RE: CD ScaleDesigns Albatros CI build
I am a bit "slow" in replying as is quite difficult to explain all these things in English.....
I am rather inclined to use metal (mostly steel if I have to silver solder) instead of plastics; for me the feel of the metal is accomplished only by the true metal. In the case of the machine gun support the arms were made of strips of stainless steel; the pillar was of brass turned in my lathe and filed to get the upper fork; only the square body was of plastic (a square element from a box of multiples for childrens); also the "sexton" was was made of brass.