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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 04:04 AM UTC
Special Hobby have sent us details of a real treat for WWI modellers looking for something beyond the usual, more obvious, subjects with their new-tool 1:48 kit of the Lloyd C.V.
"Category C aircraft, i.e. two-seater, armed, reconnaissance aircraft were frequently used by both the German and the Austro-Hungarian air forces. The Lloyd C.V. recce aircraft were used by the Austria-Hungaria also for gunfire control. The design of the new Lloyd was remarkable; especially the wings, which were covered with a 1.2 mm thick veneer and had excellent aerodynamic characteristics. The first Lloyd C.V. series 46 aircraft started to serve with operational squadrons on the Eastern front in Galicia in September 1917. The type´s initial deployment was not trouble free and the pilots would complain mainly about the non-standard controls, these being replaced by standard ones (steering-wheel control, etc.) by November 1917. Subsequently, Lloyds proved to be sturdily designed planes with good manoeuvrability. As the production was not able to meet the demand and the Daimler power units were also in short supply, it was decided to commence a licence production of Benz engine-equipped Lloyd C.V series 82 in WKF company. At the height of their operational use as many as 12 units (Flik) of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force were equipped with Lloyds. Some planes had a small coffin-shaped box encompassing the machine gun on their upper wing while others only had a cylindrical tank there. Eventually, when the planes were found unsuitable for the front line because of their insufficient power they continued to be used in pilot training.

The kit´s three styrene sprues have been accompanied by 3D-designed resin parts and a set of photo-etched details. The scheme options offer three Austro-Hungarian Air Force machines, one of them in two various styles. Two frames with styrene parts are accompanied by 3D-designed resin parts and photo etches. The decal sheet offers markings for three Austro Hungarian machines. Two of these planes flew over the Eastern front, the third was seen over Albanian fron in the Balkans and our kit show this machine in two styles. What might be of interest of domestic modellers, it was usually flown by K.Janhuber, a pilot of Czechoslovak origin who would later become a very famous flight instructor."


SH48044 is due for release imminently, price: 28.70 Euros

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I have the original issue of the kit, about five years or thereabouts so I don't reckon it has the CAD resin(but very nice stuff nevertheless). Great detail, easy build minus the resin work(nothing special; always wear a mask, o.k.?) and this blurb doesn't begin to describe just how nice this kit is. If you enlarge the kit photo above, you'll see the wings and fuse are both wood, not fabric-neither are the ailerons; however the tail feathers are. For sure wood grain decals or being good at painting wood grains is a must. The wing has a bird-like planform, most evident in the tips. Another pleasing part is the tail feathers, very 'dawn of flight' construction. A side note, due to the extremely damp-to-wet conditions the plane served in, wood veneer would warp, which was one of the deciding factors for withdrawal from frontline service. The design and assembly records pointed to an inferior shellac, which under the aforementioned weather conditions weakened and yellowed, cracking and chipping with flight use. This allowed moisture into the wood all the way to the stringers causing failures. This was rectified and all future craft served admirably. Thumbs up to all stringbaggers-go get one.
JAN 24, 2018 - 08:51 AM
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