Scale Aviation Modeller International – April 2019

equally frustrating to use. In
the end I had to glue the thread
to the eyelet and the threaded
brass tube to the eyelet as well,
rather than threading the wire
back through the brass tube.
But I did manage to get the top
wing rigged. For me personally,
there must be a better material
to use. Fixing the two wings
together was always going to
be a challenge notwithstanding
all the thread getting in the
way. After more frustration, the
struts are inally ixed in place.
Now the stress really kicks in,
inishing the rigging. As before
the brass tubing isn’t the ideal
material to use but I eventually

managed to get both of the

wings rigged, I left a couple of

wires that attach to the nose

of until the end. The tail plane

was now glued in place and

the rudder was painted using

Tamiya and Aqueous paint,

rather than using the decal. The

tail skid was then assembled

and painted. All this tail area

was now rigged using the same

Uschi thread. This actually went

well apart from me knocking

the rudder of! The control

surfaces were also itted at this

point. The bombs were selected

from two diferent options,

these were primed and painted

ready for installation. Onto the

inals. The rear gunners Scarf

mount was carefully assembled

using kit supplied etch, painted

and installed. The wheels

then were primed, painted,

weathered, itted and the Brisit

was on her feet for the irst

time. A nervous check to see if

the wings are level.... yeah not

bad! Final little rigging bits

including the two that were left

of the nose. The bombs were

then itted, and the propeller

was added using ‘White Tac’.

CONCLUSION

This Eduard kit is in the

most part quite good indeed.

Yes, in some places the it

can be ‘interesting’ and the

instructions a little vague,

but it does build up into a

ine example of a handsome

Great War machine.

SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL • APRIL 2019

1/48

31