Hi all,
Whilst waiting for the paint on the Roland to dry I decided to start a quick OOB build of the Eduard Fokker E.III. This kit is streets ahead of the Airfix Roland - everything matches the plans perfectly, including the positioning of the wing ribs!
I am in the process of upgrading my collection and replacing some of my early efforts, built when I first re-entered the modelling "arena" about 5 years ago. The Roland C.II is one of those early efforts, but my very first one, built with only the meagre supplies and tools that I purchased at the same time as the kit, in my local hobby shop, was Revells' Fokker E.III -
it did its job, but it's not very pretty - time to upgrade! The Revell kit is also a little off - ok span-wise, but it's about 1mm too narrow in the fuselage and 9mm too short.
I'll be building this one as Buddeke's Turkish aircraft and will finish it in a red-brown colour as suggested in the Datafile. My reasoning for going for that instead of dark green or grey is that the British were known to have used red-brown in the Mediterranean theatre, and I'm surmising that they got the idea from the Turks and used it because it worked! Plus it'll add a little interest to the subject!
In the box: 1 sprue of parts, one PE fret, painting masks, and decals...
I did get a pic of the sprue but I cleared my camara's stash and forgot to upload it....nothing really photogenic anyway!
After a couple of days I already have the cockpit done and the fuselage buttoned up...
The engine and Spandau are also complete, with their respective PE parts attached...
Thanks for looking in!
Ian
