Late afternoon everyone,
I will now take the opportunity to bore present you some pics of my latest build. As I said in the build blog, this will be placed in a dio, and therefore it's not 100% done (fertig). First, I will give you a little history (sorry Doug & others) over this wing thingy first......
The company was started in 1912 with the name Deutsche Bristol Werke GmbH and under license, built Bristol aircraft. When the war began in 1914, they stopped the license and became the Halberstadt Flugzeugwerke GmbH. The built training planes and in 1915, they built the Halberstadt D.I, which was a single seat fighter. In 1916, the began producing the Cl series. The C stood for 2 seater, and the small l, for lightweight. After testing and some changes, the Cl.II went into production in May 1917 and was quite successful in it's role as escort for recon and artillery spotter aircraft and later as infantry support. It carried a forward firing LMG 08/15 on the right side of the motor and a LMG (various types) on a ring mount for the observer. It was powered by 3 different Daimler Benz motors in it's life span. The first was the D.III @ 160HP, then the D.IIIa @ 180HP and lastly with the D.IIIaü @ 200HP. Top speed was 102mph and it was produced from May 1917 - Mid 1918, with 903 being made. Some other noise,
Wingspan - 24 ft, Length - 18 ft 6 in, max weight - 2500 lbs, max ceiling - 16,400 ft and could carry up to 50kg of bombs too...Waffle over (till the end)...
The pics, taken after the blizzard of January 1918,
Well, what did you expect???...We didn't have color film back then, folks!!!...........Ok, some from today, 2023 in the wind and 26°,
And a couple from the 1st attempt in front of the house,
Forced landing in the Amazon.................
I was very, very impressed by the quality and fit of this Wingnut Wings kitset. It was my first and definitely not my last (5 more in the stash). They are now expensive due to the the company's closure, but you can still get one for around €150. I would recommend them highly as they are not too difficult to build if you follow the instruction sheet. I also recommend drinking a cold one or two while studying them carefully, before you start building. They are busy and you have to go back and forth to make sure you covered everything in the steps, correctly. I did have hurdles, but managed to jump almost all of them without landing flat on my face!!! I learned a helluva lot about WWI wing thingy's too. Rigging and (very) huge decals were a few. All in all, I had so much fun, I'm kinda hooked on this time period and moving into the seaplane side of it. Thank you all, once again, for following my fray into this. You folks are the best!!!!!!...........
Prost
Allen
PS, sorry about all the waffle............................
I will now take the opportunity to bore present you some pics of my latest build. As I said in the build blog, this will be placed in a dio, and therefore it's not 100% done (fertig). First, I will give you a little history (sorry Doug & others) over this wing thingy first......
The company was started in 1912 with the name Deutsche Bristol Werke GmbH and under license, built Bristol aircraft. When the war began in 1914, they stopped the license and became the Halberstadt Flugzeugwerke GmbH. The built training planes and in 1915, they built the Halberstadt D.I, which was a single seat fighter. In 1916, the began producing the Cl series. The C stood for 2 seater, and the small l, for lightweight. After testing and some changes, the Cl.II went into production in May 1917 and was quite successful in it's role as escort for recon and artillery spotter aircraft and later as infantry support. It carried a forward firing LMG 08/15 on the right side of the motor and a LMG (various types) on a ring mount for the observer. It was powered by 3 different Daimler Benz motors in it's life span. The first was the D.III @ 160HP, then the D.IIIa @ 180HP and lastly with the D.IIIaü @ 200HP. Top speed was 102mph and it was produced from May 1917 - Mid 1918, with 903 being made. Some other noise,
Wingspan - 24 ft, Length - 18 ft 6 in, max weight - 2500 lbs, max ceiling - 16,400 ft and could carry up to 50kg of bombs too...Waffle over (till the end)...
The pics, taken after the blizzard of January 1918,
Well, what did you expect???...We didn't have color film back then, folks!!!...........Ok, some from today, 2023 in the wind and 26°,
And a couple from the 1st attempt in front of the house,
Forced landing in the Amazon.................
I was very, very impressed by the quality and fit of this Wingnut Wings kitset. It was my first and definitely not my last (5 more in the stash). They are now expensive due to the the company's closure, but you can still get one for around €150. I would recommend them highly as they are not too difficult to build if you follow the instruction sheet. I also recommend drinking a cold one or two while studying them carefully, before you start building. They are busy and you have to go back and forth to make sure you covered everything in the steps, correctly. I did have hurdles, but managed to jump almost all of them without landing flat on my face!!! I learned a helluva lot about WWI wing thingy's too. Rigging and (very) huge decals were a few. All in all, I had so much fun, I'm kinda hooked on this time period and moving into the seaplane side of it. Thank you all, once again, for following my fray into this. You folks are the best!!!!!!...........
Prost
Allen
PS, sorry about all the waffle............................
Well done Sir and the Bamberg newsies will be around to take your statement and get photos for the early edition!! :thumb2::thumb2:
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