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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: dirk on November 29, 2012, 06:24:12 AM

Title: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: dirk on November 29, 2012, 06:24:12 AM
Hi Folks,

here are some pictures of my WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp", finished in late 2010. Some may have seen thi on Hyperscale two years before...

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/IMG_1603.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/IMG_1572.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/IMG_1576.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/IMG_1596.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/IMG_1632.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/LMG08-15Spandau01JPG.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/Motor03.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/Cockpit04.jpg)

(http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af208/dirk1966/Albatros%20DVa/Cockpit03.jpg)

With greetings from Germany,

Dirk

Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: pepperman42 on November 29, 2012, 06:33:54 AM
Beautiful work. She looks like she should be in the NASM

Steve
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: lcarroll on November 29, 2012, 06:42:40 AM
Quote from: pepperman42 on November 29, 2012, 06:33:54 AM
Beautiful work. She looks like she should be in the NASM

Steve

I second Steve's praise.....absolutely magnificent piece of work! You are a real artist, Dirk!
Cheers,
Lance
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: GAJouette on November 29, 2012, 06:58:36 AM
  Dirk,
Outstanding Albatros DVa my friend. I do remember seeing this beauty on Hyperscale several years ago. She still look as great now as she did then. Love the painted wing camouflage too.Still have a hard time believing the NASM got such an important detail wrong when restoring their DVa many years ago. Maybe the NASM will correct that little oops during the next restoration.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: rhallinger on November 29, 2012, 08:48:10 AM
Great work Dirk!  Truly beautiful.  How did you do the wood fuselage?

Regards,

Bob
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: dirk on November 29, 2012, 09:15:28 AM
Quote from: rhallinger on November 29, 2012, 08:48:10 AM
Great work Dirk!  Truly beautiful.  How did you do the wood fuselage?

Regards,

Bob

Hi Bob, thanks for your kind words. For the fuselage, i sprayed a base coat of XF59. I used different shades by adding some white. Every panel was masked seperately and got its own mix of this paint. After sealing the coat with future, different oil paints with a major amount of burnt sienna was brushed to the panels. I used the panels as a demarcation line for the wooden structure. The structure will be created by the way the brush, first dipped into a small amount of white spirit, was moved over the oil paint.

The method can be see here. The difference is the masking of the panels and their individual wood grain.

http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/09C7AFE6EDD17CD36DB1F718288BEEEA

Cheers, Dirk
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: coyotemagic on November 29, 2012, 03:46:49 PM
Truly stunning, Dirk.  I love everything about her.
Cheers,
Bud
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: Whiteknuckles on November 29, 2012, 07:33:48 PM
Another superb mount from your excellent hanger Dirk, lovely work!!

Andrew
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: ggl1269 on November 29, 2012, 09:33:46 PM
superb work....likey likey :D
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: PrzemoL on November 29, 2012, 10:28:14 PM
Yes, yes, a very nice Albatros. This yellow-green tail adds to the general positive impression. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: Chris Johnson on November 29, 2012, 10:59:53 PM
Very nice! Your woodwork looks convincingly real.

Cheers,

Chris
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: RAGIII on December 01, 2012, 01:49:39 PM
A stunning build! I love your wood grain!
RAGIII
Title: Re: WNW Albatros DVa "Stropp"
Post by: mgunns on December 06, 2012, 05:46:06 AM
Hello Dirk:

I really like this.  The scheme is simple but yet striking and your model is very striking indeed.  Your wood grain and tone is very nice and realistic.

Best

Mark