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Who? Me?? 😳

I agree. It's quite striking!

I don't know why, but I'd always assumed that you were much younger than I. You are younger, but not that much!

Tail skid skinned and guns added -- no sights yet. EDIT: I should add that KK offers a laser-cut set for the Spandau guns. I haven't used them on this model, and I have to wonder how useful they would be -- I imagine that rolling the cooling jackets would be a nightmare, since I have found, with other models, that the card used for laser-cut details typically doesn't fold or roll well.

https://www.mmodelstore.com/aviattic-4and5colorlozenge-128scale.aspx EDIT: @popeye the sailor After I went to bed, I remembered that your D.VIII is not 1/28 scale. You still might be able to find some lozenge camo fabric by searching for coverings for RC planes.

The Scalemates page shows Voss' plane as a re-release of the 1957 kit with new decals, so that answers my question.

A big question might be how much stuff do you expect to store in it? It doesn't look like it provides all that much storage space.

Skinning the fuselage.

Which kit was that? I built one when I was a kid -- nine or ten years old at the time. It depicted Werner Voss' mount.

I really admire your determination to get this right!

It comes down to personal preference, though I do like to see them included on schooners. How to rig them? There I can't help you much. Ah, this is part of the curse for those of us who choose to build obscure subjects in less popular media. We don't get as many oohs and aahs, but some are watching. I try to get around to everyone's build logs now and then, but we have a lot of them to follow, so sometimes it is a few weeks or even months before I catch up. In the end, though, build what you like, regardless of audience appeal -- that's what I do. Cheers!

I'm fairly certain that the Richthofen-style all-red box art image is a figment of the artist's imagination. Richthofen never flew a D.VIII, because the type didn't enter service until October of 1918.

Does not appear to be currently in print.

Not a wartime recollection, but I did walk from the mainland to one of the Frisian Islands (Baltrum) back in 1980. Such an excursion is known as a Wattwanderung to the locals.

I order them from Poland, though not directly from KK (they don't ship to the US). http://kartonowa.pl/?kartonowa-kolekcja,14 Now on to a couple of shots of the closed-up cockpit and fuselage structure. My old, old phone ran out of charge this afternoon and was on the charger while I assembled this, so no good cockpit interior shots -- sorry! Once the cockpit is closed, the remaining fuselage structure goes together quite quickly. Next task will be fuselage skinning.

It's my firm conviction that one should never feel obligated to finish a model for which one has lost the necessary enthusiasm. The proof of my conviction lies in the smattering of unfinished projects on my shelves.

Me neither. I built plastic models in my youth, always sans weathering, and one reason I've never gone back to them is the daunting learning curve for achieving realistic weathering. My hat is off to all who have acquired that particular skill set.

Here's a link to all of the Constellation build logs, in case you missed any.

The more the merrier. The RC segment of our site can always benefit from some more content.

They are originally from Asia, but have been introduced into many parts of the world, e.g. Europe, North America, Australia.

A number of kit manufacturers (e.g., Dusek, Mamoli, Artesania Latina, Amati) produce kits of Santa Maria. If you search the internet for those kits, you will likely find retailers or other sellers who offer the plan sets separately.

First bits glued together. First I have a shot here of a parts page with some structural parts cut out. Exciting, right? Actually, I included this shot to show the unwary newbie cardist one of the potential pitfalls of card modeling. The parts on this sheet marked with an asterisk are meant to be glued to 1 mm cardboard before cutting out -- unless, of course, one buys the laser-cut frames set. But, if one glues the entire printed structural part (the beige part) to its laser-cut counterpart, the laminated part will be too thick and cause fit problems later. The solution? Cut out and use only the colored portions of the parts, i.e., the parts that will show on the finished model. Here's what that looks like: All of the three-dimensional parts you see in that photo are printed in 2D on the interior cockpit skins; that gives the builder the option of a simplified construction sequence. Adding the optional 3D parts for this model is not difficult because of the low parts count. Cheers!

Nicely done!

Okay, USS England has been put on hold for a bit while I wait for some materials and explore the possibility of acquiring some more 3D-printed parts. So, instead of sitting around waiting for stuff to happen, I decided to start another model. I didn't want to start something too complex, because I will be departing for California for two weeks during Christmas break, and I'm hoping to knock this out before then. You may know the Fokker E.V "flying razor" better as the D.VIII; the latter designation was assigned after some improvements were made to the original E.V. The type arrived at the front in late 1918 and served in small numbers. They were used by the Polish Air Force after the war. Not too much to say about the kit -- it is another outstanding model from Kartonowa Kolekcja. This will be my 5th KK kit. The glossy cover features artwork by the designer, Pawel Mistewicz. The kit can be built in four different liveries. KK seems to always build the prototype model in my favorite livery, so I will be building the mount of Erich Loewenhardt.. Excellent printing with a nice touch of weathering on four sheets of parts. As usual, there are options for simpler or more detailed elements. KK diagrams are among the best in the business. I also have the laser cut elements. Upwards and onward!

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