Roland C.II, Airfix 1:72, corrected! (I hope!)

[IanB]

I've had the first fun day on this for a while! Most of the decals have been applied, only the wings to go and I'll do them after the rigging has been done. Tomorrow I'll give it all a gloss coat to protect the decals.....onwards!





Ian

[Des]

She's looking great with the decals applied Ian, quite a nice scheme.

Des.

[radio]

Great work to repair your painting  and update Ian.
Cheers
Martin

[lcarroll]

   Pretty spectacular recovery from all the paint woes, Ian, it`s a fine looking model. Nice to see persistence and talent rewarded!
Cheers,
Lance

[ALBATROS1234]

nice recovery. cool that you are doing a marking that was alleged to be one that mvr may have been an observer on. i like the look of the markings as well.

[BigBlue]

Ian, this is terrific.  I really admire the skill (and guts) it takes to undertake the kind of corrections that you have.  Your work has certainly paid off.

Chris

[RAGIII]

Ian,
Lovely work! I thinnk I llike Spots better than your original choice!
RAGIII

[IanB]

Thanks all, very much appreciated!
This is starting to be fun again now. I got all the structural rigging done yesterday, and got it all cleaned up today. After that little job, I tackled the exhaust. The slot in the kit part was filled with Milliput and 6 lengths of 15 thou plastic rod were pushed into it and aligned as close as I could get them. The last thing I did this evening was add a touch of CA to help hold them all in place. I'll continue with that tomorrow.
 Further progress was made with some of the smaller items too. Wheels were painted and attached, the claw brake is now on, and the prop logos and reference guide lines for the pilot were added. Finally the ailerons were attached so they can dry overnight and will be ready for decals tomorrow.
 






 Besides the wing decals, there's not much left now: the non-structural rigging (undercarriage, ailerons, and rudder) will be done with wire, then there's the observer's Parabellum, and the windows. I might also make an attempt at an anemometer as it was very obvious on this aircraft.

Thanks for looking in

Ian

[Des]

Looking really good Ian, you did a great job with the rigging.

Des.

[RAGIII]

Beautiful rigging Ian! You are nearing the home stretch now. Glad it has become FUN again!
RAGIII

[radio]

Very good rigging Ian.
Cheers
Martin

[WarrenD]

Ian, fantastic recovery from the paint issues and the rest of this build is just superb IMHO.

Warren

[IanB]

Thanks all,
 There is no question that this is not going to be any where near where I wanted it to be when I started, but it is still a huge improvement over the basic kit. I'm more concerned at this point at having it accurate to the shape and dimensions of the real thing than any individual aircraft. The paint issues and subsequent change of scheme have left it with no underwing shadow details and a blue rather than clear underwing finish, but I'll live with that.

 I got the undercarriage rigged today, attached all the flight control surfaces and the coolant header tank, applied the wing decals, then made a start on the observer's Parabellum. I also made and attached the windows and pilot's windscreen, and did a little more work on the exhaust. 



Getting close now....

Ian

[ALBATROS1234]

wow very nce. if i didnt know any better i would guess its the 1/48 eduard kit from looking at the photo.

[IanB]

This one is now officially off the bench and into the display case. The final touches were added today and I'm happy to see it done! It will not be getting the anemometer I had thought about.





More pics in completed models.

Thanks for all the support along the way!

Ian