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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: gedmundson on September 14, 2020, 07:17:49 AM
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Good day - This is the 1/48 scale Eduard Albatros D.III. I did the wings with Tamiya acrylics, and the woodgrain is oil paint over an acrylic base. The wheels are from a Roden Fokker D.VII since the kit ones seemed a bit small in diameter. The rigging is invisible thread, coloured dark with a sharpie.
Cheers,
Gary
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Very nice. Great job with the paint.
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Lovely work Gary, very nicely done. I've got a soft spot for Voss' scheme, having done it on a Roden 1/32 kit many years ago. I still have it in mind for the 1/48 kit, and yours will provide some inspiration for me :)
If there is one very minor thing you could do to improve the model, it would be to paint the fairings behind and in front of the lower wings - these were metal panels.
Good job on replacing the wheels, I agree the kit wheels are well undersized. Always struck me as odd that they never fixed that, just like the short legs on their DV kits.
Cheers,
BC
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Very nice one, fine wood, lovely colours.
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Lovely job indeed , excellent work Gary .
Yes the kit wheels are to small ;)
Terri
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that's a very nice looking model 8)
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If there is one very minor thing you could do to improve the model, it would be to paint the fairings behind and in front of the lower wings - these were metal panels.
Cheers,
BC
You're absolutely right, Brad - I knew there was something odd about how the fuselage looked when I pulled this one out of the box. But thanks for mentioning it - hopefully all fixed now with a few dabs of Vallejo acrylic :D
Cheers,
Gary
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Beautiful Gary, and hard to believe it's not 1:32 Scale! It must have felt like a shock scaling down from that huge Railway Gun you just completed! Certainly no loss of detail nor quality on the transition though!
Cheers,
Lance
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Good looking Albie! I like your wooden tones. How did you attach the invisible thread. In the pictures it's difficult to see if there is something'extra' replicating turnbuckles or not.
Cheers
Fredrik
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Love it Gary,
Very neat.
Guy
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Beautiful, I like this livery so much!
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Another of your super models. The finish and tones are just right IMHO. I too am very fond of this scheme - I made a Revell Albatros in these colours very many years ago...
Stephen.
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Superb result, Gary, and such a great colour scheme! Neat and perfect as always... Regards, Marc
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Thanks so much everyone for your kind words - I appreciate each one.
Good looking Albie! I like your wooden tones. How did you attach the invisible thread. In the pictures it's difficult to see if there is something'extra' replicating turnbuckles or not.
Cheers
Fredrik
Hi Fredrik - the invisible thread was anchored by drilling holes in the wings and using cyano glue. A touch of thick cyano was also blobbed into place as a "suggestion" of turnbuckles, then painted black-grey.
Cheers,
Gary
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Another treat Gary,beautiful Albie.I subscribe to your approach to turnbuckles in this scale, obviously it's a matter of personal preference but I stopped using turnbuckles a few years ago in anything smaller than 1/32 scale, settling for a suggestion using paint/glue in preference to spending the time saved on other projects.
Cheers,
Dave.
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Very nice Gary: It's an attractive scheme and made more so by an outstanding bit of modeling. At first I thought it was the Roden kit. The details and painting are crisp and clean. Very motivating. I have the Roden kit and that's the scheme I am going to go with as well. I will be scoping your model out from time to time for ideas. The wood grain is outstanding. The different shades really add interest to an already interesting scheme.
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Thanks for the answer about the rigging. I've got a few 1/48 models in line, so maybe I'll go the same way as you.
/Fredrik
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Lovely build and finish.
Well done, Gary ;)
vB
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Very nice Albie, Gary. The D.iii is my favorite Albatros.
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Beautifully done Albatros! A scheme I would like to do someday. Like others have said at first glance I thought it was the Roden 1/32nd kit. Very Well Done!
RAGIII
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Simply a great model. Super job. The colors look spot on to me...Dan
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A nice looking Albatros!
I am a member of the pro turnbuckles group but this is of course a personal preference.
Cheers,
Frank
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WOW. That is stunning. I would never guess that was 1/48 scale.
Paul