Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

I started the DR.I for demonstration purposes at a Museum of Flight
display a couple years ago. It's really nice etch, and it's designed
very well. I understand that on their earlier (what was that a Piper
cub) strip down, you had separate wing ribs that had to be put in place.
On the DR.I, you don't have separate ribs; they're attached at one
point, so that you bend and twist it into position before hitting it
with a little CA glue. Very easy to do

The fuselage went together easily also, and the interior detail is quite
good.

I didn't complete this model since I was not that interested in the
strip-down subject. I just wanted to demonstrate photo etch to the
public and wanted something I could work continuously on for hours at a
time. So I had the half-built project kicking around for a year or so
before I threw it away.

--- Tontoni