Tim’s 1/48 Eduard LFG Roland CII. (papa 695s biplane GB)

[Tim Marlow]

Hi all. Finally finished this one. Quite enjoyed it and made a better job of the rigging than I did on my last biplane.











Rigging points cleaned up OK as well.

Hope it passes muster
Thanks for organising the GB Ian, I enjoyed it most of the time

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Very blimmin' nice indeed Tim ,
Love the colour scheme,the rigging looks fantastic mate,how on earth did you manage to get it all that neat?!!

 

[Jim R]

That is a great result Tim. Well done with the rigging. A very nice, colourful finish.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

That colour scheme reminds me of something...
Oh yes. The Incredible Hulk and Lex Luthor's battlesuit!

Wonderfully garish!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Very blimmin' nice indeed Tim ,
Love the colour scheme,the rigging looks fantastic mate,how on earth did you manage to get it all that neat?!!

Thanks Andy. Rigging just took a bit of thinking and preparation. I use ezeline because the elasticity keeps it taught and the flexibility makes it much less prone to damage during handling.

• Drill right through the wing at the connection points, and into the body for fuselage mounted ones 0.5mm.
• Prep, clean, paint, decal, and varnish the model.
• Clear the rigging holes and add oversized ezeline fine threads to the top wing.
• Glue them on the top side with CA. Fill the holes with plenty of CA and allow it to go hard.
• Slice off the excess flush using a sharp scalpel.
• Touch in the paint and touch up the varnish.
• Fit the top wing.
• Thread the rigging wires through the bottom wing and glue them from underneath.
• Repeat the slicing off and refinishing for underneath.

Job done

 

[Tim Marlow]

That is a great result Tim. Well done with the rigging. A very nice, colourful finish.

Cheers Jim. Very kind. Does look a bit like a clown car doesn’t it LOL.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That colour scheme reminds me of something...
Oh yes. The Incredible Hulk and Lex Luthor's battlesuit!

Wonderfully garish!

Cheers Chris. As I understand it, the purple was used instead of the original brown so they didn’t get shot at by their own side……

 

[SteveT]

That looks superb!

 

[Waspie]

Very nice finish Tim. Most impressive.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That looks superb!

Very kind of you Steve. Appreciated

 

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice finish Tim. Most impressive.

Thanks Doug, glad you like it.

 

[Andy T]

Very nicely done Tim.

As Andy says, really clean & crisp, and I love the colours!

 

[yak face]

Top job tim , rigging looks great and I love the colourful scheme , although I think I need to go and lie down in a darkened room now Cheers tony

 

[Tim Marlow]

Very nicely done Tim.

As Andy says, really clean & crisp, and I love the colours!

Cheers Andy. Not up to your painting standard, but it’ll do me Colours do make a change from the muted greys and greens of the average WW2 bird don’t they.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Top job tim , rigging looks great and I love the colourful scheme , although I think I need to go and lie down in a darkened room now Cheers tony

Cheers Tony. Most central powers warbirds were a bit migraine inducing weren’t they….I’ll probably never use the Tamiya purple again

 

[Jakko]

ice, I really like the colours — makes it stand out in a crowd, for sure

 

[Tim Marlow]

ice, I really like the colours — makes it stand out in a crowd, for sure

Cheers Jakko. Funny really, Camo is supposed to make you blend in, but I understand this was to make them stand out….

 

[Jakko]

It’s almost hunter’s camouflage, except I doubt it will work as well against enemy pilots as that does against deer etc.

 

[colin m]

Top job Tim. Yes, the Roland has very nice lines. Your painting makes it look even better.

 

[Tworrs]

Very nice indeed Tim, you can be very proud of this model. Not that I am a fan of the colour scheme though