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Title: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: rcboaterbill on December 27, 2022, 02:03:01 PM: After building ten Fokker triplanes, I followed that up with Five Albatros fighters. Four are from the Eduard Albatros D.V Weekend Edition kit, and one is the Roden D.III. That weekend edition kit comes with a huge decal sheet, with four different schemes. (I used two of them.)

The planes and pilots:
Blue: Alfred Lenz, Jasta 22 (kit decals)
Red: Max Ritter von Muller, Jasta 28 (kit decals,boxtop scheme))
Green: Helmut Dilthey, Jasta 40. (lozenge from the kit, other markings all masked and painted)
Dk blue w/ stars: Michael Sigmann, Jasta 78b, (kit lozenge, star decals from Eduard’s first Profi-pack release of this kit in 2001, the only time they have ever used his markings in 1/72)

Encore (Roden) D.III s.153: Godwin von Brumowski, Flik 41j (Print Scale decals)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Bills-Stuff/Modelling/n-fK4qbP/ProjectsBuilds/Plastic-models/WW1/Albatros-Fighters/i-TCR2Nf2/0/890d1703/L/IMG_9681-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Bills-Stuff/Modelling/n-fK4qbP/ProjectsBuilds/Plastic-models/WW1/Albatros-Fighters/i-bFGxGxd/0/c56b3f7e/S/IMG_9701-S.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Bills-Stuff/Modelling/n-fK4qbP/ProjectsBuilds/Plastic-models/WW1/Albatros-Fighters/i-rkx8FQd/0/cfe54342/M/IMG_9722-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Bills-Stuff/Modelling/n-fK4qbP/ProjectsBuilds/Plastic-models/WW1/Albatros-Fighters/i-dNKv2wH/0/31ef0a03/M/9B8A710B-6F48-4DD8-A847-D672F0443B93-M.jpg)
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: gbrivio on December 27, 2022, 04:32:03 PM: Impressive Albatros squadron, very well done.
Ciao
Giuseppe
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: pepperman42 on December 28, 2022, 03:55:01 AM: Very nice. Always love the Sigmann scheme!

Steve
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: RAGIII on December 28, 2022, 04:36:10 AM: Those are superb examples of some Beautiful Albatri!
RAGIII
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: Allan31 on December 28, 2022, 07:17:46 AM: Very colorful lot, I hope you do 5 more !!
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: Rip Van Winkle on December 28, 2022, 12:38:33 PM: I like all of them. Great job!
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Post by: WD on December 29, 2022, 06:06:54 AM: Very nice!

Warren
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: RichieW on December 29, 2022, 08:22:33 AM: They're all really beautiful. Like Allan I hope you do 5 more!

Richie
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: lone modeller on December 31, 2022, 09:35:33 AM: What a superb collection to go with your triplanes. Another 5 of these would not go amiss I am sure.

Stephen.
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: rcboaterbill on January 01, 2023, 04:07:33 PM: Quote from: lone modeller on December 31, 2022, 09:35:33 AM
What a superb collection to go with your triplanes. Another 5 of these would not go amiss I am sure.

Stephen.

I do have six more copies of the Eduard D.V kit, with a tentative list of markings/pilots for them.
I also have 4 more of the Roden D.III kit, but haven’t really picked out markings for them yet…..
Haven’t posted them yet, but I built two Eduard D.VII kits, with 10 more in the stash….
( I still have 4 more Dr.1 kits, with a list of 10 pilots to pick from…!)

I must say that the Triplanes are the easiest builds- minimal rigging, and no lozenge with rib tapes. The Eduard D-7 kits go together really well, but I REALLY wish they had printed the rib tapes on the lozenge decals!
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: dr 1 ace on January 17, 2023, 04:37:08 AM: Nice quintet !

Ed
Title: Re: 1/72 “Colorful Collection” Albatros Fighters
Post by: torbiorn on January 22, 2023, 01:35:44 AM: Wonderful selection of different paintjobs. A circus indeed! I wish they would released again the starry Bavarian!