Rumpler C.I - 1917

[Erik Zwaan]

Wonderful Dick! Your skills regarding handling the fabric are amazing and the way you paint the numbers is exactly the way they were painted back in those days.

Erik

[Dick]

Hello,
I would like to thank everyone for their kind words. It's a big encourage to continue building.
The lower wings are already done and inserted for the test.
Regards,
Richard

[Mike1158]

I agree with Erik, it's a privilege to see a masterpiece come together.

[leclerc]

Love this build. Makes me wanna build WWI Airplane.
Keep doing your magic thing

[Pixelpusher]

I love what I see here. The attention to details have made this project stand out.

Thank you for sharing the imagery of this with us.

[alzictorini]

Dick

Do you have more information on the wing construction, the ribs look very realistic?

[abhovi]

Impeccable build!

[Michael Mash]

Looking great Dick.
Its very curious the way that exhaust manifold comes up like that.
Mike

[Don Boose]

It is, indeed, a superb build, Dick.

Mike - Those vertical manifolds seem to have been used most widely by the Germans and Austrians. The British had a few aircraft with vertical exhaust pipes, but the exhaust was collected by horizontal manifolds.

Image 1: A BE2c 4136 flown by Albert Ball, Number 8 Squadron http://www.captainalbertball.uk/publishImages/AircraftFlown~~element76.JPG

Image 2: Royal Flying Corps Re 8 http://www.medalsofengland.com/uploads/130714_10_50_596.jpg

Image 3 Fairey Campania: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Fairey_Campania.jpg

Image 4: Short 184 N1078 Yarmouth May 1919 http://www.aviation-news.co.uk/archive/media/june0-2-alan-key.jpg


Don

[Michael Mash]

Thanks for the vintage photos Don. They clearly show the vertical exhaust pipes.
The final photo has to be my favorite. It looks like a primative seaplane.
Mike