Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 - Modelling information

Building this model is rather simple. The engine is, for at least the Dutch version, is mirrored, so I replaced the exhausts and so on just to the other side of the engine.
The machine guns were not visible on the photo so I omitted them on my model. On the location is some kind of plate visible, which I added to my model.
The fuselage I painted overall Revell 76, as Humbrol 162 (the colour mentioned in "Camouflage en kentekens..") was no longer available.
On website I noticed that someone has used this colour for his model of the W.29. On the photos shown, it looked rather good.
The undersides of the wings I painted with Humbrol 74, a light yellow colour.
I used the decals of the kit for the camouflage on fuselage and wings, though the hexagons are a bit oversized and also the colours might not be correct. Originally, each side of a hexagon is 15 cm long, which is about 2 mm in 1/72nd scale, those on the decals have sides of approximately 3 mm, in fact to large, though I used them after all as I couldn't find suitable ones.

Another problem was to make nice orange roundels, I bought some decalpaper for inkjet printers and printed them.
The coverage was rather poor and the camouflage-pattern was visible through the decals (see the photo below), so I painted them by hand.

The home made decals on the upper surfaces.

The home made decals on the undersides of the wing.

The finished model.

See also references:

• • IPMS Stockholm: Colors
  • WWW.Rollmodels.net: Hansa Brandenburg W.29
  • WWi-models.org: Photos HansBrandenburg W.33
  • WWi-models.org: Photos Benz engine.
  • WWi-models.org: rigging