[WWI] AZ Models HB-B.1 done

[Michael Kendix]

OK, sorry about that.  I did want to finish earlier but sometimes I arrive home with the best intentions and just cannot summon the energy to build models.

I think the kit is decent and fairly accurate.  Pedro did a review in IM on accuracy.  I built the 76 series version so I did not have to cut out the center of the horizontal tail part.  The small parts are a little thick and in need of clean up but they do clean up OK.  I replaced the cabanes, which wasn't a big deal.  The photoetch fret is very handy - I used most of it, except for the control horns.  The decals are good quality with no real problems but the tail cross was too large and I had to use one from the spares box - (left over from the Eduard Albatros D.V).

The model has a large number of "Sticking out" bits, which makes assembly progressively tricky as you approach the end stage because you are trying to glue things on without knocking off the rigging, the radiator, bits of photoetch etc.

It's the only Hansa Brandenburg of the B or C series in injection mold and it's definitely more than just buildable - it could be built into a decent competition-level model.

Any other questions?

Michael

> From: dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar
>
> Michael!
>
>> Finally - finished the AZ Models Hansa Brandenburg B.1 - took several
>> months.
>> Clearly I am slowing down. This was the second HB-B.1 kit I had
>> attempted,
>> the first being the RVHP, which ended up in the bin.
>> Full report, including my screw-ups and other stupidities in the November
>> issue of Internet Modeler.
>
> Ah, that's unfair! You announce a kit build on the day 3 of the previous
> month?
> Come on, let's hear some comments about the AZ models quality... been
> wondering to get a Breguet 14 someday...
> D.
>

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