Michael Kendix's Central Powers Models
This was built from the 1/72nd scale Roselpane vacuform Oeffag C.II kit. The
wood surface is wood decal from Tauro, which I scuffed-up a bit using 220 grit
sandpaper and then did a little dry-brushing with various shades of brown
acrylic. The flying surfaces are clear doped linen (CDL) for I used
"Cat-Whisker Yellow"; possibly it is too yellow but I like to experiment and
not make every kit that has CDL look the same colour. The cross decals are
from my "spare's" folder, the white squares are sprayed decal paper, and the
"52.67" was done on an HP LaserJet using clear decal paper. A picture of 52.67
can be found in the Flying machines Press book "Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft
of World War One" page 243. Rigging is .005" straight stainless steel wire from
Small Parts Inc. The struts are carved from bamboo, and the landing gear is
made from a combination of piano wire and plastic rod. This is a high quality
vacuform kit and I recommend it highly.
This is Hit Kit's 1/72nd scale Oeffag Albatros D.III Series 153. The engine and
wheels are from Roseparts, the interplane struts are from an Esci D.III kit, and
the other struts and landing gear had to be scrtchbuilt from plastic rod and
piano wire. This kit was quite a challenge, with its large amount of flash and
flimsy decals. Unfortunately, no other better kit of this aeroplane exists in
1/72nd scale.
This is the 1/72nd scale Toko kit of the Aviatik D.1 berg, whose photograph
appears on page 63 of Grosz et al.'s "Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World
War One". This is basically out-of-the box with a few minor exceptions; the
ailerons and tail elevators were cut away, and the cabane struts were made from
plastic rodsince the kit ones did not fit. The rigging is made from .005"
stanless steel wire from SmallParts Inc. The hexagonal pattern are the kit
decals, whose colours are probably too bright. This is a relatively
straghtforward kit and well worth the inexpensive outlay.
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