Ron kootje

Nice that's it looking good! Ron

Hi, Nice progress indeed, I hope it is not to late but regarding your turtle deck of the fuselage I dont know if it is the picture giving the wrong inpression but the line between the fuselage and the top seems to be rounded due to sanding the top and fuselage, this should be a sharp line on the real thing. PS i use Jhonson furure to glue the etching in place on the fuselage afther decaling. Regards Ron

Hi guys sorry for the late response Iam real busy with my new house atm. To reply to the question of how many where sold is 20 and no more so you have a real limited edtion! I will try and post pictures in this topic since all my build logs are destroyed deu to photo bucket charging 400 euro for displaying my pictures again. PM me your email adress so i can mail the pictures direct to your email. If i had the time I would have finished my own Gotha build but I simply have no time for it ATM. Regards Ron PS any quistions regarding the build PM me and I will try and reply in the best way i can.

Guys I just pointed out that if names are mentioned it would be nice to give credit to all not just one name "Richard" he indeed put hour names on it never said he did not hence why the quote from his site! And on the part he taking all the risk financially is not the case I have invested allot of money also in this project I cast 50 kits and then when he sells them We get paid so yes I think I have the right to point out to some one that more names are involved in making this possible then one! All in al I did not mean to start a discussion just wanted to point it out and I am more then happy on how Richard handles this. Have fun building the Kit and it is easier to build then it looks. Ron

Hi, Great to see my kit build good work so far! Not to be an ******* but I have worked 3 years on this kit to make it possible to every one to build it made all the parts designed the etching cast all kits and Send them to Richard. Quote from Aviattic site Master patterns and photo-etch has been designed, drawn and created by master modeller Ron Kootje and artist Auke Elsinga. Trust me - you will never see a more complete kit.. Many thousands of hours have been spent by a team of nineteen individuals and state-of-the-art companies on it's development. Our “Balilla†is based on actual factory drawings and extensive study of references, including records of the two surviving examples in Italy with photo references supplied by Alberto Caserati and Szymon Grzywocz, with technical assistance and beautiful artwork from Juanita Franzi and reference material from Paulo Miana and Colin Owers. All parts have been meticulously hand crafted or printed and refined using the latest cutting edge 3D print technology, with assistance from our friend Costas at Gaspatch Models. Rowan Broadbent (Pheon Decals) has designed the extensive markings options for many gorgeous * 140+ resin parts (including “US†or “Polish†jacketed Vickers guns), strut positioning jigs etc., * 200+ photo-etch brass parts * Acetate for windscreen and copper wire * Specially commissioned "RB Productions†paper and nickel etched seatbelt sets * "Pheon Decals" extensive markings decals * “Aviattic†tailored linen, woodgrain, instrument faces and "St. George" artwork decals * Specially commissioned “HGW†fuselage nail head decals * Rolled A3 profiles and colour reference poster (specially commissioned artwork by Juanita Franzi) * Fully illustrated reference manual designed by Bo Monroe telling history of the aircraft, Pheon markings profiles and reference photos So what I mean to say if you are going to name names to give credit to, make sure you include every one that has worked hard on this to make it posible. Again no offence intended just hard to read that Richard has set a new standard, hope you understand and I think all the guys/girls involved like their name mention two if you are mentioning them Regards Ron