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Doing good so far, Had to srachbuild alot in the cockpit (didn't had a wall in the front or the back of the pilot) when I was working on the nose I thoughtr the kits nose was too smal so did I had to use syrene sheet adn sand it out again, no it was jsut a diffient variation, look.

Here the kits nose.

I was asking myself why did they do that, it was because I was useing the nose for this variation.

But i will sill have to sand it in oder to fit properly.

T-rex wrote:

Doing good so far, Had to srachbuild alot in the cockpit (didn't had a wall in the front or the back of the pilot) when I was working on the nose I thought the kit's nose was too small so  I had to use syrene sheet and sand it out again, no it was just a diffient variation, look.  Here the kit's nose. I was asking myself why did they do that, it was because I was using the nose for this variation. But I will sill have to sand it in order for it to fit properly.

Greetings T-Rex;

First  let me explain that there were three variations of the Austro-Hungarian Oeffag Albatros D.III.  There were the  53.xx series, 153.xx series and the 253.xx series (the x's stand for the individual aircraft identity numbers.)  The first in the series (53.xx) and some of the 153.xx series had the typical Albstros D.III nose & spinner as seen on the German types.   With a concern about the spinner coming off in flight and the installation of the larger and higher horse powered "Heiro" engine being installed in the rest of 153.xx & all of the 253.xx series the spinner was deleted and the nose redesigned. 

Your first image is of course the Austro-Hungarian built 253.01 of the third series.  Your second image is a German built Albatros D.III manufactured by the East Albatros works in Schneidemuhl.  Better known as OAW.

OK guys! Here's a few WIP pics of my Albatros D.V. Been a fun kit so far! I will be painting it up as Walter Boning's Jasta 76b aircraft, mostly a wood-grain fuselage. No lozenge this time. As much as I like the stuff, I felt like I needed a bit of a break from it this time around.

Anyway, hope you like the pics!

Outstanding work Mike!  It really is good to see you are able to get some bench time in.  As always, your cockpit photos do not disappoint.

ruddratt wrote:

No lozenge this time.

Or is it because someone has all of your lozenge?

Thanks buddy! Feels good to get some time in finally and make a bit of progress.

LOL! Nah, I still got plenty of the kit-supplied stuff for when I need it. Not as good a quality as the Eagle-Strike lozenge, but it'll do. Besides, I really need to use this German Mauve paint before it goes bad.

Daywalker, Awsome Scratch built prop.

Ruddratt, Great interior

and Steven thats an awsome collection.

Thanks much for the comments guys!

Fuselage is now buttoned up and clamped as the glue sets. Got the leading & trailing edges of the flying surfaces cleaned up and all the rigging holes drilled. I'll keep ya posted!

Rudratt, looks awesome!

SD

Here is the newest mold from Eduard.  The first build up of this kit I know of.  It was done by Srecko Bradic of Serbia.  Done as F.I 102/17.  Nicely done with minor reservations.

Everybody,

as I start to paint the wigs of my Dr.I, I'd be curious to learn about your favorite technique to paint those olive-greenish "Fokker stripes" that the Dr.1 show on the upper wing surfaces and the fuselage (e.g. on the model in the previous post)? I'm thinking of just using a brush with some thinned paint, but I'm not sure if this gives the right effect. Or do you airbrush?

SirDrake

...wigs? The Dr.1 has wigs? (yes, I could have edited the post, but I think it's too funny to get deleted...)

SD

SD, there's a technique I tried on my Eduard D.VII. It was a bit hairy as I had never attempted it before, but I was pleased with the results. I used a enamel base coat in the lighter of the two colors and over it I applied a darker acrylic, thinned to almost airbrush consistancy, with a rake brush.

Doing good progress on the build, sorry but i'm not doing a WIP on this one, I'll post photo for advise and when its gonna be complete.

I reshape the nose with syrenes and looks good, I hope i'll blend in at painting, but I don't know where to place the wires on the plane wings, it doesn't say in the instruction where, can someone fill me in?

I snagged this from the Eduard site from their D.III instructions. Hope it helps.

ruddratt wrote:

SD, there's a technique I tried on my Eduard D.VII. It was a bit hairy as I had never attempted it before, but I was pleased with the results. I used a enamel base coat in the lighter of the two colors and over it I applied a darker acrylic, thinned to almost airbrush consistancy, with a rake brush.

Dang!  I love that bird, thanks for the photo Mike!

Daywalker wrote:

ruddratt wrote: SD, there's a technique I tried on my Eduard D.VII. It was a bit hairy as I had never attempted it before, but I was pleased with the results. I used a enamel base coat in the lighter of the two colors and over it I applied a darker acrylic, thinned to almost airbrush consistancy, with a rake brush. Dang!  I love that bird, thanks for the photo Mike!

The Eduard D.VII is a FUN! build.  I'd recommend it to anyone. 

Ah ha, just what I need, thanks, after all it unacceptable not having the wires on, now to paint it wood, but how to do that realistique wood glose appearence.

ps1scw wrote:

The Eduard D.VII is a FUN! build.  I'd recommend it to anyone.

Absolutely! I have two more in my stash!

T-rex, I'll be doing a woodgrain fuselage on my Albatros D.V. The method I use is to start with an MM enamel base coat like tan or wood color, applied nice & smooth. Next, I mask off one panel at a time and using a rake brush, streak on a thinned darker earth color. The reason for doing each panel separately is to give the illusion of multiple panels by breaking up the grain patterns. Once they're all streaked, I spray on a coat of Tamiya clear yellow or orange, depending on the finish you're looking for.

T-rex-

Mike's technique is what I used for my DVIII wood bits.  Mine is a darker finish, and I think his looks like a better representation of real wood.  I used a base coat of Tamiya deck tan (I believe!) followed by a dab of burnt umber oil paint which I then drug a coarse-bristled brush across.  This streaked the darker oil paint into a grain-like appearance.  I gave this a week to dry as oil paints dry VERY slowly then a couple of coats of Tamiya clear yellow were sprayed on to richen the tone and seal in the oil paints.  Works very well, thanks Mike!

I managed to do a little work on the Fokker last night, feels good to finally be decalling!  The axle wing is now covered, though I think I should go back and clean it up a little more.  Without knowing exactly how they looked in real life, I took the liberty of wrapping the top lozenge around the front to overlap the bottom pattern.  Seems logical as a seam right acrss the front looked odd to my eye so I went ahead and did it my way!  I am going to add a piece of rib tape to smooth out the demarcation between the patterns.  I tell ya, covering entire pieces with decal material isn't easy, kudos to you guys that do this regularly!

I tell ya, I'd rather mask a canopy than decal an entire airframe any day of the week!

Looks to be a challenge.

Guys--

Been awhile, but there sure is some great looking stuff going up around here.

Frank- that prop looks awesome, man.  You're a braver man than I.

Mike- your build is looking great...  my Camel is still sitting in the box.  *sigh*   I've just gotten a bit busy with other builds.  I'll be done by October, I think!

Stephen--WOW!!! That collection is AWESOME!!