[WWI] MAC Distr. Fokker D.VII (OAW)?

[Crawford Neil]

MAC kits seem to be very fine, judging from the only one I've seen
(of guess what!). Thinking about Roden engines, and I don't know if its
relevant in this case, it might be a BMW. But the Benz in the Alb DIII oef
is undersize, and I think (not sure) that this is a common fault, its
to make them fit. Plastic kits have thick fuselage sides, real aircraft
don't, so manufacturers make the engines small so they fit in the kit.
Generally I would look at the Aeroclub range for a replacement, though I
find that was a bit undersize too for the Albatros, and I ended up 
making a hybrid of all the biggest engine parts I could find. 
In this particular case, I have no idea of what I'm talking about!
/Neil   
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org 
> [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of Wolfram Oettel
> Sent: den 2 april 2009 08:59
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [WWI] MAC Distr. Fokker D.VII (OAW)?
> 
> I have this kit in my stash and I'm happy to have it. The 
> outlines are ok and the OAW typical surface details are very 
> fine. The MAC Fokkers are easy to assample, much easier than 
> Roden and Revell. Maybe the cockpit needs some improvement 
> and the engine should be replaced by a Roden one. I don't 
> checked the decals as I got some problems with size of the 
> raven on my MAC Fokker (Alb.) Look at my gallery.
> 
> Regards
> Wolfram