Neal,
still waiting on those plans

ah.  in the highest possible praise...

Yer killin' me.

glory, I can only hope I can ever do as nice a job.
it is a good looking model.

I appreciate your sharing.
victor

Lovely model.
Great to look at.
Looks good from every angle.

This is what I mean by "puttering"...struts and gear painted.  Markings applied with Sharpie pen.  I sure could call this "done."  Still need a skid n' engine...some radiators.  All up weight at the moment is 15.6g.

Neal

WoW she looks fantastic!  Well done.  Did you set any incidence difference in the upper and lower wing?   

Actually I'm having enough trouble just keeping myself motivated...much less thinking ahead to rigging.    Ideally speaking...would be nice to have rigging...really is pretty standard.  In fact...the only really unusual feature for these two-seaters, and this one in particular is the shape of the wings...that was my original motivator.  As a matter of fact...I've had quite a challenge just locating old pics of the animal...they really do all look alike!  I suppose that's good...but tells me that the Central Powers didn't make much of a "study" of their observation types.  I think the philosophy was to get as much altitude as possible over ones own aerodrome, then head for the front lines.  The idea was to get over...take the necessary photographs...then get back home...not much "science" to that.  "Altitude" for an observation type was basically..."up where the other guy isn't."  Standard intercept defense was to put the nose down n' git fer home....

That previous color plate to date had been the only one I've located...other than one shown in a Kenneth Munson WWI guide book.  The plate is Austro-Hungarian...specifically NAVY...i.e., K.u.K.  It'll have to do...with license...used it before.    I've read that the DFW B-type was actually the most numerous B/C type ac used by the Central Powers throughout 1914/15...so one would tend to expect numerous pics to be out there....ha.

Got the wings covered...sans national insignia.

Thanks, Mike.

Neal

Was watching a documentary yesterday while covering this little animal...appears that in 1917, the Austrians attempted to work a peace-deal with the British, French, and Italians...behind the scenes...unbeknownst the their German allies.  The Brits and French got to squabbling with each other and then to justify their own positions, let it all out of the bag.  So there's Austrian Emperor Charles with egg on his face...and the Germans very miffed...and then to top it all off, the Italians suddenly decided things were improving for themselves...so they torpedoed the entire proposal!  So the war continued on for another year...people dying....

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