Thanks, Everybody! This has been a fun build...but I also realize that parts of the engine and interior are sort of fictitious or at least based on a different machine! The engine, for example, has a completely different top manifold based on the shots I've seen and the magnetos are in the front! Anyway, until I figure out some of that detail, I decided to work on the interior/fuselage.
The directions are pretty scarce and so most of this is pretty much based on my own intuition. Here I also think that some of the interior pieces like the control wheel come from either a very early Berg D.1 or even (maybe) a picture of a Hansa Brandenburg Star-Strutter! In any event, I wanted to use as much of the kit as possible so here is my attempt.
Some interior parts with the walls already folded and glued to the balsa bulkheads. I thought the seat parts made sense, but in the end, I cobbled something together that looks ok but I don't think I'm using the parts correctly or as intended!
Here are the parts for the main controls. Cutting them out was not easy task!
And here's what I got...I only added some paper seat belts.
Folded up...note the circular openings for light! Cool.
Now with the engine bulkheads attached to make a basic forward fuselage...
And here it is sort of test installed. With some more engine detail, it will look cool. Can't wait to see if the rest fits!
Cheers and thanks for looking....Dan
Edit!! I just found some photos that DO show a control wheel! They were apparently in earlier machines...live and learn! I bet they had different engines too so I may be all wet!
