Malcolm -- ha ha, thanks for the laugh! Plans, you bet. I'm trying to post a page on how I did it, but too dang busy! Gimme a couple weeks.....

Dave, it's a replica D.VII with a Ranger engine, soon to receive a Gypsy Queen. Either mill twirls a little bitty 6-foot prop, whereas the original Mercedes D.III engine swung a nine-footer. Wanna super size that low-end torque? But that old engine is so scarce as to be non-existent today, so nobody has one to play with, and meanwhile, the newer powerplant/propeller combos just look wrong. So the idea is to get a display prop that looks correct (read: impressive!), but doesn't need to actually be airworthy since nothing can turn it. So I built this baby out of basswood and redwood since it's cheap, light, easy to carve, looks good, etc. It's for these guys.....

http://pioneerflightmuseum.org/index.shtml

: More d. VII details, please! A flying replica? Pics?

: Err, and nice boat stuff, too . . . .