Roland C.II (No ,its not a keyboard !! )

[Chris S]

Hey DB, Thanks mate

A few more pics on this one

You will notice first up that all the wings are in place ,well only the bottom wing is fixed in place I had to do a dry mock up with the top wings to make sure everything was going to sit square ,and its not too bad ,one wing needs a little fettling to get it sitting straight ,but not much .
After the fuselage halves were joined I had to add the fairing for the rear gun ring ,to be honest this wasnt a great fit and did require a bit of work to get it blended into the fuselage ,got there in the end tho . A few other places on the fuselage also required a bit of filling .





The top wing on the left in this picture needs some adjustment to get it flush with the fuselage .





So ,I will sort out the wings ,add the tail feathers and a few other bits then ....paintshop

Thanks for looking .

Chris.

 

[Junkie]

Looking great Chris.

 

[Glorfindel]

As always Chris your up to no good. Didn't Mom ever tell you not to be naughty......the whole Santa thing.

 

[Chris S]

Thanks Scott

Anthony ;D ...I always get the blame for everything anyway ....so I may as well be up to no good ;D

I moved on another couple of steps with the Roland

I added the tail feathers ,which went into place with no trouble ...nice and straight .



But before doing that I got the bottom wing blended in ,it should be smooth with no joins here ,everything was faired in .



You can also see I added the undercarriage struts ,normally I would leave them off until later on an old bipe ,but they are quite simple on the Roland and dont present any problems in the masking & paint ,so I thought I'd get the job done now ,less chance of getting glue all over the fresh paint too !



Oh yes ...also put the oil cooler ? on the side of the fuselage ,just some clean up now and I can start paint ....If the rain ever goes away !!!!



Thanks for looking .

Chris.

 

[Junkie]

Another great looking build Chris. You're like a one man production line.

 

[Chris S]

Thanks Scott ....gotta keep busy ya know ;D

Chris.

 

[JMac]

Nice. I like that the pilots head would have been above the top wing. I might of missed it, but are you doing it up the the "Flying Fish" scheme, (I would buy one just for that scheme)

 

[Chris S]

Thanks Jason ,no she will be done as the box art with the shark mouth ...this is an early release of the kit ,the Walfisch decals come with the re release .

Chris.

 

[rookie]

What were the curtains for ? stop their feet from getting sunburnt ??? Will be watching closely when you do the rigging on this one Chris

 

[Fruit]

That's exactly what I was thinking, rookie!

An odd use of home accessories I believe ;D

Excellent work Chris! Say, how do you plan to rig this one?