...well, the control lines - mostly

I'm working on Eduard Profipak 8112 kit, Albatros DV (with Kurt Monnington on the box art).

The kit comes with PE aeliron hinge arms (term for those)/covers and rigging diagram (and box art) shows control lines running from bottom wing top plane to the bottom plane of the upper wing.

Now, comparing it to WingNut Wings finished Alb.DV - there are no lines, just the hinge/cover...

So some models appear to disagree and I've even seen some modern flying full size replicas do it both ways.

Which one is "correct" or was this some sort of early production / late production thing

The D.V had the aileron control wires running through the top wing, and therefore had the fairings at the hinges. The D.Va was rigged like the D.III with the aileron control cables running through the lower wing and used the pair of cables running up to the aileron without fairings. Eduard is incorrect in showing both together.

Thanks - I knew something was amiss when the two don't really fit, as the lower fairing/hinge are in the same place - I really need to next time I start on the Eduard build.

the control cables drop from the centre rear of the upper wing between the guns just in front of the ammunition continers to the wheel on the control stick assembly. If you want it clearly shown download the PDF of the intstruction manual from WNW, theres a wealth of info in it.

Keith

Here is a bit of fun on the subject. Please note also that there are a couple of issues with the kit. The pilot step is too far back and the lug for mounting the propeller is on the wrong side of the hub. See here too.

Wealth of information - as always, thanks!

I did finally order a NWN Albatros - I've built half a dozen Eduard 1/48 D.V offerings (following instructions) by now and I'm still "surprised" when something goes just I think I have a worthy build.

Maybe building a correct Albatros in a larger scale will make me more proficient in smaller / less correct brethren...