Thank you all, Rick, Bud, Jaun, Bob and Prze for your kind comments.
A new build, it was built to replace the same aircraft in my 5 Dr-I/PLM Pilot Collection at the San Diego Aero Space Museum that was damaged when the cases were moved. I did the original in 1984 and took 1st at the IPMS NATS in Atlanta. This one is already in the case down there and will not appear at the NAts. It is however built to exactly the same standard as all the others (all were all winners in the respective years of build and later another 1st as a collection), Complete scratch built interior, Corrected ailerons, wing stacking pads and Cowl, detailed engine., engine turned alum firewall, turnbuckles built as the others ( long before Gaspatch...) photo-etch Spandau cooling jackets . The sharp-eyed will note that the stripes are not all the same, this is per the actual pictures by matching the stripes to their particular rib locations.. It did give me a chance to correct the tail stripes as at that time it was conjecture as to exactly what they were and I originally followed Dan-San-Abbotts iteration of diagonals. Since then pictures have risen showing the Jasta 6 stripes as it now appears . I do have some spare parts so in time I'll fix & refinish the old one, but in a different PLM pilot's markings.
Will follow up when I get pics of the new display.
Ed
