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Online atleast at some websites there is a debate on this kit and what might be wrong with it. Let me help you set the record. First a little history. Two companies built the Junkers D.I. The Junkers & Co. (Jco) and Junkers - Fokker Werke AG (Jfa). This happened because Idflieg (Miliatry inspection dept for aviation) did not trust Junkers to mass produce his machines. Briefly JFa became the main contractor and the parent company became a license builder of their own design. Curious I know.
1. Concerning the turtledeck.
My sources tell me that initially - Jco turtledecks were centerline 2 part . Jfa one piece (like the kit). After Sept, 1918 they all became centerline 2 piece. Jfa was absorbed by Jco at this time.
2. The walkway plates are absent. These can be added using heat stretched sprue or small .030 thou Plastruct / Evergreen plastic rod.
3. The interior surface of the corrugated metal is not represented. True, but in this case it is probably correct. Evidently there may have been additional plating (1/4 of an inch thick) on the interior side walls and belly of the original aircraft's cockpit area. The contracts for the first 50 D.I (single seat) and CL.I (two-seater) types were titled for ". . .50 Balloon machines. . ." This military designation required the additional plating. And it was the final convince-er for Idflieg to purchase the machines.
If you want to do the interior corrugations back from the cockpit heat stretched sprue could be used here as well.
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