Dear friends of WW 1 Aviation !
Through WingnutWings and the search for modelling information I came into contact with Des and marvelled at his beautifully built aeroplanes.
I myself returned to the hobby some 10 years ago , being a 1/35 tanker from childhood days. But nevertheless I always had a knack for aircraft kits, 1/72 in former days, but now I prefer the 1/32 gauge due to detailing etc. .
Though the market is full of WW 2 models I always longed for WW 1 items, not only aircraft kits. Finally we got at least aircraft
models from Roden and WNW.
In the course of talking to one another I sent Des frames that I took at Oberschleißheim (spoken: obashlyzhyme) Aerodrome, now part of the Deutsches Museum, Munich .
Personally I think that we all would enjoy to have money and time to travel all the museums around the world, but this is not
possible.
Books often do not show enough although nowadays the printed photos are much better.
Therefore I thought it a good idea to do it DIY, digital imaging allows to take as much frames as the SD-card will deliver!
Those photos should be shared with other enthusiasts.
With the Rumpler I couldn't get closer* (still lack a tele lens) and due to very bad lighting conditions had to go into the high ISO
numbers 800-1000. * + due to museum barriers;
The Rumpler C IV does not carry the apropriate engine being a Daimler D III instead of a D IV.
The Rumpler was restored in 1977 by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) and in those days I think restorations weren't always
as good - information wise - as nowadays ( there is no further info on the museum placard; I'll send the text to Des)
Interesting as it is in a Natural Science Museum: cutaways are a horror to me unless you do not have several items of the same kind. I think nowadys you won't do that any longer to unicates.
The Lozenge pattern is faded ; I had to redo all frames in Lightroom (mixed lighting conditions) and pushed up dynamics a little
bit.
kind regards, Gunther
