously this is all based on logical assumption as there is absolutely no way of knowing, the only image available is taken at such an angle that none of the wires are visible.
Another strange thing about this aircraft is that some of the lines have turnbuckles at either end and this is well documented in several photos found in the Windsock Data files, Wingnut Wings manual and Roland Aircraft of WWI all of them attaching to the wing strut and front of the fuselage.
So later today I will paint up the rear view mirror and the flare rack and add the antenna to the fuselage as well as adding the last of the decals.
