WNW Roland D.VIa

gcn · 30 May 2011, 12:31 AM

Well my 4th WNW model and my first one I've shown on here was completed a couple of hours before the wind got hold of the curtains in my study and trashed my first WNW model a SE5a

Construction was very easy with no gotchas at all. Even the struts with paint on went home with room to spare, the only issue I had was some crappy super glue that was guaranteed not capable of even sticking the sticky stuff to a blanket.

bobs_buckles · 30 May 2011, 02:11 AM

GCN,
Beautiful work on the D.VI. The woodwork, lozenge and rigging look top notch. Well done!

Sorry to hear about the SE5.a. Can the old girl be saved?

Cheers,
Bob

JohnReid · 30 May 2011, 04:18 AM

Great stuff ! I never realized that this aircraft had actual strips of wood (plywood ?) running lengthwise down the fuselage.Interesting ! Almost like ship building methodology.

MJennings · 30 May 2011, 04:26 AM

Very nice!

I agree with Bob: the woodwork, lozenge and rigging look great!

cob · 30 May 2011, 05:43 AM

Wonderful finish. The wood is very convincing. This is my favorite scheme (but I'm set on a red band instead of the black one for a little more color

). I've got this kit in my stash and I've been thinking about the best way to run a control cable from the elevator through the pulley. Could we get a close up of that portion of the fuselage to see how you handled it?

Thanks,
Rob

Jose Chaica · 30 May 2011, 05:54 AM

A most decent finish, no doubt. The strips of exposed wood can be a challenge of its own.

WarbirdsAMG · 30 May 2011, 06:15 AM

Outstanding work, and the picture quality is beautiful.

They provide inspiration for me to improve my skills.

dirtyshirt · 30 May 2011, 08:49 AM

Good afternoon,
I never realized that this aircraft had actual strips of wood (plywood ?) running lengthwise down the fuselage.Interesting ! Almost like ship building methodology.

Dead on, John, klinkerrumpf or lapstrake construction, think Viking longship. Each strake comprised multiple short pieces joined together with a finger/ comb joint.

Light and strong but labor intensive and costly to build and difficult to repair damage without a chain-saw. In other words, no match for Fokkers slapped together steel tubing in the Fokker D.VII.

Beautiful build, gcn, I hope mine turns out half as good. My S.E.5a came a cropper as well, but rebuilds handily. I used timber coffee stirrers from the canteen as replacement struts, she's better than ever as I prefer the Mk2, battered looking, paint job.

With regards,
Mike.

Galloway · 30 May 2011, 11:31 AM

Very nicely done GCN and one of my all time favorite aircraft!

Ken

Kaiser Bill · 30 May 2011, 11:58 AM

Congratulations on an outstanding build. The Klinkerumpf method of wood slatted sides is perfectly represented. Sorry about the Se5.