Wingnut Wings has only recently appeared on the modelling scene, yet already the high quality of its products has pushed kit production to new and impressive levels. The rapidly increasing range has convinced more than a few modellers to make their World War One building debut, but this genre demands certain techniques that need practice for the best results. These include wood panelling (see AMW Issue 5/ May 2011), cutting and positioning large sections of lozenge decal and of course, rigging (Issues 8 and 9). Wood panelling has special significance for the Roland D.VIa. It was renowned for shedding the standard semi-monocoque method of fuselage construction, whereby thins strips of plywood were wrapped diagonally around a male former to create a 'bathtub', in favour of overlapping strips of spruce fixed to a wooden framework. In ship-building terms, this was known as 'Clinker-built'.
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