Knights of the Sky WWI GB The End

Daywalker wrote:

Stephen, NP, I won't tell anyone! Do you know what color scheme the Fokker DVIII was delivered from the factory in?  I'm guessing O.D. green wing, lozenge on fuse 'cept for the panel immediately in front of the cockpit, but I don't know about  the tail surfaces and cowl.  Can you help?

As a matter of fact here is a bit of fun some plugger hereabouts did on the subject.

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=1620

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=73059&page=1

Stephen,

NP, I won't tell anyone!

Do you know what color scheme the Fokker DVIII was delivered from the factory in?  I'm guessing O.D. green wing, lozenge on fuse 'cept for the panel immediately in front of the cockpit, but I don't know about  the tail surfaces and cowl.  Can you help?

MrDrummy wrote:

"Another question, Stephen-How do you get such nice looking grass for your bases?  Is that stuff you purchase?  It looks so nice and plush!"

Greetings Mr. Drummy,

I use several different methods depending on the desired result.  Sometimes I use sheets of pre applied static grass from Germany.   Sometimes I go for a winter, fall or spring look using Woodland Scenics items. I get all of these from a local rail road hobby shop but can probably be picked up from Walthers.

Daywalker wrote:

"Beautiful work there Stephen!  How did you do the wicker seat?  I really like the look of it. . . "

SSssshhh. . . its a PE item.

Beautiful work there Stephen!  How did you do the wicker seat?  I really like the look of it.

Dougums, Nice looking engine!  Hopefully you will be able to get some larger photos, and we can really see how nice it looks!

Ok , gallery is ready.

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   Well i started my Fokker and i must say it dosn't look too bad.  Let me know what ya guys think. 

...yeah, then I heard Mike say...shhh shhh shhh he's coming...

Oh hi Mike... Your back

Mike- Glad to hear things are looking up, and that you're gonna get some bench time soon.  It hasn't been the same round here without you as of late.  And thank you for the compliment, you are way too kind! 

Well, it looks great Marc!   And I can't see Stephen's photos either!   I wanna see!  I wanna see!

Justin-  That Albatros is looking great thus far.  I am pumped to see how it comes out, your work is outstanding!

WOW, coming from you guys i guess that's a go for the struts and prop color.  Thanks.  I was looking at other WWI builds and one guy said he puts a coat of wood or tan, does the laminates with rust and then a coat of clear orange.  And that's what I got.

Am I the only one that can't see Stephen's pics?

That's looking very sharp mrdrummy. 

Another question, Stephen-

How do you get such nice looking grass for your bases?  Is that stuff you purchase?  It looks so nice and plush!

Stephen!! WOW!  That looks amazing!  I don't think that I've seen better work of yours before!  Awesome!

Here's where I'm at with my Albatros.  The fuselage is together, and I primed and made sure all the seams were nice and covered up. 

I then went over the whole thing with a wood colored primer--then thought twice about it, and rubbed it all off with alcohol.  You can still see the remnants of this on some spots.  I came back with a dark gray primer instead, and attempted some pre-shading, something I've never really done before, as I'm definitely sold on POST shading.  I figured that a dark gray pre-shade would look best underneath an overall light blue scheme. 

I painted the metal panels of the aircraft on the nose and around the engine in a lighter color, in hopes that when the light blue is sprayed on, there will be a little bit of a variation of color.  Monotone schemes can get BORING!  I don't know if you can even tell from the photos.  I may have to go back and do a little more lightening of those panels.

Anyway, I hope to get a base coat of the Hellblau on the fuselage tomorrow.  I'll post some more shots up after that!! 

wing_nut wrote:

Color question for ther WWI experts... does this look about right?

If this doesn't look right, then I don't know. This laminated wood effect is one of the things I have no clue how to achieve it. Freehand painting? The mere thought gives me a headache. So how did you do it?

 SD

Greetings all;
Here is the continuation of the Roden build. These images are about 5 days old.
 

The lower wing attachments are shown to advantage here.

all the nice little control horns that I drilled out are not strong enough to do much of anything, the good news is I need to remove them to apply the decals anyway

I am going to give the plane it's first coat of paint and plan on attaching the upper wing.

Has anybody tried the rubberband rigging?

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Dan 

I meant every word, my friend! Your work, along with Marc's, Stephen's, Dragonfly's, Mucker's, Tango's, razordws's, & Swanny's represents the creme de la creme of the aircraft forums (in my opinion at least).

....and yep, work has pretty much zapped me for now, but a re-charging period is coming up soon and I plan on making up for a lot of lost time both here on the forums and at the workbench as well. Lot's of projects lined up for different GB's, the creative juices are starting to flow, the adrenoline is starting to pump, and the enthusiasm is coming back. I love this hobby way too much, so it was only a matter of time.

Raf, very nice work on the Dr.I.

Frank, hang in there buddy. You haven't even gotten to the really fun stuff yet. Seriously, that kit is in good hands. If anyone can turn it into a gem, it's you.

Marc, great work on the prop. I know that eduard provides woodgrain decals in a few of their kits (the D.VII is one I know of). Is that what you used, or is that all painted? If it's the latter, then I'd say you nailed it!

Justin-

Couldn't agree with you more!  The ones on the fuse sides weren't TOO bad to sand, but the ones on the rear bulkhead and floor were awful!  Hopefully tonight I can spray the wood base color and see if my work is OK!

Frank-- EEK!  Those ARE bad ejector marks.  I think that you and I could have engineered that kit better.

Rafhart- the DrI looks great!  Nice job.

And that prop looks awesome!  I'll second the "How'd ya do it?" because I've got to try to make mine look like that!

wing_nut wrote:

". . .Color question for ther WWI experts... does this look about right? "

Most impressive!

Looks MORE than "about right" to me!  How did you do it?  I am just getting ready to paint my prop this afternoon.

very nicely done rafhart.  Hey, is this the GB's 1st completion?

Color question for ther WWI experts... does this look about right? 

Very nice Rafhart!  Congratulations on your completion, I have updated the front page!

I finally have a WIP shot, though it isn't much.  The DML kit has quite a few ejector pin marks on the rear fuse bulkhead, cockpit floor, and inside fuse right in the middle of the detail!   I filled them with Mr. Surfacer 500, and CAREFULLY sanded them down.  Hoping to put a basecoat for the woodgrain down soon.

New photo 

I use two colors brawn , to painting "wods"

I have a question regarding colors on my DVIII.  I know that the triangle on the interior is wood, and the area outside of it is lozenge.  But, what color are the frames for the wood parts?  Should they be another wood shade, or the RLM02 color?

Also, does anyone have a reference photo or a color profile of a DVIII as delivered from the factory?  I need to find out the O.E. colors for the tail and nose bowl.  TIA!

MrDrummy wrote:

". . .Stephen- What kind of paint did you use for the Hellblau on your DIII?  I'm mostly an acrylic guy, so let me know if you know of a good match!

It is enamel mix myself.  I used a slightly lighter version of the German  lt. blue the Albatros fighters used on their wing undersurfaces.  The type of blue Frommherz had his crew paint the machine was obviously something they had a lot of.  Up close shots of this machine in the Prien and Bernert photo albums note the clean and pristine condition when photographed.