Actually, I'm not really talking about the advertising pictures.
The WM 46 model itself (the
model, not the pictures in the advertising) has diagonal braces and the bend in the cabane struts is located down where the bottom ends are attached to the fuselage. In a discussion with someone who has the cheaper version of that ARF, he didn't get the template, nor did he get the diagonal bracing, and the cabanes he got were bent in the middle (the least mechanical advantage).
The WM .40 version bracing is identical to the Nitroplanes version.
Have you seen a WM 46 Ultimate that didn't have the diagonal bracing? Mine does, and I got one of the first they sold. I have seen pictures a guy took of his Nitroplanes Ultimate and it has cabanes like the advertising pictures. The two versions don't seem to be identical at all. The advertising pictures are identical, but the stuff you get out of the box you've paid for isn't. I got what you see in the attached picture (well, the MightyMouse decal wasn't in the box, but the struts were). Didn't you get what all those advertising pictures show? No diagonals and the struts bent in the middle (where the bend will weaken the structure the most).
I'm missing something. The struts are no different than the WM .40 plane pictured on their site.
The picture on the WM website is missing something.... reality. They are selling a better version than they are picturing. It is confusing unless you have seen the actual models or pictures of them.
BTW, the diagonal bracing that WM is using with their 46Ultimate can be improved. chuckle.... yup...... and it's worth doing.
They have the diagonals come from high up on the front crossbrace, down to the back brace, right below the bend in the cabane, to where the cabane is attached to the fuselage. Both braces go from the top of the front cross brace to the bottom of the rear cross brace. My attached picture doesn't show my later mod.