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WKF D.I Series 85

The WKF D.I Series 85 marked an end in the Austro Hungarian fighter aircraft development program. This, in its day, was a very modern aircraft and was powered by a 230 hp Hiero inline engine and demonstrated a very clean design. Rarely seen on WW.I aircraft was the standard installation of a wireless transmitter and receiver. This was all in all a very well done technical layout which resulted in excellent performance. This produced a very high climb rate and speed. This particular model in 1:48 scale is made from the superb Alliance kit. Despite the kits quality some basic modifications had to be made. The most important, was the length reduction of the engine. The crank shaft housing, supplied with the kit is 3mm to long. Also the nicely moulded resin struts needed replacement by some made of brass, because of the weakness of the material. To top it a little, I added some photo-etched parts from various manufacturers. But I can highly recommend the frets supplied from Part. The colour scheme applied is speculative. It displays one possibility. As later studies shows a variant in different grey shades could also have been possible. I took opportunity for the more colourful. For comparison the two only known photos of the original are featured