My Winter/Spring Project

John,

Thanks for the advise. I'll keep it in mind when I get to my kit.

BTW, you did a heck of a beautiful job on that DH9!!

http://yolo.net/%7Ejeaton/mymodels/dh9a/1dh9a/1dh9a.html

From building the DH-9A, my advice would be to be very careful to get the interior bits together tightly, there's so much detail it's easy to let things grow and the precision of the kits won't allow that when you fit it all into the fuselage shells.

Thank you Kensar.

I'd already seen the one Albatros D.V on the first page of their index and have posted a link to it above.

I will keep searching for builds of the latest (Richthofen) iteration of the WNW's kit but, since I hang out mostly in FineScale, I thought I'd ask here.

I appreciate the site address though.

Go to WW1aircraftmodels.com forum for some tips and maybe someone there has built one.

1943Mike

Roger,

There are plenty of reviews about WNW's first Albatros D.V. It was out of production when I became interested in it. The kit I just received, I'm assuming, would be the same with minor variations. I would guess WNW just repackaged their original kit with the extra booklet, a figure of Manfred von Richthoven in addition to an instruction booklet to reflect Richthoven's mount, and some minor differences in the frets/sprues.

Even if I don't post a WIP I'll try to include salient notes from my build when I post the finished kit.

Here are a few reviews I gathered of the original kit which should help me along:

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=4949

http://www.ipmsusa.org/reviews2/aircraft/kits/wnw_32_alb-dv/wnw_32_alb-dv.htm

http://modelingmadness.com/review/w1/tc/tmcdv.htm

https://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/page20.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USpsdwtS_N0

 

gnarly! Hope the built goes well

Hi,

Can't wait to see the final build

Roger,

There are plenty of reviews about WNW's first Albatros D.V. It was out of production when I became interested in it. The kit I just received, I'm assuming, would be the same with minor variations. I would guess WNW just repackaged their original kit with the extra booklet, a figure of Manfred von Richthoven in addition to an instruction booklet to reflect Richthoven's mount, and some minor differences in the frets/sprues.

Even if I don't post a WIP I'll try to include salient notes from my build when I post the finished kit.

Here are a few reviews I gathered of the original kit which should help me along:

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=4949

http://www.ipmsusa.org/reviews2/aircraft/kits/wnw_32_alb-dv/wnw_32_alb-dv.htm

http://modelingmadness.com/review/w1/tc/tmcdv.htm

https://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/page20.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USpsdwtS_N0

Looks like a mighty interesting build, Mike. Don’t really know anything about Wingnut Wings, other than that they seem to be some of the finer examples of WW1 stuff. I’ll be really interested to hear about the build.

If it's anything like their other kits it should be a nice kit. I never have put one together myself but have heard from others who have, as well as see the finished products.

John and Pat,

Not sure I'll do a WIP. I may just post the finished build. I'm not sure. I've screwed up a couple of WIP builds in the last few years so I'm a little gun shy. If I do post a WIP on the WNW kit, I'll probably have worked my way through some of the build before posting. We'll see.

Murphy's Law,

To answer your question - I don't know yet.

Not being an expert on WWI or any aircraft for that matter, I will just assume that capitalism rules: Whatever the market will bear would seem to be the philosophy with model kit manufacturers. If the kit goes together without any problematic fit issues and the instructions are clear and in an order that helps my build, then I'd say yes, it's worth the $ I chose to spend. I certainly don't have the knowledge of the aircraft to assertain dimension/shape mistakes.

Hi,

I'm with Keavdog here.  I always thought this was an interesting looking plane and I too will be following your build.

Pat

Always liked the looks of the D V.  I'm not a WWI guy, but after seeing the replica at the San Diego Air & Space Museum I'm a big fan.  I'll be following!