Albatros assembly after transport

[+Olham]

I found this interesting picture in the photo archive of Greg van Wyngarden at the "Wingnut Wings" website.

Greg has made many pics of his great collection available there - if you haven't seen them, you should

visit their site and have a look - lots of great stuff. Here is the link:

 

http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/photogallery?categoryid=1

 

This photo shows quite well, how the Albatros fighters got transported and re-assembled at arrival.

The wings, and the tailplane-halfs were saved in crate packings.

The crew here seems to be working on the undercarriage.

The wheels are still lying in the background right.

I guess the transports were done by railway, whenever possible; but I have also seen an Albatros fuselage

being pulled by a truck. They had lifted and fixed the tail end on to the truck, and the craft was rolling on it's

own wheels. But that wouldn't do the wheels much good on longer distances.

 

 

[Creaghorn]

nice pics,

and nice weathering btw.

[+Olham]

Weathering? Where do you see weathering??? That is the Wingnuts stamp!

[+elephant]

One more for you, my friends:

 

 

[+Olham]

Hey, I thought I had seen them all??!!?? Did Greg add new ones lately?

Thank you, elephant - the proof that transport via road was also possible and done.

[+Hasse Wind]

I wonder who wrote the instructions for assembling all the parts? And did they often have those annoying extra parts that don't seem to fit anywhere but are crucial for the whole structure, like in IKEA furniture?

[+Olham]

It looks quite well constructed and almost simple to assemble. IKEA could learn from that.

[+elephant]

Our German friends excel in organisation and practicality!

The rigging instructions were printed on that rectangular sheet you see on the fuselage:

 

Two more pics for Olham's enjoyment* !

Notice the metal primer chipping on the second one, Creaghorn!

 

 

 

* If you go to WW site and choose Model Kitsets and your model of preference,

you can find additional Archive Photos than the generic ones.

 

Edited November 2, 2011 by elephant

[+Olham]

Ah, yes , here is real weathering on that metal hood, and oily stains under the fuselage.

Didn't know that about the additional pics - thank you, elephant!