> What most people miss is that Richtofen's 102/17 and Voss's 103/17
> werent PRODUCTION planes at all and not even F1 or Dr-1 triplanes.
> They were remodeled V4 preproduction prototypes!
>
> There were BIG differences. If you ever see anyone use a standard Dr-1
> kit and mark them as Voss or MVR astound them with these gems.
>
> 1: The V4 planes had NO wingtip skids.
>
> 2: The cowlings were different than the production run, with the lower
> part of the cowling going behind the engine. Thus the cylyinders poked
> out of an elliptically shaped "slot" rather than the production horseshoe
> shaped cowl.
>
> 3: ( the biggie) the STAB was very different, with the angled leading edges
> of both sides of the stab being arced rather than straight. Few photos
> showing this detail were ever taken. It is quite distinctive!
Question: weren't the ailerons different as well? If my memory
serves, they were larger than production Dr.I's (and possibly the
reason why Revell got it wrong in 1/72nd scale).
Matt Bittner
meba@cso.com
Omaha, Nebraska
"Yoddle-yay-hee-NARF!"